Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

TRUTH is said to be stranger than fiction; fiction can be stronger than truth. Palpable “facts” are mortal. Like certain moths and flying ants, they lay their eggs and die overnight. The important ...

“The increase in the velocity of history means, among other things, that the ‘present’ becomes the ‘past’ more swiftly than ever before.” There is nothing new about man’s recording the events of his ...

A brief look at some of the most iconic images in contemporary history. From the workers having lunch during the construction of the Rockefeller Center skyscraper in New York in 1932 to the Afghan ...

The word archive conjures up images of pale parchment and manuscripts from a distant past, sealed and stowed away in boxes in dank rooms. Instead, imagine an ever-evolving collection of general ...

Text description provided by the architects. Three issues; National Museum of Korean Contemporary History has three crucial design issues. First issue is remodelling the old building that has been ...