Julie Mehretu’s Advice to Young Artists — The artist's stirring commencement speech at RISD, the best art shows in NYC this summer, and can you really have friendships in the art world?
Inside the Rise of America’s Oligarch Class—And What It Means For All of Us — In early 2014, a pair of political scientists published a striking study on the health, or lack thereof, of American democracy. Authored by Princeton University’s Martin Gilens and Northwestern Uni…
Trump Orders Installation of Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum — The administration’s demand comes just days after the director of the National Museum of American History testified before a congressional subcommittee.
OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent — Code reviewed by WIRED reveals the company is developing a feature that enables Codex to continue working proactively until it is “put to sleep.”
Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Exiled to the US — The dissident artist arrived in Miami after serving five years in a maximum-security prison outside Havana.
AI and artists can click – a new manifesto for modern creativity — The UK is both an epicentre of global creative industries and a budding AI powerhouse. Here’s how it can balance support for creatives while also embracing technological changes
A New Book Celebrates More Than 250 Trailblazing Women Photographers Across 200 Years — Phaidon's "Great Women Photographers" spans a multitude of photographic works from 68 countries and covers nearly 200 years of history.
Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors — Despite a tightly controlled narrative, the mega-gallery’s downsizing has left more questions than answers, with some workers and artists describing a disorienting experience.
Trump Is Coming for the Architecture Biennale — Modigliani's "indecent" nude fetches $63.9M, the National Gallery of Art gets a major contemporary art gift, and more industry news.
Beer With a Painter: Samia Halaby — At her longtime studio in Tribeca, the Palestinian-American painter discussed her experimentation with color and how she “accidentally stepped into abstraction.”
Alibaba's AI video model rises to No. 2 in global rankings, as OpenAI's Sora and ByteDance's Seedance fall away — <p><a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/en?_p_lc=1">Alibaba Cloud</a> on Sunday released <a href="https://www.happyhorse.com/">HappyHorse 1.1</a>, a major upgrade…
"Pam the Bird" Graffiti Stirs Controversy in Melbourne — Days after police arrested the graffiti artist who tagged a prominent bridge tower with a giant bird, some are calling on the city to preserve the work.
Jimothy, Meme and Muse — Artists share tributes to the beloved raccoon, plus Sabri Sundos’s odes to Palestinian diaspora and memory.
An Artist’s MFA Show Confronts Columbia University Over Gaza — Alejandro Valencia’s multipart installation alludes to the institution’s failure to come to terms with Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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Fixing the Potholes in NYC’s Cultural Infrastructure — If “pothole politics” is about fixing what people experience in their daily lives, then cultural funding should follow the same logic: steady, predictable, and built to last.
WHO responding to ‘complex, difficult’ Ebola outbreak in DR Congo — The World Health Organization is getting health experts and supplies to DR Congo to battle the Ebola outbreak.
Solar eclipse carves Eiffel Tower’s silhouette in Paris sky — A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.
Paid content for Visit Maine. — National Geographic Explorer and photographer Kiliii Yüyan visits an oyster farm on the Damariscotta River in Mid Coast Maine, an estuary with freshwater output and saltwater input, making it a great spot to farm oysters. On his visit, Kiliii…
What's new in pg_clickhouse v0.10.0: Subqueries, TPC-H Speedups, C Driver, and Aggregates | ClickHouse — Discover what's new in pg_clickhouse v0.10.0: 16 of 22 TPC-H queries now push down in full, plus a rebuilt C driver and broader aggregate support.
Trump Proposes Lowest Smithsonian Budget in Years — But while those numbers are still preliminary, there are other, quieter ways in which the White House is trying to control how the institution uses available funding.
Atlas Obscura Places — Curious and wondrous places worldwide.
Simone Forti Talks Yoko Ono, Dance, and Aging in Never-Before-Published Interview — “I remember sitting with Yoko on a ledge on the PS1 roof and talking together comfortably,” said the late performance artist. “It was restful.”
Trump’s Unhinged Attacks on the Smithsonian — The White House accuses the public institution of “extreme activism”; plus, an interview with queer icon Carmelita Tropicana.
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Smithsonian Hearing's Most Bizarre Moments Ranked by Tier — “Is Mickey Mouse racist?” Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill asked National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig.
The Sun Is Shining on Saif Azzuz — Across galleries, museums, and outdoor sculpture, he connects Indigenous land practices in California, the Hudson Valley, and beyond.
Spectral Fronds and Flowers Comprise Elegant Animals in Molly Devlin's Paintings — Part fauna and part flora, each elegant animal in Molly Devlin's paintings is a reminder of nature's interconnectedness.
The In-Between Worlds of Larissa Borteh — In the artist's paintings, are we looking at plants in a state of beautiful decay, ghosts, deities, fairylands, or something from a dream?
