DesignArena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models | TechCrunch — DesignArena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs.
Apple is working to incorporate AI agents on the App Store, per report - 9to5Mac — A new report indicates that a WWDC announcement might be coming regarding Apple’s efforts to better incorporate AI agents into the App Store.
Color Hunt - Color Palettes for Designers and Artists — Discover the newest hand-picked color palettes of Color Hunt. Get color inspiration for your design and art projects.
A View From the Easel With Arghavan Khosravi — “It feels like I am spending my time doing what I love.”
Zara’s Ortega Buys Paris Office Complex for About €800 Million — Zara billionaire Amancio Ortega bought a business center in Paris from Invesco Ltd., in what is his biggest transaction in Europe.
Discovery vs Delivery — A personal perspective on AI, product quality and the growing divide between deciding what should exist and efficiently building it.
NYPL Digital Collections — Maps, photos, and ephemera.
Linear cosine palettes – Notes from a data witch — Kind of a generative art thing, but mostly an attempt by the author to prove to herself that a she can write a short blog post without turning it into a goddamn monograph
Legionella Bacteria Found in Cooling Tower at NYC Guggenheim — A spokesperson said there was no present danger to the public at the museum, which is located in one of three zip codes where people have contracted Legionnaires’ disease.
Artist Julio Le Parc, Maestro of Light, Movement, and Defiance, Dies at 97 — While his contemporaries focused on abstraction’s retinal possibilities, he viewed the liberation of the spectator as parallel to society's.
National Gallery Implements Protections Ahead of IndyCar Grand Prix — I.M. Pei skylights and an outdoor Alexander Calder sculpture are among the structures that have been boarded up ahead of this month’s race.
Home — Home The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Two more small boat pilots jailed for Channel crossings — Both men admitted steering overcrowded vessels carrying more than 80 people each to the UK.
Curtis Sliwa and Massive Hot Dog in Times Square — The absurdist elegy of “The Most American Pageant Ever!,” Brazilian modernist Chico da Silva, reclaiming a Thomas Jefferson statue, and more.
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.
Artist spent six months painting the same wall in her apartment from different angles. The wall never changes but somehow each one looks like a different room.
In a New 223-Megapixel Image, NASA Captures 16.5 Million Stars of the Cigar Galaxy — Captured by Webb’s NIRCam across 65 hours, the enormous image features the dense Messier 82 galaxy 12 million light-years away.
Elliot McGucken Suspends Einstein's 'Light Cones' Over Desert Expanses — The sublime enigmas of nature form the basis of the physicist-photographer's explorations of landscape and light.
‘We’re astounded and a bit perplexed by it’: colossal 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at Unesco site in Turkey — The statue gives new insight into the ancient Lydian civilisation, Turkey’s culture ministry says
Italian Apple Ad Featuring a Toddler With an iPhone Sparks Controversy — Does the ad celebrate child safety features or promote dangerous behavior?
The Photographs that Shaped the Black Arts Movement in the Mid-20th Century — 'Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985' features works by more than 100 artists, journalists, organizers, and more.
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?
Designing a Scientific Calculator from scratch in FPGA — This is a scientific BCD calculator that uses binary-coded decimals, the same internal number format HP used in its scientific…
Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions — This huge collection of non-scary optical illusions and fascinating visual phenomena emphasizes interactive exploration, beauty, and scientific explanation.
Home — Daily coverage of everything new in Urban and Street Art
Who is Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s newly elected political chief? — Veteran negotiator assumes Palestinian group's overall leadership following a wartime election process.
‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings — The long read: For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading
Fury and grief as parents of Pakistan infant fire victims demand answers — Funerals have begun for the 14 babies who were killed in a fire at Islamabad’s Institute of Medical Sciences.
25 Art Shows Reckoning With the US at 250 — From Indigenous survivance to quilting to modernism, these exhibitions and projects reframe and challenge the story of the United States.
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.”
A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants & Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts — The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants & children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD & other graduate programs.
Living Lines Library — Behind-the-scenes animation.
