The restaurant industry buzzword of 2020 was pivot. As we approach the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19-era lockdowns, we’re taking a look back at how restaurants pivoted to thrive (or just ...

LOS ANGELES — As I walked through No Prior Art: Illustrations of Invention at the Los Angeles Public Library’s downtown Central Library, a small installation stopped me dead in my tracks. Through an ...

Ox Cart (1935–1942) by Wilbur M Rice. Source: The National Gallery of Art/Rawpixel/Public Domain “Necessity is the mother of invention,” according to the well-known English proverb. But is it really?

Once, necessity was the mother of invention, which is when the big important things came about, like the wheel and the dishwasher – and so it was, until we had everything we needed. After this, ...

Greek philosopher, Plato, once said, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Though I've heard that saying since childhood, I never truly understood it until I became a teen. That's when I realized if ...

Certain images might spring to mind when we think of feminist art: Ana Mendieta’s Siluetas (1973–78), for example, or Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” (1974–79) — work that in form and content ...

The proverb “Necessity is the mother of invention” has been a part of Western culture for centuries. That’s because it neatly summarizes something that has been proven to be true: that when faced with ...