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  • Portrait of Francis Alÿs, Morroco, 2008 Image: Roberto Rubalcava

    The lost voices of the 20th century's first genocide return to Istanbul

    By Matthew Ponsford, CNN
    Francis Alys' film The Silence of Ani begins with the rustling of wind through a breathtaking city that now lies in ruins. In the ancient stone, we see eagles carved out, and slowly a melody of birdcalls rises to crescendo -- revealed to be the sound of flute whistles played by children darting between the debris.

  • Seven-year search for secrets of CIA's hallways

    By Matthew Ponsford, CNN
    The CIA's fortress headquarters in Langley, Virginia is home to more than few surprises, like a branch of Starbucks where the baristas definitely don't ask names, and a museum of spying you'll never set foot in.

  • Nendo: The Japanese studio making design fun again

    By Matthew Ponsford, CNN
    They are simple designs. Yet simple descriptions are rarely enough to bring to mind the miniature moments of delight that Japanese doodler and prolific designer Oki Sato creates. Maybe that's why Sato has done away with words altogether and taken to calling them " ! " moments.

  • How my childhood made me the designer I am today

    By Matthew Ponsford and Zahra Jamshed, CNN
    Six of the world's top architects and designers are delving into their deepest, darkest and most distant memories for a new exhibition. The exhibition hopes to shed light on the elusive role of childhood experience in shaping creativity in adulthood.

  • Marina Abramovic: 'We can learn telepathy'

    By Rebecca Harkins-Cross, for CNN
    "Even if I say I'm not afraid of dying, that's not true," says Marina Abramović. "Every time the plane is trembling I start writing testament."

  • Masterclass: Learn to paint a portrait in 54 seconds

    Matthew Ponsford, for CNN
    A portrait artist promises to capture more than a photograph is ever able to: more than just a glimpse of a person's external appearance, a portrait can display a person as they truly are. But how does the artists do it?
  • Caption:PINEHURST, NC - JUNE 19: Eleven year-old Amateur Lucy Li of the United States watches her tee shot on the 13th hole during the first round of the 69th U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 on June 19, 2014 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

    U.S. Women's Open: 11-year-old Lucy Li misses cut

    She's got nerves of steel, golf talent beyond her tender years, and a precocious flair for eye-catching fashion: 11-year-old Lucy Li, the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women's Open history, looked entirely at home as she teed-off at Pinehurst No. 2.

  • Wireless electricity? It's here

    Nick Glass and Matthew Ponsford, CNN
    Katie Hall was shocked the second she saw it: a light-bulb glowing in the middle of a room with no wires attached.
  • Suisse's Belinda Bencic returns the ball to France's Alize Cornet during the second match of the Fed Cup first round tennis tie France vs Switzerland on February 8, 2014 at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)

    Belinda Bencic ready to embrace greatness

    Matthew Ponsford, for CNN
    It's no easy matter becoming a world class tennis player. It's even harder when everyone (really -- everyone) is calling you the "new Martina Hingis".