9 Best Articles in 2021
hellogiggles.com
Stuck at home? These 12 famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your couch
hellogiggles.com
3 min read · 2020-03-14 · Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
Travel + Leisure
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch
Travel + Leisure
3 min read · 2020-03-13 · Going into a self-quarantine can have many complex issues and complications beyond having enough food and supplies for two weeks. In terms of entertainment, it…
The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
The Atlantic
8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
a16z
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
a16z
6 min read · Feb 27th · Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
Creative Bloq
Free online resources for artists and designers stuck at home
Creative Bloq
4 min read · 2020-03-25 · Drawing lessons, software, books and more – the creative community continues to offer amazing support amid virus outbreak.
GQ Magazine
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief
GQ Magazine
3 min read · From 2019 · Stéphane Breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history. And as he reveals to GQ’s Michael Finkel, how Breitwieser managed to do all this is every bit as surprising as why.
Open Culture
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
Open Culture
2 min read · Mar 29th · If you go to Paris, many will advise you, you must go to the Louvre; but then, if you go to Paris, as nearly as many will advise you, you must not go to the Louvre.
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Map of the Internet — Halcyon Maps
halcyonmaps.com
3 min read · May 16th · Map of the Internet is a comprehensive artistic visualization of the Internet as of 2021. It includes several thousand of some of the most popular websites, represented as distinct "countries", along…
Aeon+Psyche
A philosophical guide on how to manage dangerous art
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · May 27th · Tearing down sexist paintings or racist monuments raises as many problems as it resolves. There’s a better way to combat hate
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Artnet
An Italian Artist Auctioned Off an ‘Invisible Sculpture’ for $18,300. It’s Made Literally of Nothing
Artnet
2 min read · Jun 4th · “It is a work that asks you to activate the power of the imagination,” the artist, Salvatore Garau, said of his sculpture.
The New York Times
Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning.
The New York Times
7 min read · May 30th · Last fall, with the Medici Chapel in Florence operating on reduced hours because of Covid-19, scientists and restorers completed a secret experiment: They unleashed grime-eating bacteria on the…
Open Culture
Art Historian Provides Hilarious & Surprisingly Efficient Art History Lessons on TikTok
Open Culture
2 min read · May 31st · @_theiconoclassIf youse come at me again for my Australian pronunciation I swear 😂 #arthistory #arthistorytiktok #baroque♬ original sound - AyseDeniz Art Historian Mary McGillivray believes art…
Brain Pickings
The Ocean and the Meaning of Life
Brain Pickings
6 min read · Jun 8th · “Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp… the ultimate mystery of Life itself.&…
VANITY FAIR
Did Paying a Ransom for a Stolen Magritte Painting Inadvertently Fund Terrorism?
VANITY FAIR
5 min read · May 27th · The theft of a deeply personal painting by the Belgian artist was a national tragedy. Now an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.
WIRED
Climate Change Is Erasing Humanity’s Oldest Art
WIRED
3 min read · May 23rd · Extreme weather is rapidly eroding the limestone caves where people first drew images 40,000 years ago.
The New York Times
MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found.
The New York Times
7 min read · May 28th · In 1950, the museum exhibited Gregory Ain’s modernist creation. It’s now nestled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Fast Company
3 digital side hustles (including NFTs) for creatives to build a business
Fast Company
3 min read · May 27th · As the digital economy opens up opportunity, here are some ways creatives can monetize their art.
