The opposite of “I don’t know” isn’t “I’m certain.” No, the opposite is, “I’m not sure, but…” “I don’t know” is a conversation ender. It is almost never followed by a useful question. Instead, it’s a form of surrender. Teach me! Show me answer! Don’t make me figure it out. Most
Teaser trailer for You Can See Everything from Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim. “Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move.” WHAT WAS THAT?
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Tony Cokes’s riffs on the video essay, a Grandma Moses retrospective, and Abbas Akhavan’s US museum debut are among the shows to look forward to this season.
The late artist and athlete who rendered joyous scenes of Black life, dance, and motion is the subject of renewed institutional attention as his daughter, Erin Barnes, works to conserve his studio practice.
"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."
Abstract Mag invited dozens of artists to participate in a summer residency in Georgia. Then its social media pages went dark.
While visiting the Lebanese mountain town Dhour El Choueir, I couldn't shake off a painting and a poem I had translated two decades earlier.
The largely undocumented Latin American women of New York’s “costureros,” or needlework circles, are creating a countermap to archive the stories of their lives.
Culture is built on the stability of persistence. Pop musicians have farewell tours that last for decades. The local print shop is still there, reliably getting the job done. We want things that last. And yet… When it’s time for a company to raise another round of investment,
An astronaut’s image of Earth from the 2026 lunar flyby reveals not our profound smallness but our growing significance - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
We recommend art novels, catalogs, memoirs, and more, plus an artist reflects on her portable studio.
A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed? - by Shawn Miller Read on Aeon