9 Best Articles in 2020
hellogiggles.com
Stuck at home? These 12 famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your couch
hellogiggles.com
2 min read · 645 saves · Mar 14th · 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 · 618 saves · Mar 13th · 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,…
Creative Bloq
Free online resources for artists and designers stuck at home
Creative Bloq
3 min read · 373 saves · Mar 24th · Kerrie Hughes · 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
2 min read · 342 saves · 2019-03-01 · 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…
The Cut
The New Yorker
The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
The New Yorker
289 saves · 2019-01-10 · The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.
NPR
Making Art Is Good For Your Health. Here's How To Start A Habit
NPR
5 min read · 274 saves · Jan 7th · Malaka Gharib · Professional artists aren't the only people who can make art. In this episode, learn how to weave art into your everyday life. Because whether…
Time Out New York
You can now download over 200 art books from the Guggenheim for free
Time Out New York
1 min read · 264 saves · Apr 30th · If you're a lover of art books, we've got a helpful tip for you: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum offers more the 200 exhibition…
Brain Pickings
Hemingway’s Advice on Writing, Ambition, the Art of Revision, and His Reading List of Essential Books for…
Brain Pickings
6 min read · 249 saves · From 2016 · “In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better.”
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Why Are the Noses Broken on Egyptian Statues?
hyperallergic
20+ min read · 65 saves · Oct 11th · This essay is an account of truly learning to see what is and is not present in these objects.
Brain Pickings
Tenacity, the Art of Integration, and the Key to a Flexible Mind: Wisdom from the Life of…
Brain Pickings
7 min read · 56 saves · Oct 21st · Maria Popova · Inside the hallmark of a great scientist and a great human being — the ability to hold one’s opinions with firm but unfisted fingers.
Vulture
An Oral History of Requiem for a Dream
Vulture
49 saves · Oct 16th · Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 movie is the work of artists who hadn’t yet been told what they could and couldn’t do.
Fast Company
To tell the real story, data journalist Mona Chalabi draws imperfect lines
Fast Company
3 min read · 43 saves · Oct 21st · Yasmin Gagne · Chalabi explains how she creates her timely graphics, which often go viral on Instagram.
The Guardian
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: the latest US billboard project to send a message
The Guardian
7 min read · 41 saves · Oct 12th · Nadja Sayej · Across the US, artist-designed billboards are set to send an important message to coincide with an important day of remembrance
The New York Times
Jacob Lawrence Painting, Missing for Decades, Is Found by Met Visitor
The New York Times
5 min read · 40 saves · Oct 21st · Hilarie M. Sheets · The panel by the renowned Black artist, part of his “American Struggle” series, was last seen in 1960. But someone had a hunch where…
The Guardian
The gangster vanishes: twist in hunt for world’s largest haul of stolen art
The Guardian
3 min read · 37 saves · Oct 11th · Vanessa Thorpe · Irish criminal disappears after leading BBC film crew to gang behind infamous Boston heist
The New York Times
The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II
The New York Times
35 saves · Oct 15th · Three artists, a curator and a writer came together to discuss the pieces that have not only best reflected the era, but have made…
The New Yorker
In Love with the Louvre
The New Yorker
7 min read · 30 saves · Oct 26th · Adam Gopnik · How a great picture gallery became one of the first truly encyclopedic museums.
arts.mit.edu
Generative Unfoldings
arts.mit.edu
4 min read · 28 saves · Oct 20th · Artists are invited to submit sketches/prototypes of generative artworks by Nov 1, 2020 to be deployed online as part of MIT CAST’s upcoming symposium.
