Calligraphy Skills and the Enjoyment of Beautiful Writing — Dedicated to good amateur calligraphy – tools, tips, techniques and online tutorials
Required Reading — This week: James Turrell in Denmark, a new album by Raven Chacon, a Black radical history of the Declaration of Independence, World Cup songs across time, and more.
The psychological cost of moving too fast — Why discovery still matters in the age of AI
Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media — In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.
When design becomes the organisation, and AI becomes the design — What happens when the entity that designs everything is itself being designed by machines?
Amelia Cross Blends Bespoke Tailoring and Trompe-L'œil Painting in Her Sartorial Studies — Amelia Cross creates "sewn paintings," which combine trompe-l'oeil methods with constructed, sculptural details.
The AI Layoff Trap — Interactive Simulator — Interactive simulation of Hemenway Falk & Tsoukalas (2026): competitive firms over-automate because each captures the full cost saving but only 1/N of the demand destruction.
Hey Pandas, Show Me Something You’re Working On (Closed) | Bored Panda — The best of photography.
Massimiliano Gioni Named Director of New Museum — The institution’s former artistic director succeeds Lisa Phillips, who announced her retirement last fall.
Construct Your Own Miniature Paper Brutalist Circuses with 'Cirk' — 'Cirk,' a new book from David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka of Zupagrafika, highlights a wide range of permanent circuses.
The Tattoo Artist Inking Arabic Script on Skin — New York-based artist Noore Yazigi’s designs reference everything from the Quran to the poetry of the late Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer.
Optical illusion images, pictures, tutorials and information — Illusion pictures, information on optical illusions and tutorials on visual illusions.
Michael Asher Digs Deep — A survey of the artist who made museums his medium, the godmothers of ecosexuality, and more.
Miami Graffiti Legend Eric Alan Hirt "Eson" Killed in Train Strike — The prolific tagger boldly transformed the city's street infrastructure for decades.
Charles Seliger Painted Nature’s Invisible Architecture — One of the youngest Abstract Expressionists, the artist charted an independent path guided by the beauty and intricacy of cellular structures.
Brickset home page: LEGO database, news and reviews — Brickset is a database of LEGO sets and an online community of LEGO fans.
John Giorno Put Poetry on the Line — In iconic works like his "Dial-a-Poem," the artist offered a moment of sustained attention, a sense of relation, a novel perspective.
Divine Sculptures Revere a Yorùbá Goddess in Nigeria's Ọṣun-Òṣogbo Sacred Grove — A short documentary by The Met and World Monuments Fund visits the sacred art environment in southwestern Nigeria.
Required Reading — This week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.
The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration, a collection of oral histories recorded in Michigan in the 1970s of — The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration, a collection of oral histories recorded in Michigan in the 1970s of Black people who had previously escaped the Jim C
Been hand-binding journals for three months and just realized I've been gluing the spine backwards the entire time. They still work though
Artists Memorialize Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Houston Man Killed by ICE — Portraits, illustrations, cartoons, and signs pay tribute to the Mexican immigrant and father of three who was fatally shot in his car on his way to work.
Ganoksin - Jewelry Making Forum and Information Resource — The world's largest technical resource website for jewelers and related fields. Jewelry making forums and galleries. Founded in 1995.
The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler — Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.
Looking Up at Constable’s Sky — The British painter’s four seasons, the New Museum’s new director, and which Surrealist painter influenced a soccer jersey?
Malaysia Palm Reserves Jump Most in Five Months as Exports Slump — Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia climbed at the fastest pace in five months as a sharp drop in exports overshadowed weaker production in the world’s second-largest grower.
Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves “Beyond Digital” in New Exhibition — Exhibition of Pratt Digital Arts alumni explores technology, ecology, and emerging forms of intelligence.
World Cup Map 2026 — An interactive 3D globe showing every match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup — browse by date, group, team, or city.
Society’s Repair Begins With Art — We must cultivate spaces with the capacity to hold another kind of cultural experience that forges a reintegration of art and life.
