Ornella Fieres Blends Images of Space with Otherworldly Effects

For her upcoming exhibition “Looks like you tried to go somewhere that does not exist,” artist Ornella Fieres points out how our Internet browsing tendencies shape the way we view the rest of the world. She’s taken intergalactic images and painted over them with otherworldly digital effects, resulting in photos that distort the way we perceive the universe and what we recognize to be real …

SideStory City Tours, London

Different guided adventures like insight into London's graffiti and street art

It’s a freezing Monday morning in London and commuters hurry past, heading to the warmth of the Bethnal Green tube station, as Karim Samuels introduces the history of graffiti and the artistic legacy of East London by pointing out stickers covered in tags. It’s the beginning of a thorough three-hour tour with the London-based graffiti writer and expert, who is one of SideStory’s insiders. Samuels, …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Hunting stars, North Korean interiors, "Finstagram" and more in this week's look at the web

1. An Interview with Gloria Steinem and Ruth Bader Ginsburg While their careers have taken them to different places, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (aka Notorious RGB) and women’s rights activist and journalist Gloria Steinem have fought for similar ideals throughout their lives. Now in their 80s, the friends sat down with The New York Times to discuss the parallels between their lives, the …