For Baudelaire, beauty must be fought for. Or as he put it, “The study of the Beautiful is a duel in which the artist cries out with fear before he is vanquished.” This image of the poet as ...

A new study finds that actively engaging with artistic beauty—rather than just looking at art—enhances abstract thinking and psychological distancing, helping people see the bigger picture beyond ...

Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it ...

Contemplating artistic beauty in museums can enhance abstract thinking and help people mentally step back from daily concerns ...

In this episode of “The Opinions,” Meher Ahmad, an editor for Times Opinion, and the Opinion writer Jessica Grose discuss why ...

The increasingly popular ‘beauty from within’ trend is spiking sales of ingredients that enhance appearance. We take a look ...

Gnarled, wild and majestic: these two very different trees in California form part of Mitch Epstein’s quest to photograph ancient forests across the US. The photographer’s Old Growth project ...

In photos and videos After weeks of tensions after ... past soldiers on the verdant grounds of a damaged mosque. The famed beauty of Kashmir has once again been scarred by military confrontation.

She got it from her mama. Kaia Gerber admitted that, as she ages, she turns to mom Cindy Crawford for beauty inspiration — and even looks at photos of the iconic supermodel for clues about what ...

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. OpenAI is adding an image library to ChatGPT to make it easier to access your AI-generated images, the company announced today.