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M. Gessen on the new world order the Trump regime seems eager...

The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War....

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Isaac Chotiner interviews Oona Hathaway, an expert in international law, about the...

Museums Must Step Up in 2026

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Discover Ichi-go Ichi‑e, the Japanese Art of Savoring Every Moment

J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)

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Hew Locke’s Constant Motion

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In 2026, Democracy Needs Museums

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David Wojnarowicz’s Lessons in the Age of Surveillance

Trump Sells Off Jesus Painting for $2.75M at NYE Party

360-degree panoramas of the interiors of several Star Trek ships (Enterprise, TNG’s...

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Opportunities in January 2026

Apply for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s 2027 Arts/Industry Residency

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It Will Continue to Grow Except at That Point

Terry Facey Painstakingly Replicates a 17th-Century Marquetry Table at 1:8 Scale

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“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won....

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Cover Song for the Second Law: A Poem for Beginnings

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Searching for Seamus Heaney

Bottlenecks

When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie — and One of Them Is Werner Herzog

The Birth of Espresso: The Story Behind the Coffee Shots That Fuel Modern Life

The Art Crossword: Art Deco Edition

Required Reading

A View From the Easel

The Body as Revolution: Che Guevara on Social Medicine and Personal Health as a Political Act

Woody Guthrie Creates a Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions (1943): Beat Fascism, Write a Song a Day, and Keep the Hoping Machine Running

Art, Truth, and the Work Ahead

Becoming a Centenarian

1981 time machine

What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More

Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian

Fred Wilson Reflects Our World in Black and White

‘Modern Japanese Printmakers’ Celebrates Vibrant Mid-20th-Century Innovation

Kottke Wrapped 2025