The art of museum dioramas

From fluffing feathers to washing skins, a museum taxidermist shows the hidden art behind creating an ‘illusion of life’ - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Aeon • 7h

Martin Luther King Jr. in Art and Memory

Revisiting a 40-year-old mural of the civil rights leader, John Yau on the paintings of John Wilson, and a perspective from a former educator at the California College of the Arts.

Hyperallergic • 7h

Our unfinished republics

Economic republicanism shows us how to achieve authentic freedom: citizens require economic as well as political power - by Sean Irving Read on Aeon

Aeon • 7h

On the wall

We are story-processing creatures, and the most effective stories are often embodied in people. Living examples of the lesson we’re trying to learn and the posture we hope to model. Heroes, mentors, martyrs, examples, icons, avatars, archetypes, and even villains. Sometimes

Seth's Blog • 8h

How the “Netflix Movie” Turns Cinema into “Visual Muzak”

When Netflix launched around the turn of the millennium, it was received as a godsend by many American cinephiles, especially those who lived nowhere near diversely programmed revival houses or well-curated video stores. A quarter-century later, it’s safe to say that those days

Open Culture • 8h

What Happens When Mortals Try to Drink Winston Churchill’s Daily Intake of Alcohol

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me. — Winston Churchill Winston Churchill had a reputation as a brilliant statesman and a prodigious drinker. The former prime minister imbibed throughout the day, every day. He also burned through 10 daily cigars,

Open Culture • 9h