Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Calligraphy, once considered the highest form of writing, faces new questions in an age of screens and sensors. Is this ancient art still tethered to brush and ink? The resounding response: not at all ...

Geometry may be one of the oldest branches of mathematics, but it’s much more than a theoretical subject. It’s part of our everyday lives, says Professor Jennifer Taback, and key to understanding many ...

Rafis Abazov is adjunct professor at Columbia University and visiting professor at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, member of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI). His recent book, The ...

The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed the slate of titles that will round out its contemporary world cinema and discovery programs. Among the films playing in the contemporary world ...