Jorge Colombo sketches a hotel, 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.
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
Tables for Two
Exquisite Beach Vibes at Quique Crudo
A seafood-focussed counter from the owners of Casa Enrique—the first Mexican restaurant in the city to earn a Michelin star—opens in the West Village.
By Shauna Lyon
The Front Row
Med Hondo’s Vital Political Cinema Comes to New York
The Mauritanian filmmaker, long active in France, reveals the legacy of colonialism in society at large and in the art of movies.
By Richard Brody