Need for courtroom artists fade as cameras move in

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Need for courtroom artists fade as cameras move in Cutbacks in news budgets and shifts in aesthetic sensibilities toward digitized graphics have all contributed to the form's decline, said Maryland-based sketch artist Art Lien. While the erosion of the job may not be much noticed by people reading and ... Read more on Boston.com

Newt Gingrich perfected the art of dirty politics

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Newt Gingrich perfected the art of dirty politics Newton Gingrich, as many of us remember from the 1990s, refined and perfected the art of sleazy, dirty politics and successfully impeached President Clinton for lying about an affair while Newton was lying about having an affair of his very own. Read more on Seacoastonline.com

How You Can Turn 19th Century Photos Into Animated GIFs

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How You Can Turn 19th Century Photos Into Animated GIFs The prospect of mashing up 19th century photography with 1990s Internet folk art seemed an opportunity too weird and wonderful to pass up.” The concept of turning vintage stereographs into animated gifs began several years ago when San Francisco-based ... Read more on Mashable

An Annie Leibovitz Exhibit With Shots of Niagara Falls, Not Demi Moore

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An Annie Leibovitz Exhibit With Shots of Niagara Falls, Not Demi Moore AP Images Before doors opened to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage, a crowd of reporters gathered in a second-floor hallway, maneuvering around a sculpture of the Statue of Liberty, under the watchful gaze of a bird ... Read more on The Atlantic