Art Lab

Crazy swimming pools, a traveling nail salon, aerial nudes and more in our weekly look at the web

Aimed at young creative minds, MoMA’s Art Lab iPad app enables users to create graphic pieces through shapes, lines and hand-drawn elements. Beyond the main drawing interface, the app also includes extensive exercises and activities that aid in the creation of shape poems, sound poems, group drawings, chance collages and more.

Sylvia Plath Sketches

Crazy swimming pools, a traveling nail salon, aerial nudes and more in our weekly look at the web

Works from the exhibition of pen-and-ink sketches by Silvia Plath at the Mayor Gallery in London are now available online. The spare, delicately conceived renderings prove Plath’s range as an artist, and are sure to delight devoted readers.

John Crawford’s “Aerial Nudes”

Crazy swimming pools, a traveling nail salon, aerial nudes and more in our weekly look at the web

Auckland photographer John Crawford approaches nude portraiture from new heights with his series, “Aerial Nudes”. From the back of a pickup truck to the middle of a field, Crawford’s choice in location makes for some intriguing, well-composed compositions.