This week, co-host Ben Davis speaks to artist Miriam Simun about how cephalopods can help expand one's "definition of self." ...

so that skateboarding and video games and comic books are accorded the same prestige as fine arts, filmmaking, and literature; the octopus eats itself knowing that its leg will regenerate.

This was evident in Samstab’s Octopus Limited, which premiered at the Academy of Fine Arts recently. First published in the autumn of 1998, Octopus Limited was a critique of the open-market economy ...

The octopus is having its moment, and for good reason: According to recent research—laid out so vividly in the National Geographic documentary “Secrets of the Octopus”—the eight-legged ...

The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), gives visitors a glimpse into the creative reinvention of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Despite formal training ...