The Hyperloop System

From Nelson Mandela to Google Glass, David Bowie to Yayoi Kusama—a look at this year's top headlines

The 84-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama has voluntarily lived and painted in a psychiatric clinic since the ’70s. With her mesmerizing concepts popping up everywhere from museums and galleries to Louis Vuitton this year, Nowness made a video that showcases her work, which she calls “Self Obliteration.” Her process is a revelation of her inner-psychic reality, saying that painting is what keeps her going. The obsessive …

Deitch-less MOCA

From Nelson Mandela to Google Glass, David Bowie to Yayoi Kusama—a look at this year's top headlines

If Tesla CEO Elon Musk has his way, the Hyperloop system will become a reality and make transcontinental trips across the US astoundingly short. Developed with Colorado-based ET3, Musks’ elevated Hyperloop system works with magnetic levitation—similar to those of bullet trains—which would see passengers travel in a nearly frictionless enclosed tube. Possibly the biggest kicker is the projected cost per ride: A trip from LA …

NASA’s 3D Food Printer

From Nelson Mandela to Google Glass, David Bowie to Yayoi Kusama—a look at this year's top headlines

Three years into his five year contract, Jeffrey Deitch resigned as the director of LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Deitch, an initially controversial choice, entered the museum with a successful art dealing background, rather than the traditional academic, museum-based past. Deitch’s MOCA work was divisive and pop-culture oriented, drawing to mind the ambitious exhibitions he helmed at his NYC-based Deitch Projects gallery. Official reasons for …