Meaningful Coincidence
Is there a difference between chance and coincidence? Alex Anderson explores whether happenstance can ever really “just happen.”
Is there a difference between chance and coincidence? Alex Anderson explores whether happenstance can ever really “just happen.”
Composer Leonard Bernstein spent the summer of 1967 in Ansedonia, a sun-washed Roman town on the Italian coast.
Kiyomi Iwata shares her advice on how to create art while on the seesaw of children and career.
Here, Harriet Fitch Little goes deep into sleep to find that, much like the human body itself, there’s no perfect formula.
Silent through the height of her stardom in the 1960s and absent at the peak of her career, an enigmatic sculptor receives a renaissance in death.
For one photographer, an unusual concern: how to create images that are not too beautiful.
“Cynicism is actually the laziest stance you could take.” What intelligent people still need to learn about the pursuit of wisdom.
Neuroscientist Paul Dudchenko speaks on why we get lost, the distress and thrill of disorientation and how getting lost can improve your skills.
Swedish musician Jens Lekman reflects on the five-year hiatus leading up to his new album, existentialism in music and the elusive nature of his work.
The 67th Berlinale is slated to serve up a host of noteworthy premieres. Jack Howard of Berlin Film Society selects his favorites.
In a display of solidarity for those affected by Trump's recent travel ban, one of the art world’s most established institutions is taking a stand.
An exhibition in Paris offers rare insight into the making of Henri Cartier-Bresson's iconic book, Images à la Sauvette.
More than 65 years after he started taking photographs, Gunnar Smoliansky continues to make intricate studies in grandiose minimalism.
A significant piece of experimental filmmaking, Ballet Mécanique takes the viewer into a realm that transcends the rigid pattern of rational thought.
The artistic practice of Lyubov Popova and the Russian VKhUTEMAS movement strove to shape the environment around them to help build a brave new world.
Okiie Hashimoto is one of the giants of Japanese woodcut printmaking. His prints are quintessentially Japanese, but showcase his global influences.
London-based singer Rosie Lowe talks to us about creative recharging, the power of songwriting and the vulnerability inherent in live performance.
Born of Arab and Dutch parents and now based in Australia, singer Wafia Al-Rikabi spent much of her life moving across countries.
“We all owe something to Kertész,” photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once said.
As a new exhibition celebrates German artist and choreographer Oskar Schlemmer, we explore his impact on contemporary culture.
From warfare to psych wards to the workplace, Harriet Fitch Little uncovers our long-standing fascination with personality tests.
Whether you're brainstorming with colleagues or hammering out a contract, taking everyone's viewpoint into consideration leads to the best outcome.
First published in 1979, the book ‘Working Cats’ documents the cats that earn their keep.
Science writer Philip Ball speaks on the intertwined relations of our brains and the patterns they perceive.
A little more than a decade ago, Laurent Martin defected from the advertising world and retreated into an artist's life in rural Catalonia.
In his latest book, The Kate Inside, photographer Guido Harari presents the audacious spirit and restless creativity of iconic singer Kate Bush.
Kinfolk’s contributing editor Hans Ulrich Obrist has turned curatorial work into a work of art in itself.
Some professional gestures may seem ephemeral, but can be leveraged to have lasting impact.
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