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Abstract painting from the age of the image search

How do online searches inform abstract painting Quite directly, in the case of the American artist David Ratcliff

Sterling Ruby and Barbara Krugers LA dance works

The visual artists provide visual concepts for two pieces in the LA Dance Projects new Los Angeles residency

Classless still lifes inspired by Cuban shop windows

Catherine Losing and Anna Lomaxs photo series Cuban Shop Windows places lowly products on a pedestal

The Simpsons and abstract painting

In our book Painting Abstraction, Bob Nickas looks at how cartoons can raise and answer some serious questions

Daniel Libeskinds Spanish spiral

The manufacturing firm, the Cosentino Group, commission an ornamental spiral from the New York architect

Is smashing Ai Weiweis vase a valid artistic protest

A 52-year-old artist broke one of Ais Colored Vases at the Prez Art Museum to highlight the lack of local shows

Our Editorial Director is Queen of the Cookbooks

WSJ Magazine describes how Emilia Terragni built Phaidon into a prandial powerhouse

Konstantin Grcics clear glass furniture collection

The designers sleek new Man Machine range pairs industrial strength panes with gas pistons

The hidden music in Harvey Quaytman

Could some regard for the painters musical sensibility unlock additional meaning in his canvasses

A still-image celebration of golden-age cinemas

French photographer Franck Bohbot reflects cinemas golden age in his photographic series of movie theatres