While the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing is an opportunity to celebrate a remarkable technological achievement, it’s worth reflecting upon the creative vision that made it possible.
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Standing out among the crowd of recent artist biopics, the new film Never Look Away peels back some unhelpful tropes that have blinkered our understanding of the artist’s process.
Che Guevara’s image has been used for everything from fashion shows to revolutionary posters. But his image still means something and represents change and resistance by everyday people. Why?
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the world’s most visited artwork. Its appeal rests partly on several mysteries.
As the Port Talbot Banksy is moved to a new street art museum, the very reason it was created is being ignored.
What do earthquakes, wealthy Italian families and your circulatory system have in common? Scientists use fractals, self-similarity and power laws to translate from local to global scales.
The annual announcement of the Archibald Prize is one of Sydney’s great spectacles. This year’s winning portrait depicts one of Australia’s leading artists, Lindy Lee.
Perhaps as a reflection of the current state of national affairs, this year’s Archibald Prize exhibition is a politician-free zone.
Violence against LGBTQ people in Brazil is at an all-time high, but artists refuse to be intimidated.
Engineer, artist, mathematician, thinker: Leonardo da Vinci was all these and more.
A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
Prada and Louis Vuitton are just two major brand names to make a big play in the art world. But if you are looking for innovation you may be disappointed.
As Leonardo da Vinci found centuries ago, scholars of art, design, engineering and science can work together for mutual benefit.
Leonardo’s obsession with water flowed through his technical work, his art and his scientific ideas.
Leonardo’s professional life reveals his genius for creating technologies of destruction.
Leonardo’s interest in the human form and replicating human bodily movement foreshadow ideas present in modern robotics.
Those in charge of urban spaces would like the public to believe that town and city environments have a predetermined function: participatory art challenges this view.
Banksy’s legal team has won an action to stop unauthorised products featuring his work alongside an Italian museum exhibition.
The US president as avant-garde provocateur.
A new piece of performance art features a lookalike Ivanka Trump vacuuming crumbs. Not only is it a cutting commentary on labor and gender, but it also highlights the complicity of the viewer.
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in MA Creative Media Practice and BA(Hons) New Media Art, University of the West of Scotland
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, Art and Public Engagement, King's College London
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD candidate in the History of Art, University of York
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Dean, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Sydney
