Artists Scramble to Rescue Works After Queens Building Fire — Linda Ganjian worked to salvage pieces from water damage after a blaze erupted in the Long Island City building where she and Ilan Averbach had studios.
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.
Far Out Company — Countercultural visual overload — Explore the work of under-appreciated artists of the 1960s and ‘70s counterculture.
Burnham economic adviser O'Neill rules out government job — Lord O'Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, was tipped to become Andy Burnham's chief economic adviser.
Hawaiian Islands Maps — Two handmade mixed-media maps of Hawaiʻi by Erik Gauger: the full 1,500-mile Hawaiian Islands archipelago and the eight main Hawaiian Islands.
In 'An American Fiction,' Ronald Jackson Casts an Imagined Screenplay — Ronald Jackson creates a sort of casting list for an imagined screenplay that titles his solo exhibition: 'An American Fiction.'
Cartoon Brew — Animation News, Animated Cartoons
39 principles for designing human-AI interaction — An applied framework for designing AI interfaces that support appropriate reliance, user control, transparency, and responsible autonomy.
InkField | 墨域 — A system that preserves the act of drawing itself, where every gesture is remembered and every image continues to evolve.
Japan Doesn’t Design With Less. It Designs With Ma. — <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://uxdesign.cc/japan-doesnt-design-with-less-it-designs-with-ma-73f8e3ce6ee5?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4"><img…
Visual Vocabulary — How to pick a chart.
State of AI in Design Systems · July 2026 — A field study of how 20 open-source design systems and 6 platforms make themselves readable to AI agents.
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery — Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Is the Chip Supercycle Here to Stay? — Semiconductor industry executives share their insights with Bloomberg on the sidelines of the SEMICON Taiwan 2026 in Taipei, weighing in on the AI-driven chip supercycle and its sustainability. (Source: Bloomberg)

Forest Monitoring, Land Use & Deforestation Trends | Global Forest Watch — Global Forest Watch offers free, real-time data, technology and tools for monitoring the world’s forests, enabling better protection against illegal deforestation and unsustainable practices.
Hundreds of Artists Ask NYC Mayor to Ban AI in Schools — Nan Goldin, Molly Crabapple, and Laurie Simmons are among the artists urging Mayor Mamdani to “protect New York City’s creative future.”
Grading every player at the 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend — The first rookie to win the 3-point contest? An A+, obviously. How did Friday's other All-Star competitors fare?
Scan More than 60 Million Stars in the Most Detailed Photo of the Milky Way Ever Taken — Scientists can pinpoint exoplanets and measure their mass by monitoring tiny changes in starlight over time in a process called microlensing.
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.
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.
Hands-On: The Breguet Tradition GMT With Green Enamel Dial — A complicated take on Breguet's classic architecture adds new touches of handcraftsmanship.

Discover Europe’s digital cultural heritage — Search, save and share art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions
Radical Reclamation at the First-Ever ArtPhilly Festival — Hyperallergic joined the artists and organizers for the opening week of the new city-wide event, featuring over 30 original commissions.
GB's men defend team gold at European Championships — Great Britain produce a superb performance to successfully defend the men's team gold at the European Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb for the first time.
Centuries of Endurance Undergird “In Minor Keys” — The main exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale sets rage and retribution aside, relaxing the oppressed’s clenched fist for a moment of calm, centeredness, and self-forgiveness.
National Pavilions We Loved at the Venice Biennale — As the punishing heat waves of this summer taper off, this might be the perfect time to visit the international exhibition.
Free The Icons — Apple should end their prohibition on shapes in MacOS app icons
watched a painter spend an hour mixing a single gray until it matched the light hitting a wall at 3pm. the whole piece was about that one moment... there's a video of her process and it's hypnotic

Design — Smashing Magazine — Magazine on CSS, JavaScript, front-end, accessibility, UX and design. For developers, designers and front-end engineers.
Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database — Searchable fine arts and architecture image database (200-1900) with artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, free postcard service
Artists Commit to the Bit at This Year’s Vulva Gala — Over two dozen artists from the LA area were given homemade costumes to decorate as they pleased as part of the School of Sexuality Project’s community-centered celebration.
Adorable Duck Family Steals Hearts at Frick Museum — What the Frick? More like what the duck!
Russian Dissident Artist Killed in Poland — Robert Kuzovkov, known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, was reportedly shot after protesting near the Russian Embassy in Berlin.