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Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88

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Open Thread #3

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Yamamoto Masao’s Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

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Summer Marathons in Painting and Drawing at the New York Studio School

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“ ICE Tours VT provides guided bus tours to many...

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The Wild Iris: Nobel Laureate Louise Glück on the Door at the End of Your Suffering

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Opportunities in April 2026

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Symbiotic Communion Flourishes in Laura Berger’s Expansive Paintings

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This Massive Collection of More Than a Million Tools Tells the Striking History of Jewelry Making in America

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The hidden world of plant roots

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The Art World Is a Joke

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The house is a work of art

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The Good Catholics of Buffalo

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The Camps Promising to Turn You—or Your Son—Into an Alpha Male

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Who sets your agenda?

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Discover the Retirement Home for Elderly Musicians Created by Giuseppe Verdi: Created in 1899, It Still Lives On Today

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Do Not Spare Yourself

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“ LLM-generated passwords…appear strong, but...

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10 Art Books for Your Spring Reading List

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Great Unreleased Track From Kendrick Lamar: Bloody Murder

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Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation?

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The Courage of Vulnerability: Teenage Frida Kahlo’s Moving Letters to Her First Love

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Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid

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From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is...

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The Best April Fools’ Jokes in the Art World This Year

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Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards

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Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to...

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On Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything

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A Palestinian-American Photographer’s Intimate Gaze

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Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note...

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The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 ....

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Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life.

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After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new...

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Gillian Welch: This Land is Her Land

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Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in ‘Impossible’ Photos

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How James Cameron Shot Titanic’s Hugely Complex Sinking Scene

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“All of Humanity’s Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen’s Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”

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Why Are We Not Better Than We Are: How Poetry Saves Lives

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The Three Elements of the Good Life

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The California Novel No One Can Find

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Stitch Your Favorite Destinations with Jake Henzler’s ‘Knit the City’

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The Medici’s lost garden of wonders

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51% of Men Say Mona Lisa "Should Smile More"

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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring R. O. Kwon

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A persistent sense of being correctly located in time

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Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)

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Louvre Museum to Install Locks on Doors After Heist

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Spirit Halloween to Temporarily Take Over Kennedy Center

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Woman With Her Back to the Viewer in Gallery Photos Speaks Out

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New Mysterious Art Fair “The Island” Seeks the Opposite of Buzz

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