Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Is Free — The Cuban dissident artist is exiled to the US and a Homerist reviews Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”
How the pursuit of optimisation reshaped art, aesthetics and us — As frictionlessness colonises everyday life, artists, designers and theorists are asking what gets lost
Required Reading — This week: Iranian artists remember the victims of the Minab airstrike, a trip through Alabama’s Barn Quilt Trail, Kansas City’s bygone lesbian haven, Erling Haaland memes, and more.
Madrid Museum Puts Picasso in Dialogue With "African Guernica" — Dumile Feni’s monumental drawing is part of the Museo Reina Sofía's new program "History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme."
Earning taste and judgment — Taste used to be a byproduct of the reps. Agents took the reps. So if you're junior you now have to go get the taste and judgment on purpose. A builder's loo...
Pacific Surf Takes Center Stage in Craig Hubbard's Dreamy Photos — The golden hour hues of the West Coast's legendary sunsets and a love for surfing spurred Hubbard's reacquaintance with the camera.
Heikki's Garden of Flowers | archive of pictorial typography — An archive of ~2500 pictorial typography and letterpress works spanning four centuries, images composed entirely of type ornaments, characters, and rule. The history of ASCII art before computers.
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.
Introducing: The Autodromo Group C Turbo Sport Chronograph — Auto-inspired Autodromo returns with a unique analog-digital offering, marking its first all-new watch since 2023.
Branding & Packaging for Juana by Made Thought — BP&O — Identity, logo, wordmark, packaging and typography for CBD beauty brand Juana by Made Thought. Reviewed for BP&O by Emily Gosling.
What's gone wrong at Nike? How the world's sportswear giant lost its mojo — Several self-inflicted mistakes have cost the biggest sportswear brand on the planet in recent years.
Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople Restored to Its Original Glory — Following a meticulous course of conservation treatment, Eugène Delacroix’s Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople is returning to the Red Rooms, joining a number of other famous work
Printing Gaussian Splats | Dany Bittel — A while ago Teng Xu from crysta.ai contacted me and offered to print one of my insects as a present. Ever since I'm fascinated by the proces
Health, Technology, Art, and Design Intersect at UC Davis Graduate Showcase — On view at the Manetti Shrem Museum through June 20, the multidisciplinary exhibition features projects by 20 arts graduate students.
Employment expiry and the end of workplace loyalty — Employment no longer ends. It expires.
Behind the Scenes at Pace — Employees describe the gallery’s disorienting layoffs, Brenda Goodman looks back on her six-decade practice, and artists urge Mayor Mamdani to ban AI in schools.
Vibrant Miniature Dioramas Burst from Vintage Compacts by Shannon Taylor — Shannon Taylor’s vibrant dioramas spring to life inside of vintage cosmetic compacts with layers of paper and watercolor.
Oasis Finally Reveal 2027 Tour Dates — The Oasis resurgence briefly quieted down this year after the band wrapped up its long-awaited global reunion tour last November, but Gallaghermania is back at full tilt. Don’t Look Back In Anger, the new documentary about the reunion, is…
Genius | Song Lyrics & Knowledge — Genius is the world’s biggest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledge.
Puppets of AI | Stefan Justin | TEDxRoyal Tunbridge Wells Youth — In May 2026, after months of preparation, students from across Tunbridge Wells delivered their very own TEDx talk. With support from teachers, each student researched, scripted, rehearsed and presented a short…
Why has the response to Nepal’s floods been so muted? — Because wealthy nations do not want to take responsibility for their role in the current climate crisis.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year Finalists Highlight the Sorrowful and Sublime — "These photographs don’t just capture what’s beneath the surface; they surface the stories our planet most needs us to hear," says Will Harrison.
The World Cup Finals Halftime Show Was Absurd — It was only the beginning of one of the weirdest and most uneven spectacles FIFA has ever put on. Post Malone tried to set the tone with a T-shirt. The singer/rapper performed at the FIFA World Cup’s pre-ceremony wearing a shirt…
How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready — Smashing Magazine — Practical guide on how to reduce drifts, minimize mistakes, maintain context, and improve the quality of AI-generated prototypes. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video course on UX** and
Widline Cadet’s Doubled Diaspora — The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
8 Art Books to Reframe America’s 250th — The real story of the Declaration of Independence, the rise and fall of monuments, contemporary Indigenous artists, drag queens on Fire Island, and other titles for the year’s reading list.
Hopeful Art Fundraisers for Earthquake Relief in Venezuela — Art sales featuring everything from paintings and prints to photographs, artist books, and zines are benefiting urgently needed aid efforts.
How to find out what your design work was really for — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-find-out-what-your-design-work-was-really-for-3f948d3900a5?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.co
A Concrete Definition of “Product Sense” (and How to Build It) — Product sense means predicting which product decisions will succeed based on patterns learned through experimentation — and knowing when those patterns apply.
