Arts + Culture

Stephen Mackintosh|Analysis

Synthetic ‘Vtubers’ rock Twitch: three gaming creators on what it means to livestream in the age of genAI

The battle for viewers in the lucrative world of streaming is getting more complicated

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia|Analysis

AI actress Tilly Norwood ignites Hollywood debate on automation vs. authenticity

Tilly Norwood and the age of AI art

Dylan Fugel|Analysis

“I’d rather be a pig”: Amid fascism and a reckless AI arms race, Ghibli anti-war opus ‘Porco Rosso’ matters now more than ever

Amid fascism and a reckless AI arms race, Ghibli anti-war opus ‘Porco Rosso’ matters now more than ever.

Sithara Ranasinghe|Analysis

‘Adulterations Detected:’ on the human impulse to prettify our food with poison

Susan Morris|Cinema

Dorothy and friends: Top film festival docs spotlight the women who’ve shaped media

Just a click tick after the release of ‘Wicked: For Good,’ DO’s arts commentator curates the best new documentaries on women who’ve captivated us on stage and screen — including Dorothy Gale herself.

Ellen McGirt|Profiles

How to make a horror film with no money, no script, and lots of friends

Alexis Haut|Interviews

How production designer Grace Yun turned domestic spaces into horror in 'Hereditary' and heartache in 'Past Lives'

Grace Yun, production designer of Hereditary and Past Lives, on how she builds worlds where fear, memory, and emotion take physical form.

Yahia Lababidi|Essays

‘The museum-going cannibal:’ On Francis Bacon

On the heels of this month’s Louvre heist, a poet reflects on his own hellish — and oddly heartening — encounter at a famed museum.

Delaney Rebernik|Fresh Ink

The Design of Horror | The Horror of Design: a series

This October, we plumb the depths of horrific design and designed horrors. Welcome to Hell.

Masha Safina|Peru's Sacred Valley

The layers of value creation

Our modern perception of value is shaped by scarcity. Alternative systems that center abundance and relational exchange offer a more hopeful future.

Baxstar Jonmarie Ferguson|Analysis

Dancing with AI: how next-gen game designers are taking the lead

Ashley Lukasik|Peru's Sacred Valley

Foraging design futures in Peru

A four-day cultural immersion in Peru’s Sacred Valley fosters four principles for the future of design, informed by the region’s centuries-old Indigenous philosophies