Home — Caring for William Shakespeare’s family homes in Stratford-upon-Avon, and celebrating his life & works through collections and educational programs.
Worst to first: Ranking NFL's most likely turnarounds in 2026 — We stacked last season's last-place finishers in each division by their chances to jump all the way to first. Will the Lions get back on top in the NFC North?
Damien Aubin Documents a Former Soviet Mining Settlement Suspended in Time — French photographer visits the Arctic region of Pyramiden to document the snow-covered remnants of a former mining town.
Suspects Shed Light on "Mastermind" Behind Louvre Heist — One of the two men told investigators that the person who allegedly hired them for the job “thought we could have taken more.”
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
Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media — In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.
Szilveszter Makó's Surreal Photographs Reconstruct the Boundaries of Portraiture — Szilveszter Makó's photographs highlight his distinct mise en scène, consisting of props, backdrops, and exquisite garments.
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.
Largest-Ever Arthur Jafa Survey Coming to New Museum — The two-floor show will premiere new works alongside the artist’s iconic pieces, such as "Love is the Message, The Message is Death."
Gabrielle Goliath, Richard Avedon, “Chicken Linda” — A Jackson Pollock sold for a record-breaking $181 million at Christie's auction. Should it matter to anyone?
What is AX? | John Maeda’s Blog — For most of my career I designed the cockpit. I made the menus and the tabs and the flows. I arranged the dashboards and the confirmation dialogs and the little blinking things that tell you something is happening. I was proud of this work. And t
A View From the Easel — “My batik process is done in stages: from drawing, to waxing, to color staining, to boiling, and finally to oil painting.”
Bottle your judgment and make it outlive you — The most valuable thing you own dies with you, unless you get it out of your head. Let a machine and the person next to you finally use it.
Introducing: J.N. Shapiro Infinity Series 'Radiant' Chronograph, In Two Varieties (Live Pics) — Two heavyweight monopusher chronographs inspired by California's aerospace industry.
Designing services for people who’ve lost trust online — Rachel Malic, content designer at HMRC shares how to design to rebuild trust in using public services for people who have been affected by scams.
A Homerist’s Review of “The Odyssey” — Historian Joel Christensen reacts to Christopher Nolan’s epic, artists speak candidly about AI, and a forthcoming film adaptation of the Louvre heist.
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.
Optical illusion images, pictures, tutorials and information — Illusion pictures, information on optical illusions and tutorials on visual illusions.
Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine — Why traditional loading patterns like spinners fail in agentic AI experiences, and how interface patterns that reveal the system’s process, status, and decision-making can improve transparency and bui
A Preview Of The National Geographic Museum Of Exploration And The Rolex Landing — Rolex donated $100 million towards the new museum in Washington D.C. set to open this week.
Tell Us, O Muse, of Elon Musk's Racist AI Version of "The Odyssey" — The tech billionaire denounced Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, vowing to create his own feature-length film using Grok.
The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics — An exhibition showcases works by Sky Hopinka, vanessa german, April Bey, and others that have connections to spiritual practices and rituals.
Venice Arts Workers to Protest During US Ambassador’s Visit — “We refuse the capture of Venice by oligarchs, war profiteers and the representatives of imperial power,” said the Art Not Genocide Alliance.
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.
Your Browser Does Math Differently on Every OS, and Anti-Bot Systems Read the Bits · scrapfly.dev — Math.tanh, every CSS trig function, and the Web Audio compressor all route through the host libm, so the rounding of a cosine betrays the OS a browser actually …
Renovate with Figma (and AI) — Can your interior project benefit from using Figma and a touch of AI? Of course it can!
Son of Mexico’s former president AMLO alleges US revoked his visa — The US has not confirmed the revocation which comes amid crackdown on Mexican politicians with alleged ties to cartels.
Akira Ikezoe’s Frogs and Bears Have Something Urgent to Tell Us — The cartoonish earnestness of both artist and artwork belies a sharp attentiveness to the catastrophes unfolding around us.
The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter — How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella’s Navajo weavings.
How to design arrows — We’ve spoken super in-depth to Andrea Biggio, Caio Kondo, Francesca Bolognini and Valerio Monopoli about designing a single set of glyphs - one that’s as important and (literally) iconic as it is easy to mess up when designing it cohesively with your…
How DesignOps roles are changing with new priorities — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/how-designops-roles-are-changing-with-new-priorities-c8db3a5bc1c3?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img…
6 guaranteed ways to make Windows faster without upgrading hardware or overclocking — These changes can go a long way in making your Windows PC feel snapier.
