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Sleeping Beauties: David Byrne on Why Transformative Ideas Fall Dormant and How They Awaken to Change the World

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In 1996, the Blondin family drove all around the US,...

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Improvisation and the Quantum of Consciousness

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Chasing a Plane Across the Moon

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How to Remake Yourself When You Are Undone: Lincoln and the Gift of His Suicidal Depression

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Mary Deleary Named Director of IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

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15 Defining Photos From the Student Protests in France

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Abolish Frat Culture. “This is going to be uncomfortable...

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The Ritual Joy of Queer Performance Refuses to Give Up

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EMΣT in Athens Wins European Art Museum Award for Social Impact

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Congressman Calls on Smithsonian to Document Trump’s “Narcissistic Self-Worship”

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Any Human Ever randomly picks an average person from some...

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Stutterer

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Woo Jin Joo Conjures Mythic Tales from Uncanny Sculptures of Fiber and Found Objects

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Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life...

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Frank Gillette’s Anthropic Blues

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Medical Imaging and Art Meet in the Exhibition “Overexposed”

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I Wanted a Different Betty Parsons Exhibition

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Inside the Subreddit Where Men Share Their Dinners—And Their Most Intimate Feelings

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Psychedelic Paintings by Rafael Silveira Explore a World of ‘Visual Synonymies’

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Bertrand Russell Shows How to Respond to Fascists Who Want to Debate

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The Global Rise of Electoral Dictatorships. Is the U.S....

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The People of Utah vs. Kevin O’Leary

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A short (too short?) video from Little White Lies on...

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The True Cost of Rape in America

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Evolution of Manhattan

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Alexander Calder Erewhon Smoothie?

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The ghetto on the lagoon

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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Erika Hayasaki

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Our genie problem

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The Strange and Brilliant Inventions of Nikola Tesla

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7 Tips from Edgar Allan Poe on How to Write Vivid Stories & Poems

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Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

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Great Deals on Apple Stuff Today

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“Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that...

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She Died at the San Diego Border. A Surveillance Camera Was in Plain Sight.

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Walt Whitman, Shortly After His Paralytic Stroke, on What Makes Life Worth Living

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Where in the world are typefaces being designed? The US,...

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Las Vegas Teen Killed in Arts District Shooting

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Wildwood

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European Parliament Installs Gilded Nude Statue Mocking Trump

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Remembering Ingrid Wiener, Ian Berry, and Bob Masse

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LACMA's Alexander Calder Erewhon Smoothie Is What the Art World Deserves

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AI-generated images don’t have to look like AI-generated...

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How AI Replaced Me

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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October

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In 2005, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that...

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Lots and Lots and Lots of Control Panels

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The Hellhounds of Genocide

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