The Artist Is Mother of the Woman
Many painters depict themselves, but few work exclusively in the genre of self-portraiture. Selections from Haley Hasler’s body of work—the artist in costumes of everyday life.
Archive
A collection of 14232 issues
October 18, 2013: Afternoon
* Snowden says he didn't bring any NSA secrets to Russia—he left all classified documents with journalists in Hong Kong. * MTA says this year's projected record number of track deaths doesn't signal a trend. * Whenever you hear a quote about Obamacare, it's
October 18, 2013: Morning
* Native Americans' under-noticed role in the Civil War: Seward once told fighter Ely S. Parker, "Go home, cultivate your farm." * Europe's human rights chief warns Britain it cannot cherry-pick its rules and must give prisoners the right to vote. * Human Rights Watch accuses
October 17, 2013: Afternoon
* Collected from the shutdown: Guess the political grimace. * Biden welcomes EPA workers with muffins and hugs. * Also for your afternoon break: The National Zoo animal cams are back. * The "best" moments from the shutdown. * The craft beer craze hits Paris—enough to coin a new term, bièrologues, aka
October 17, 2013: Morning
* Two years later, American governance is behaving as though it deserves to be downgraded. * What the GOP in Congress would look like as clowns, which, well. * During last night's House vote, a stenographer lost her composure and was removed from the floor. * America is governed by entitlements because
October 16, 2013: Afternoon
* Liveblogging the debt negotiations as tomorrow morning's default deadline looms. * Nations with a history of default weigh in on America's debacle. * Every day the NSA collects an estimated half-million address lists from live-chat services and web-based email. * The government has kept using Windows
October 16, 2013: Morning
* A brief history of lust intercepting foreign policy. * The journey to Mecca is not what it was 100 years ago; hotels dot the landscape, one so grand it towers over the Kaaba. * Snorkeler finds carcass of 18-foot-long oarfish, a creature that normally roams 3,000 feet under the
Very Visible Cities
Giant Chinese pigeons, Scarlett Johansson’s daughter, and deliberately un-green urban living: What to expect from London, Los Angeles, and Moscow in 2040, 2070, and 2100.
October 15, 2013: Afternoon
* White House rejects House Republicans' counterproposal that tacks on more changes to Obamacare. * After the Balkans and before the war on terror, a military guide to PsyOps. * When a woman kisses a man, she might be subconsciously detecting and scrutinizing his chemical signals. * Doctors worry a new wave of
Where the Himalayan Moss Grows
Going on a five-day cleanse—subsisting on a diet of shots, smoothies, very few actual foods, and no caffeine—leads to visions of apocalypse. From 2013, a quest to find the seven billionth child on Earth.