Optical illusions are going viral these days. One particular challenge has left people squinting at their screens, trying to figure out what this chaotic, speckled carpet is hiding. An image going ...

In the early 1990s, Magic Eye images (or computer-generated autostereograms to give them their generic name) felt like the pinnacle of an exciting confluence of art and technology. They were ...

The “Golden Age” of magic coincided with the heyday of the lithographic poster, and acts involving levitation, decapitation, escapes, hypnotism, and other illusions were lavishly advertised. Illusions ...