Mythology | Gods, Titans, Angels, Demons, Mythical Creatures and More — The word Mythology itself is derived from the Greek word “mythos”, meaning story of people, and “logos” which means speech. The study of these stories of creation, good versus evil, life and death, god and th
Dean Millien’s Aluminum-Foil Animal World — A highlight of “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1, the artist’s remarkable sculptures made from the humble household material continue a practice he began as a child in Brooklyn.
Jeffrey Epstein Dons Meta AI Glasses in Damning Guerrilla Ad — The notorious glasses are for “people who don’t do consent,” reads a mock ad mounted outside the Ray-Ban store by the activist group Everyone Hates Elon.
Art Problems: Why Are There So Many Toxic People in the Art World? — Paddy Johnson with essential tips on how to protect yourself from insecure peers and bad-faith actors.
How to Survive Art-World Toxicity — Paddy Johnson offers advice on navigating toxic people in the industry, and how Walter Benjamin warned us about AI.
'Bodega Cats of New York' Advocates for the City's Beloved Feline Shopkeepers — 'Bodega Cats of New York' by Dan Rimada features 120 photos by Gulce Kilkis of 60 cats across all five boroughs.
Top Arab, Muslim diplomats launch plan to protect Jerusalem religious sites — Foreign ministers warn Christian and Islamic holy sites 'threatened' by Israel 'as never before'.
Mitchell Johnson: "Twenty-One Years in Truro (Selected Paintings 1988–2026)" — The artist's sixth solo exhibition at Castle Hill will open to the public on September 8, 2026.
A View From the Easel — “I am endlessly fascinated by porcelain.”
Lucy Sparrow Invokes '90s Supermarket Nostalgia in ‘The Beginning of Convenience’ — Lucy Sparrow's new exhibition, 'The Beginning of Convenience' is stocked to the brim with more than 20,000 handmade felt objects.
Priceless Renaissance Paintings Stolen From Italian Museum — Authorities say thieves made off with four artworks by Sicilian master Antonello da Messina in under five minutes.
They Want to Control Our Imagination — A professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago asked her students to imagine a way to help someone they might encounter. Leadership found that beyond the pale.
Pace, William Kentridge, “AlgaeBTQ+” — We pull back the curtain on the official gallery narrative. Plus, the memes take off as Trump’s reflecting pool gets murkier.
V&A Storehouse Workers Vote to Strike Over “Amazon-Style” Conditions — Staff members allege they were “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”
81,000 warning letters sent to crypto holders in HMRC tax crackdown — According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request the number of letters sent has almost tripled since 2024.
SpaceXAI apologizes for outage that affected Grok and other 'compute partners' — Several AI companies experienced issues at around the same time.
Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist — 769 photographers and astronomers from 66 countries submitted more than 4,000 images to this year's competition.
Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists Engaged with the Context of Asia — Supporting media artists with production grants, global exhibitions, and an expanded online residency with Ars Electronica.
HNTB designs Dallas Stars arena to "capture the passion and intensity of hockey" — <p>Architecture studio HNTB has unveiled the design of an 18,000-seat arena in Plano, Texas, for the Dallas Stars NHL team. Set to be built as part of a wider "year-round district", the arena…
The Art Story: Visual Art Movements, Artists, Ideas, and Definitions — The Art Story is the History of Visual Art that is optimized for the web: we clearly and graphically overview and analyze classical and modern artists, movements, and ideas.
The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation "Deo Vindice" to Richmond — The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.
Asian Memory Chipmakers Rise as Sandisk Outlook Lifts Confidence — Asian memory-chip stocks climbed, as a bullish outlook from Sandisk Corp. boosted optimism on longer term benefits from the artificial intelligence boom.
Speedo’s new smart goggles module can track all four swim strokes — A removable Speedo iQ module tracks swim strokes, head movement, breaths, distance, and more.
Oman says oil spill from stricken tanker has reached its coast — Up to 40km of coastline affected by oil pollution, Omani environmental authority says.
'Remember Me' Highlights Black Americans' Self-Expression in Early Photography — The National Gallery of Art presents around 70 historical images in 'Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography.'
I ruined my cats’ toilet time with a motion-activated neon litter box sign — Hopefully they don’t mind.
'I get so upset and frustrated': What dating is like on a GLP-1 — Finding a partner after weight loss might be even harder.
Willie Cole Traverses 'Mind, Body, and Soul' in Expressive Mixed Media Assemblages — Cole's imaginative sculptures tap into environmentalism, consumerism, and global traditions and histories.
Top Iran official says US focus on economic warfare shows it has failed militarily — The Iranian regime has dismissed President Trump's threats to crush the country economically, saying that years of U.S. sanctions have failed.
SVA Grads Make Art out of History’s Rubble — The Art Practice MFA thesis exhibition rewrites what came before, pushing back against harmful systems and inventing better ways of living together.
Qatar pushes for united Libya with visit to country’s east — Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs has visited eastern Libya for the first time in 14 years.