Phoenix Art Museum Receives Largest Gift of Native American Works
A hundred works by Indigenous artists tracing creative resilience over the course of a century will go on view at the institution in August.
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The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The...
The White House’s Top Science Goal Is Ignorance . “The actions are seen as a deliberate attempt to stifle science and ignore the reality of climate change, in order to support the fossil-fuel industry and satisfy the climate denialism of Trump’s base.”
The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car
Oof, what a beauty. In the 1960s, four Porsche 912s were customized for use as police cars in Japan. This one , which was used in Kanagawa until 1973, is the only one left standing (and even it needed restoration). This Japanese police 912 served in Kanagawa Prefecture from
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and...
Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized . SEO (and Google’s embrace of it) has spent the last 25 years ruining the internet and search results. Now it’s GEO’s turn (generative-engine optimization).
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America...
The Best Headlights in the World Are Illegal in America . “America’s roads are now full of tactical-grade headlights, and no one is happy about it.”
Beer With a Painter: Samia Halaby
At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she “accidentally stepped into abstraction.”
Grappling With the Existential AI Threat
Charity Majors, writing about how high-performing engineering teams are dealing with the transition from pre-AI to AI-native development: AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy . This is not a situation where one side is right and
The Feeding
"My mom and I lived together for five years—the breast cancer years—until she died from the disease."
Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump...
Unsurprising open corruption from FIFA & the Trump regime: FIFA rents an office in Trump Tower . “The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but soccer officials say the space sits largely idle.” That’s called a bribe.
Largest-Ever Arthur Jafa Survey Coming to New Museum
The two-floor show will premiere new works alongside the artist’s iconic pieces, such as "Love is the Message, The Message is Death."
Remembering Willie Valentine, Marjane Satrapi, and John Claridge
This week, we honor a champion of Southeast Asian art, the giant behind “Persepolis,” and a photographer dedicated to London’s East End.
75-Minute DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter, one half of the legendary duo Daft Punk, played a 75-minute DJ set for The Lot Radio the other day. He played tracks by Boards of Canada, Burial, Sonic Youth, and even Daft Punk ( full setlist ). The set is also available on Soundcloud . Bangalter also put
Humans Killed Millions of Vultures. Now People Are Paying the Price.
"As vultures vanished, dogs multiplied, and rabies spread. Humans are living with the consequences."
A Rare Recording of Harpo Marx Speaking Publicly Was Mislabeled in an Archive for Decades. Now You Can Listen to the 'Silent' Comedian Yourself.
The comedian of the stage and big screen thrilled millions of Americans without ever speaking a word, leaving many to wonder what his voice sounded like
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake ....
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake . “I am a nice horse. I do not fuss. I do not bite the human woman’s face, even though her hair smells nice. I do not ask to go live free in the woods like the deer. I do my duties. I must try cake. Please.”
The Social Reckoning
The teaser trailer for the sequel to David Fincher’s The Social Network is here — they’re calling the movie “a companion piece” to the first film. It’s based on The Facebook Files : Primarily, the reports revealed that, based on internally commissioned studies, the company was
Health, Technology, Art, and Design Intersect at UC Davis Graduate Showcase
On view at the Manetti Shrem Museum through June 20, the multidisciplinary exhibition features projects by 20 arts graduate students.
What Carmen Maria Machado Wants You to Know About Power
The author and memoirist spoke to Hyperallergic about curating the work of Cuban painter Rocío García, whose characters linger in the space where power and pleasure meet.
An Artist Duo’s Haven of Synthetic Hair
Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez steamed, cut, and sewed together lengths of hair by hand to create an ecosystem of biomorphic sculptures.
Alan Lomax Spent Years Traveling the Country to Record the Sounds of America. The Legacy of His Obsession Will Live Forever
By letting Muddy Waters hear himself for the first time, he unlocked a new confidence that set the sharecropper on the path to superstardom. And that’s just the start of what he found in churches, prisons and even lumberjack camps
Bay of smokes
When smog descended upon Los Angeles in 1943, it was mistaken for a Japanese attack. The real culprit was closer to home - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Who Asked for an AI Art Museum?
Plus, a child punctures a Magritte in Israel, and Nayland Blake speaks with Hyperallergic about eroticism, play, and the role of the artist.
Video games, movies and books
What’s the structure of your project? Here are three paradigms to consider: Video game development is expensive and risky because you’re on two frontiers at once. The tech frontier, trying to do something with hardware that hasn’t been done before, and the game mechanics
Harvard’s 1869 Entrance Exam: Could You Answer Tough Questions About Latin, Greek, Ancient History, Plane Geometry & More
In 2025, Harvard once again began asking applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score. This was a reversal of the no-test-necessary policy that it and quite a few other American colleges and universities adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. To some observers of higher education,
How William S. Burroughs Used the Cut-Up Technique to Shut Down London’s First Espresso Bar (1972)
As we’ve noted before, the English coffeehouse has served as a staging ground for radical, sometimes revolutionary social change. Certainly this was the case during the Enlightenment, as it was with the salons in France. And yet, by the early 20th century it seems, coffee shops