The World that Held Peter Hujar and Paul Thek — As a dyke, I particularly cherished this portrait of queer entanglement characterized by duration and valences beyond the sexual or romantic.
Required Reading — This week: Jean Shin’s memorial to the trees of Greenwood Cemetery, the 250th anniversary nobody wants, Pride bar-hopping, and more.
In Guadalajara, a Ceramic Tile Mural Mimics a Sun-Drenched Ecosystem — Thousands of handmade ceramic tiles form the collaborative "Shape of Movement" by Alex Proba and Cerámica Suro.
Best robot pool cleaner deal: Save 40% on the Ecovacs Ultramarine P1 Cordless Robotic Pool Vacuum — Hand off the pool-cleaning chore to a capable robot.
DOC • A sharp tool can still ruin the cut — Design almost never benefits from straight lines. Some ideas only show up when you take the long way around, when you don’t quite know what you’re looking for yet. When there’s room for detours, dead ends, side-quests, and a bit of adve
James Turrell's 100th 'Skyscape' Opens in Aarhus — 'Skyscape' is a site-specific architectural installation with a simple construction: a domed structure with an oculus pointed toward the sky.
How Betye Saar Set Black Dolls Free — Nearing the occasion of her upcoming 100th birthday, an exhibition at the New York Historical celebrates Saar’s promised gift of her collection of dolls to the institution.
David Daigle's Elaborate Punch-Cut Paper Pieces Excavate Commercial Imagery — Daigle's solo show 'The Death of Beauty' at Track 16 investigates intersections of identity, desire, and consumer culture.
Wildfires and War Rage in Shawn Huckins' Theatrical Paintings — Shawn Huckins' 'Slow Burn' presents a suite of landscapes marred by fire and explosions, each veiled by curtains.
Home — Home The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Zendaya Taps into the Creative Process in a Quirky Ad Directed by Spike Jonze — The actor engages in a bit of trial and error in a "dream lab" where anything is possible.
Spent an hour hand-lettering a card, then realized I'd been holding the pen wrong the entire time. The letters look better now.
Rauno Freiberg's field note #2 — <p>How grid density, context menus, and custom widgets alter information architecture.</p> <br/><br/>
Lucid Motors denies report it's considering bankruptcy | TechCrunch — The company said the "rumors are completely false" after its stock sank more than 50% on a report that it was weighing the option.
The Ballroom Icon Who Paved a New Way — Amid all of the kitty-kat meow of today’s Vogue Fem performers, Andre Mizrahi Clark has the stern, calm energy of a lion tipping on its toes.
Flo wall light by Soktas — <p>Dezeen Showroom: Australian design brand Soktas has released a sculptural wall lamp with a fluid glass shade mounted onto a metal plate. Flo is intended for use in bedrooms, bathrooms and living areas, where it casts a gentle glow that pools on the…
Where engineers launch and sell the world's best hardware — Bringing original, useful, respectful open hardware into existence.
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.
Resource Library - How-To & Best Practice Articles | Figma — Learn UI/UX design, prototyping, wireframing, AI-powered workflows, product development, and more—all in one place.
Why Do So Many Museums Hold a Convicted Antiquity Dealer’s Treasures? — After The Met returned a Roman bust connected to Phoenix Ancient Art, the question of what will happen to other works sold by the gallery to dozens of US institutions remains open.
Explore 1,300+ Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century, Now Restored and Available Online — Today, if you want to know about any of the flora or fauna that surround us, you have only to look it up online.
Mistral's open-weight releases are still the cleanest in the field. https://mistral.ai
Former V&A Academic Programs Head Accuses Museum of “Racist” Behavior — A recently shared letter from Yuko Kikuchi, who resigned from her post in January, asks the British institution to address its “culture of systemic racism.”
Open-source navigation apps can replicate these 4 Waze features without the privacy trade-offs — These open-source maps work perfectly offline—and Waze can't touch them.
DOC • Five to Nine — This series slips into the hours after the badge comes off—the unbranded life where designers become someone the job never meets.
Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say — Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm's Murals and Engravings — In his characteristically illustrative, enigmatic style, Phlegm’s monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles.
Remembering Christine Borland, John Will, and Astrid Furnival — This week, we honor an artist who explored human fragility through science, a pioneering British textile artist, and a champion of digital art.