Vercel has launched "react-best-practices," an open-source repository featuring 40+ performance optimization rules for React and Next.js apps. Tailored for AI coding agents yet valuable for developers ...

In Hatsik, a village in Armenia’s Shirak region where winters are unforgiving and silence settles deep, Gohar Petrosyan ...

Venice’s ancient walls are unaccustomed to the scent of fresh paint, let alone street art. Taron Manukyan stood before that historical silence, a spray can in hand. In a city where every stone is a ...

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.

We have plumbed the depths of abstract words, but what about abstract ideas? Abstractions are a fact of professional life. The law is littered with them. Think of the legislative process, intellectual ...

Modern enterprises are drowning in tools, platforms and frameworks. Every year, we add another layer—a new cloud service, data stack or platform that promises to simplify everything—yet somehow the ...

Installation view, "Language of Abstraction," Chinese American Museum of Chicago Credit: Chinese American Museum of Chicago Other than their backgrounds and their eventual emigration to Chicago, ...

In Zurich, Galerie von Vertes is presenting "Gerhard Richter: Fiction and Reality," surveying the German artist's work dating from 1981 to 2004. Gerhard Richter, U.L., (1985). Courtesy of Galerie von ...

When you consider abstract art, your mind likely conjures images of works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Piet Mondrian: bold shapes, swaths of vibrant colors and innovative techniques. However, ...

An influential figure within the development of contemporary Brazilian painting, Paulo Pasta (b. 1959) maintains a multidisciplinary practice—encompassing painting, drawing, printmaking, and ...

Stephen Westfall, "Cabana I" (2024), oil and alkyd on canvas (all images courtesy Alexandre Gallery) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value ...

Lisa Corinne Davis, "Convulsive Calculation" (2025), oil on canvas (all images courtesy the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; image by JSP Art Photography) Five years ago, I reviewed ...