Jorge Colombo sketches a staircase, using Brushes, an application for the iPhone.
Jorge Colombo is an illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer, and the author of “New York: Finger Paintings by Jorge Colombo.”
Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
Annals of Design
A Dutch Architect’s Vision of Cities That Float on Water
What if building on the water could be safer and sturdier than building on flood-prone land?
By Kyle Chayka
Former Landmarks Dept.
Visiting Places That No Longer Exist
The artist Ellen Harvey takes a tour of disappeared New York City landmarks that appear in her project “The Disappointed Tourist.”
By David Owen
Annals of Artificial Intelligence
Can an A.I. Make Plans?
Today’s systems struggle to imagine the future—but that may soon change.
By Cal Newport
The Art World
The Whitney Biennial’s Taste for Flesh
The long-running survey has its usual missteps, but several works shine with wit and insight about the human body.
By Jackson Arn