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Noah Kalina on the observer’s paradox: “I’ve come to the unfortunate realization...

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Chris Ware Creates Stamps For USPS

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From Scientific American, a set of charts of vaccination recommendations for children...

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Star Wars Lofi, chill music from a galaxy far, far away to...

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David Deutsch: explanations

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Hard to predict

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Why Bob Dylan’s Unreleased “Blind Willie McTell” Is Now Considered a Masterpiece

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The Very First Coloring Book, The Little Folks’ Painting Book (Circa 1879)

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Divinations of the First Light: A Cosmic Poem for the Vera Rubin Observatory

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This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum

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Ireland’s Oldest and Largest Medieval Book Shrine Goes on Public View for the First Time

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Koyaanisqatsi Trailer Recreated Using Stock Footage

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Stunning Photos of the Cosmos From the World’s Largest Digital Camera

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Stop Making New Oreos. Not sure what the best part of this...

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The Enduring Legacy of ’80s Harlem Drag Balls

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The Scheme That Broke the Texas Lottery

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Young Joon Kwak’s Luminescent Bodies

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Ippei Tsujio’s Fresh Batch of Wrapping Paper Transforms Gifts Into Perfectly Baked Loaves

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Copaganda and Me. “The police are the good guys, or so I...

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New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage

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Barbara T. Smith’s Experiments in Xerox

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An Interview With Andor’s Creator, Tony Gilroy

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Lessons on Art and Community From America’s Cultural Treasures

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Design Process in Practice at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

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Wandering Minds Reach the Bounds of Post-Its in Aron Wiesenfeld’s ‘Playtime’

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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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