Israel Incensed as UNESCO Adds Lebanese and West Bank Sites to World Heritage List — The Mount Amel Castles and the archaeological ruins of Sebastia are among six new heritage sites considered to be in danger.
AMD’s best CPU tech for gamers is coming to workstations too — AMD’s 3D V-Cache isn’t just for gaming anymore.
Creating Impact Beyond Skills in the Age of AI | Ki Young Shin | TEDxHanyangU — In this talk, Ki Young Shin explores how uncertainty surrounding AI can become an opportunity for innovation rather than a source of fear. As AI tools become increasingly accessible, technical…
Xbox's free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars — Xbox's free 25th anniversary gifts include a dynamic theme and avatars.
The Met and the Art Smuggler — An interview about a notorious antiquities trafficker with Matthew Campbell, plus an exclusive excerpt of William Kentridge’s new book.
Bauhaus-inspired poster sketch.
Your Guide to NYC Art Shows This Fall — We round up the must-see art exhibitions around the city this fall so you don’t have to. Plus: How did the police confuse a sculpture for a person?
Where did all the minimalists go? — Go to http://squarespace.com for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, go to http://squarespace.com/mattdavella to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Want to learn how to make better videos and grow your…
Edward Hopper’s Distinctly American Solitude — American bombast is, more than anything, a mask, which Hopper understood well.
Iran War Risk Still Important in Background, Says Torsten Slok — Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo, said that while AI and the Fed may be issues more at the forefront of the economic conversation, risk from the Iran war and its subsequent impact on fuel stores remains an…
Knicks and Spurs Game Gets an Arts Wager — San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture challenged the NYC agency to make a deal: Whoever loses Game 5 posts their favorite artwork in the winning city.
The architecture of watching work — For a century we designed the office around a single question — how do we see work? AI is quietly changing the question.
Oshirado in Tōno City, Japan — <p><img alt="Hooded statuettes of Oshira-sama." data-width="4000" data-height="6000" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/zmRtLSPIk2vW3VY0hGAPflard_elsA-d-xcBCrljwv4/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh…
Is This the End of Human Art? | Mohamed Aly | TEDxZSIS Youth — Is artificial intelligence about to render the human artist obsolete? With AI-generated masterpieces winning state fair competitions and pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars at historic auctions, creators…
Any Human Ever — One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
Internet Sacred Texts — Religious and mythological writings.
Rethinking Figma in an AI world — <p>Config 2026 reveals Figma’s high-stakes gamble to survive an era of agentic workflows in a code-native environment.</p> <br/><br/>
ChatGPT and Codex now support multiple Gmail and Google Calendar accounts - 9to5Mac — OpenAI confirmed today that ChatGPT and Codex users can now add multiple Gmail and Google Cal accounts. Here are the details.
Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie — Smashing Magazine — When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for…
'Hold to This Earth' Surveys the Abundance of American Indigenous Contemporary Art — The show of pieces from the Tia Collection opening next week at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features nearly 70 works by 38 artists.
The Art Market Post-Pollock — After spring's marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn't.
Study Shows AI Hitting Paychecks, Not Payrolls — Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok says early labor-market data suggest AI’s first impact is appearing more in wages than employment. In a study of hundreds of occupations, Slok found that jobs with higher exposure to AI have…
Painted by Hand, a Stop-Motion Film Eulogizes a Lost Childhood Home — To memorialize his lost childhood home, Jason Mitcham hand-painted the touching stop-motion film, "Ever Behind the Sunset."
Joyce Kozloff Reveals Herself as Guerrilla Girls Founding Member — After decades of anonymity, the feminist artist and activist disclosed in an interview that she is the woman behind the mask of “Liubov Popova.”
Grounded in Grain, Washed in the Water — Black Southern traditions are not relics to be preserved behind glass, but dynamic systems of knowledge that continue to evolve.
Ancient Origins | Latest Archaeology & Ancient Discoveries — The mysteries of the past.
Christie’s Launches Pop Culture Division to Court Millennial and Gen Z Buyers — Ringo Drum Kits Lennon Gretsch Christies March 2026
Yayoi Kusama Dies at 97 — The superstar Japanese artist passed away in a Tokyo hospital, an exhibition brings treasures from the ancient city to the US, ex-Pussy Riot member says Russia recruited her to spy, and more.
Human Connection Cuts Through Technology at Focus Art Fair — The show, New York's only art fair dedicated to contemporary Asian art, featured uniquely tender subversions of this year’s topical theme.
Uncanny Landscapes in Pen and Ink Span Wooden Panels by John Buck — The Bozeman-based artist is known for his eccentric wooden sculptures that draw on folklore, personal memory, and daily observations.
10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Summer — Blessedly, despite the corn sweat, the city’s gallery and museum scene is eager to provide fresh work for the Midwestern mind.