aesthetics
‘Skin Them Like in a Computer Game’: In 2024, Is Plastic Surgery OK?
That a surgeon or doctor’s work amounts to art is indispensable for PR. Is there more to it than glossy platitudes?
The Year in Aesthetics, From Dark Academia to McBling
The experts at Aesthetics Wiki break down the enduring allure of Y2K, the creepy thrill of liminal spaces, and other key style stories.
Why Do People Care So Much About How a PlayStation 5 Looks in Their Home?
A conversation between two people with different views on what it means to bring a new object into the house.
Does Black Power Have an Artistic Aesthetic?
The Brooklyn Museum's new Soul of a Nation exhibit shows how artists of the era grappled with the timeless question.
Appreciating the Amazingly Tacky Aesthetics of 80s East Asian Pop Cassettes
Rediscovering the pastel-hued albums of yesterday.
The Future of Beauty
We took a tour of London's Aesthetics Conference to see the lasers, gases, creams and snake oils being touted as the next big thing in anti-ageing.
Instagram Influencers on Why So Many Music Videos Look Like Their Posts
The new video aspiration is basically just a travel blogger's nine most-liked set to a montage. Why though?
Neon, Smoke and Mirrors: Why So Many Moody-Ass Videos Look Alike
How everyone from Fall Out Boy and Busted to Carly Rae Jepsen fell for neon piping, pastel colors and ~meaningful~ fog.
Inside the Strange World of YouTube Thumbnails
What’s behind one of the internet’s most prolific art forms?
How Does This Instagrammer Match her Outfits with Masterpieces so Perfectly?
As @artfullyawear proves, there's more than one way to appreciate the art that inspires you.
A Festival of TV Tech Takes On the Art of the Broadcast
At Roulette's Optics 0:0 Festival, artists of the Internet Age look back as a way of looking forward.
How the Most Bizarre and Offensive Reality TV Show of All Time Got Made
FOX's 'The Swan' chronicled 16 women as they underwent extensive plastic surgery and weeks of intensive therapy. Over a decade later, the key players involved with the reality TV show look back at what made the show so particularly surreal.