Eight London Underground Restrooms Get Vibrant Refurbs with Illustrated Tiles — The designs by Hugh Broughton Architects incorporate designs by artist James Lambert, who interprets the distinctive character of each location.
50 Hours to Draw Some Lines - Doug MacDowell — Hand drawn data visualizations by artist Doug MacDowell.
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.
Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves — “You have to be a person who champions other work,” they told Hyperallergic, “so that you build the context within which your work can be legible.”
1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities — Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Co
Ant Hamlyn Taps into the Optimism of Y2K in Squished Floral Sculptures — Ant Hamlyn's playful, even cartoonish, works center around stuffed polyurethane flowers squished between acrylic panels.
Geographicus Rare Antique Maps — Rare Antique Map Gallery specializing in original historic cartography from 1500 - 1920.
watched an artist spend 6 months painting the same room from different angles. the light changes in like 4 of them and honestly it broke my brain a little 🎨
this fully 3D-printed book turns its own G-code into raised lettering — 'manual', a 3D-printed book by studio darius ou and benson chong, turns machine code into a bound object.
Home — Home The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Mitchell Johnson: New Paintings from California, New England and Europe — Work by the Bay Area artist is on view in Menlo Park, California, through August 29.
Open Call 2027: Jentel Artist Residency — A Mountain West residency for artists, writers, and composers.
Introducing: The Solar Orbiter Watch Winder For The MB&F M.A.D.Gallery — The wackiest way to keep your watch running.
Who Asked for an AI Art Museum? — Plus, a child punctures a Magritte in Israel, and Nayland Blake speaks with Hyperallergic about eroticism, play, and the role of the artist.
What 32 design leaders do when told to move faster — The Greeks knew the answer to this problem, 2300 years ago
The future of sustainability | Dr. Rosa Arrigo | TEDxUniversityofSalford — Sustainability has evolved from an ambitious concept into a global imperative—but what comes next? In this talk, Dr. Rosa Arigo explores how chemistry is redefining its role in addressing the world's…
Why I spent years trying to make CSS states predictable — tenphi.me — Why predictable CSS state resolution matters, and how Tasty approaches it with state maps and non-overlapping selectors.
Ukraine mourns "collector of souls" Oleksiy Yukov, killed recovering war dead — Oleksiy Yukov spent two decades recovering the bodies of soldiers – including many Russians. He was killed during a recovery mission after stepping on a landmine.
Celia Paul Transcends Her Own Mythology — She puts her own spin on autobiography, exceeding her own cult status as a monastic artist.
Scientists believe they have found previously unknown sketch of Anne Boleyn — A computer science team believes they have discovered a previously unknown sketch of King Henry VIII's second wife - but not everyone is convinced.
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Victory for Claire Valdez — The artist and union organizer sweeps the NYC primary, and what makes an antiquities looter loot?
The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum — A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western institutions.
Texas Covers Up Beloved "Black Artists Matter" Mural in Austin — Local advocates warn that Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s order is part of a broader attempt to erase Black and LGBTQ+ history.
Sexual Assault Allegations Get Artists Canceled More Than Murder, Study Finds — Though they considered murder morally worse, survey participants deemed artists accused of sexual abuse more deserving of censure.
Yemeni army warns Houthis after attacks heighten escalation risk — Yemeni army warns Houthis after attacks heighten escalation risk
Beyond the Myth of Chico da Silva — Presenting da Silva with Amazonian artists of different generations undermines the Western notion of the artist as an isolated genius.
Betye Saar’s Birthday Present — The assemblage artist donates her doll collection to the New York Historical, and we walk you through strong performance art at the Venice Biennale.
The Hidden History of Stock Photography — In her first book, scholar Simona Supekar mines the history of stock imagery as a vessel for racism and sexism and considers its role in the age of AI.
August 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies.
The World’s Tallest Messi Statue Is Also Its Most Salacious — Featuring a crotch-level and rather phallic World Cup trophy, the Patagonian artist Aldo Beroisa’s 85-foot-tall sculpture immediately caused a stir online.