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The Public Domain Cinematic Universe. Beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, Winnie-the-Pooh, and...

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On not being an asshole. “There’s real societal value to self censorship....

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Roméo Mivekannin’s Cage-Like Sculptures of Museums Reframe the Colonial Past

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Super Mario Clouds for 10 Minutes. Marc Weidenbaum got Cory Arcangel’s just-the-clouds...

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Diego Luna Guest-Hosts Kimmel, Talks Immigration

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A provocative piece about using AI coding agents: My AI Skeptic Friends...

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Taliban bride

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And when it breaks?

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How Scientists Recreated Ancient Egypt’s Long-Lost Pigment, “Egyptian Blue”

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“The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink”: An Ad for London’s First Cafe Printed Circa 1652

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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

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Chloë Bass Eschews the Clichés of Mixed-Race Art

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A Massive Diane Arbus Exhibition Does So Little

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From Heather Cox Richardson, a video series called Ten Steps to Revolution,...

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Death of a Fantastic Machine

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Love Pulses Through Elle Pérez’s Photography

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New York’s Elizabeth Street Garden Saved From Demolition

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“The web platform makes no demands because it offers nothing beyond the...

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Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos

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Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny (American Masters, PBS)

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“Between 2015 and 2020, ICE deported at least 70 people who were...

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The New Vera C. Rubin Observatory Is a Firehose of Astronomical Imagery & Data

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Visitor Tears Hole in 17th-Century Painting at Uffizi Galleries

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Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver on AI slop. “Do you hear us,...

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London’s Largest Ancient Roman Fresco Makes for the ‘World’s Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle’

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The Classic Web account on Bluesky is currently going through kottke.org’s blogroll...

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The Cormorant Wars

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Jaws turns 50 years old this summer. Here’s an interview with marine...

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In ‘Big Bad Wolf,’ Sculptor Kendra Haste Contends with Conservation and Rewilding

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An excellent profile of design legend Michael Bierut, who recently “retired” as...

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Inside Fallingwater

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Injury and inhibition

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Big scale, big impact

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How Art Conservators Restore Old Paintings & Revive Their Original Colors

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The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001)

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San Francisco Art Book Fair Returns With More Programming Than Ever

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The All-Over Art of Hamid Zénati

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The Intense Intimacy of Caravaggio

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When NYC’s Piers Were a Sanctuary for Gay Gathering

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From The Onion: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your...

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To The People I Know Who Voted for Him. “you had a...

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Perfect

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How to Be a Stone: Three Poems for Trusting Time

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Happening all day today: a Reading Rainbow marathon on PBS Retro. PBS...

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Greg Corbino’s Fish Puppets Made from Reclaimed Trash Migrate Along the Hudson River

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But what do they say at the meeting?

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Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art

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For fans of Edith Zimmerman, a new Etsy offering: “A 4x6” made-to-order...

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Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University, for Now

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Play Along With This Gestural Verbing Interactive Video

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