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When my plane broke through the Los Angeles smog on an afternoon in early spring, I imagined I had willed the town into existence by nothing more than my arrival. It’s the city’s foundational myth–perpetually born yesterday. I was there to cover an art fair called Paris Photo, which was being held at that most [...]

Christie’s kicks off its annual Hong Kong spring sales at the city’s Convention Centre on Saturday, and as usual, Chinese works dominate the offerings. But interest in Southeast Asian art is on the rise, with Southeast Asian collectors snapping up their region’s works. Meanwhile, buyers from other parts of Asia are capitalizing on the category’s [...]

A longtime tech executive, Linda Stone worked on emerging technologies at Apple and then Microsoft Research in the 1980s and ’90s. Fifteen years ago, she coined the term continuous partial attention to describe the modern predicament of being constantly attuned to everything without fully concentrating on anything. Since then, she has frequently written and lectured [...]

Initially, the principal wanted to do traditional art with pre-K and computer art with the older grades, Holleran, whose title is technology teacher, told me in an interview. But, indicative of the pervasiveness of computers in the culture, even the pre-K and kindergarten students were comfortable using the Macs. In first and second grades, Holleran [...]

KUWAIT (Reuters) – After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. The artists have been exhibiting works in the graphic arts, photography, animation and fashion [...]