About Town, a Four-Day Video Art Event

Celebrating Ikon gallery's 50th anniversary with a festival focusing on the magic of the moving image

It’s been 50 years since art gallery Ikon in Birmingham, UK, was established by an artists’ group that wanted the space to be “an antithesis to exclusive art establishments and galleries.” This weekend it’s celebrating that anniversary by teaming up with event space the Hippodrome for an inaugural free four-day video art event, About Town. Ikon dug into its extensive catalog to review its moving …

Inventions that Didn’t Change the World

A book of eccentric Victorian inventions that never quite caught on

For every groundbreaking new idea that changes the world as we know it, there are thousands (if not more) that are entirely useless—whether or not they were inspired, clever or even ingenious at their moment of inception. In “Inventions that Didn’t Change the World,” author Julie Halls of the British National Archives chronicles the plentitudes proposed and even developed during the Victorian Era—a heyday of …

Bikes Meet Art in 100Copies’ Cyclism

The latest release in Singapore-based creative Thomas Yang's graphic ode to all things vélo

The merits of cycling have long been pondered and quipped about by everyone from Albert Einstein to Nelson Mandela. Inspired by this vast array of two-wheeled wisdom, Singapore-based creative director Thomas Yang painstakingly worked 300 of these quotes into an artistic print. “Cyclism” draws on quotes from professional riders, bike industry veterans, politicians and artists alike to create a silhouette of a rider not hammering …