"Death makes human beings seem like very small containers that are packed so densely we can only be aware of a fraction of what's inside us from moment to moment."
A cartographer posits that our maps should be messier . “The idea that we must have a crisp line dividing one country from another is often inaccurate when it comes to what states are actually claiming.”
I got the sense that this biennial is hiding from the world today instead of reflecting on it.
This is a diabolical phishing attack . “That generated a real case ID, and triggered real Apple emails to my inbox, properly signed , from Apple’s actual servers.”
This year’s edition proves that the key to viewing work by so-called “autodidact” artists is recognizing its capacity and merit as equal to all other art forms.
The farmworker movement led by Chávez and Dolores Huerta, one of his accusers, has been a central influence for generations of Latine and Chicano artists.
A state agency took issue with pro-Palestine art and “likes” on social media posts made by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, according to reports.
This is hilarious. A man was pictured in two different photos on the same front page of a local newspaper : one of him painting a holiday sign and a gs station security cam still of him taking a wallet.
"Who we are and who we become depends, in part, on whom we love."
The earth’s orbit around the sun continues unabated, reminding us that nothing is permanent, neither darkness nor light.
“Some countries are better positioned to weather this energy crisis than they would have been just a few years ago. That’s because of the rapid growth of renewable energy, battery systems and electric vehicles…”
The Lower East Side institution's OMA-designed, $82 million expansion debuted this week to mixed reviews.
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The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.
Of the current 200 nations in the world, the British have invaded all but 22 of them . The lucky 22 include Sweden, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Bolivia, and Belarus. The full analysis is available in Stuart Laycock’s book, All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded . Stuart Laycock, the
His work had everything to do with what it means to be an artist and member of a community. He was a model for us.
An online museum of Chinese cigarette packaging art .
The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.
The words shark (the animal) and shark (a predatory scoundrel) may have two different origins . “This would make ‘shark’ possibly the only word borrowed from a Mayan language into English directly.”
Parachord is “a new kind of music player that invites all your streams, local audio files, and playlists scattered across multiple services to the same party”. Interesting!
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Every Fashion Designer, Explained . If you don’t know anything about fashion, this video will get you up to speed quickly. Vivienne Westwood, Nigo, Issey Miyake, Miuccia Prada, Dapper Dan, Hubert de Givenchy, etc. etc.
Art institutions reckon with disturbing revelations about the late labor leader, shopping for $500 artworks at the Affordable Art Fair, Zarina's post-minimalist paintings, and more.
This week’s stories include techno, New Zealand, relationships, background music and doodles.
The word can morph from noun to verb to adjective, from dog to human, from female to male. What will it do next? - by Karen Stollznow Read on Aeon