Kongo Gumi in Osaka, Japan — <p><img alt="Tanimachi-suji Avenue, Osaka; Kongo Gumi is seen on the right." data-width="6000" data-height="4000" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/DPJTPaWNhZFwFUD2Ao9i0lUZI_bMr6LHkJus5qRP2rU/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/…
Self-Fulfilling Projects — The projects that defy clarity and specificity.
Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware — A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email…
Data visualization examples — Browse 400+ data visualization examples built for interactive data storytelling. Explore by industry or purpose, and reuse charts in your own projects.
Sophie Cunningham not concerned about being a distraction for Fever — Sophie Cunningham says she's unconcerned that the rallies against transgender participation in women's sports that have accompanied the Indiana Fever's recent games are a distraction for the WNBA team.
Someone mapped every typeface decision in a single book cover—why the serif sits where it does, what the margin width says. The attention to the stuff you don't notice is sharp.
UNSW's Parker on US' 20% Cargo Toll in Strait of Hormuz — Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow at UNSW Canberra, discusses the legality and diplomatic implications of the US blockade and 20 percent cargo toll in the Strait of Hormuz. She draws on more than 20 years' experience in…
Venezuelan fashion designer swaps dresses for body bags — A Venezuelan fashion designer has turned his workshop from making colourful dresses to producing body bags.
Timex Atelier Chronographs Bring Modern Clarity to a Classic Complication — The latest release become an elevated entry point into the undeniably appealing world of Timex Atelier
Happenings: The Patek Philippe Museum Celebrates 50 Years Of The Nautilus With A Special Museum Exhibition — The exhibition will run from June 2026 until early 2027 at the brand's museum in Geneva.
Trompe-L'œil Paintings by Jason Limon Reveal a Hidden Skeletal World — Jason Limon imagines a playful world in which vintage illustrations are the colorful veneer concealing a universe populated by skeletons.
Art Archives — Want to keep up with what's happening in today's art world? My Modern Met's art articles with help you stay up to date and in the know.
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.
William Kentridge and Lapis Blue — Plus, why is Trump meddling in the Venice Architecture Biennale?
Engaging With Art Can Slow Aging, Study Claims — A group of researchers at University College London identified a relationship between consuming and creating art and a lower biological age.
The Boston Library Where You Still Can Borrow A Giant Puppet — Catching up with a whimsical cellar collection of papier-mâché characters that endures under a rapidly changing downtown
Reputation Management: Tech Disruption Isn’t Just For Used Cars — Welcome back to Reputation Management! We are again revealing the underbelly of local automotive retailers—places like car dealers and service shops—with fictional service tales inspired by real…
Defense Against Dishonest Charts — This is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things.
Listening to Our Queer & Trans Elders — We kick off our Pride Month series with painter Jamie Nares. Plus, a sports betting company makes its first foray into the art market.
Walter Benjamin Warned Us About AI — The philosopher believed that good photography provokes cognition while dangerous photography soothes, as seen in a jewel box show at the Jewish Museum.
Calls for public inquiry into Jason Arday 'witchhunt' — Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been "hounded" by the media and pursued relentlessly.
Animated Nellie Mae Rowe Biopic Coming to YouTube — Streaming of the 2023 film, which lovingly immortalizes the late self-taught Black artist's life and legacy, starts on July 2.
How the GW Corcoran Is Rethinking Interaction Design Education — The Interaction Design program at the George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Design is utilizing partnerships across DC to encourage its students to develop more inclusive design practices.
Bournemouth close in on £11.1m Juanlu — Bournemouth are finalising an £11.1m move for Sevilla right-back Juanlu as new manager Marco Rose's squad nears completion.
Valverde Hotel: The Design-Forward Lisbon Stay I’ve Booked 10 Times and Counting — My Lisbon home-away-from-home delivers exceptional service, great style, and the prettiest courtyard garden.
Lenka Clayton Reflects on Motherhood and Finding Connection in Everyday Objects — In a new film from Art21, Pittsburgh-based artist Lenka Clayton shares her expansive practice and interest in care.
Designing in regulated industries — How to ship meaningful, human-centered design when the legal team has as much say as the user
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