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Brain Pickings
Extraordinary Letters on Love, Life, Death, Courage, and Moral Purpose Without Religion from a Victorian Woman Who…
Brain Pickings
9 min read · Jun 28th · “Love, like strength and courage, is a strange thing; the more we give the more we find we have to give.”
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simonwillison.net
First impressions of DALL-E, generating images from text
simonwillison.net
7 min read · Jun 23rd · I made it off the DALL-E waiting list a few days ago and I’ve been having an enormous amount of fun experimenting with it. Here are some notes on what …
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modemworks.com
Dall-E 2 Dreams of Haikus — MODEM
modemworks.com
3 min read · May 27th · DALLE-2 Dreams of Haikus explores the expressive abilities of AI and its potential to impact the boundaries of human imagination.
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Artnet
I've Seen a Lot of Money Grabs in My Career as an Art Market Reporter. NFT.NYC Topped…
Artnet
5 min read · Jun 25th · The crypto world and the art world are both built on a desire for access. What happens when the two collide?
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THE COMICS JOURNAL
The Tim Sale Interview
THE COMICS JOURNAL
Jun 24th · In this 2008 interview from TCJ #291, Joseph McCabe talked to Tim Sale about the latter's art for Batman: The Long Halloween, drawing the Marvel "Color" series (although he's colorblind), providing…
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The New Yorker
William Klein’s Pictures Will Still Knock You Out
The New Yorker
2 min read · Jun 18th · A retrospective at the International Center of Photography showcases Klein’s “tabloid gone berserk” approach to street photography in New York and beyond.
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The Wall Street Journal
Three Years Ago, Her Art Sold for $400 at the Beach. Now It Fetches Up To $1.6…
The Wall Street Journal
Jun 18th · Anna Weyant, a new art star whose work evokes a millennial Botticelli, was discovered on Instagram. She’s also dating her dealer, Larry Gagosian.
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The Paris Review
New Eyes - The Paris Review
The Paris Review
7 min read · Jun 8th · “I got a migraine on Friday, September 3rd, 2021, and another the following Sunday. Then: nothing.”
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hyperallergic
A Brief History of Women's Eyebrows in Art
hyperallergic
8 min read · Jun 25th · Since antiquity, women’s eyebrows have been sites of intense scrutiny, constantly shifting between trend cycles.
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Aeon+Psyche
A history of the smile through art, culture and etiquette
Aeon+Psyche
~14 min read · Jun 10th · How our toothy modern smile was invented by a confluence of French dentistry and Parisian portrait-painting in the 1780s
Reader View · Shared by 313, including Tactical Tech, Anne Thériault, Stephanie A Kowalski, Jason Silva, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, Anita Leirfall, Marylin Delgado
The New Yorker
Yoko Ono’s Art of Defiance
The New Yorker
6 min read · Jun 13th · Before she met John Lennon, she was a significant figure in avant-garde circles and had created a masterpiece of conceptual art. Did celebrity deprive her of her due as an artist?
Reader View · Shared by 207, including Felix M, Steve Silberman, Stephanie A Kowalski, Zach Gage
the-easel.com
Paula Rego: Yes, With A Growl
the-easel.com
10 min read · Jun 10th · There’s a painting entitled Celestina’s House (2000-1). I count at least twenty-two figures in the painting. That’s a rough count. A few of these figures are sitting around a table, presumably eating…
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Scott Alexander
A Guide To Asking Robots To Design Stained Glass Windows
Scott Alexander
~13 min read · May 31st
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hyperallergic
A Brief History of Women's Eyebrows in Art
hyperallergic
8 min read · Jun 25th · Since antiquity, women’s eyebrows have been sites of intense scrutiny, constantly shifting between trend cycles.
Reader View · Shared by 107, including Tactical Tech
The Paris Review
New Eyes - The Paris Review
The Paris Review
7 min read · Jun 8th · “I got a migraine on Friday, September 3rd, 2021, and another the following Sunday. Then: nothing.”
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Tim Harford
A Warhol, a wild back story, and the price of authenticity
Tim Harford
3 min read · Jun 16th · Andy Warhol once gave a silkscreen portrait of Marilyn Monroe to a sceptical friend. Keep it safe in a closet, said Warhol: “One day it will be worth a million dollars.” Perhaps he undersold himsel…
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Tablet Magazine
The Sunny Side of American Life
Tablet Magazine
10 min read · Jun 11th · Why our greatest writers found their inspiration in misery and failure
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Lapham’s Quarterly
A Brief History of Frankincense
Lapham’s Quarterly
9 min read · Jun 8th · Small and gnarled, often showing its age, the frankincense tree grows in an Arabian Desert wadi where water occasionally flows in the winter. Its bark is papery and peeling in places, on it a tiny…
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moxie.org
My first impressions of web3
moxie.org
~14 min read · Jan 7th · Despite considering myself a cryptographer, I have not found myself particularly drawn to “crypto.” I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the words “get off my lawn,” but I’m much more likely to click…
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The Verge
NFTs, explained
The Verge
10 min read · 2021-03-03
Reader View · Shared by 1343, including Helen Yu, Cassandra Schadenfreude, Mark Anderson FCCT 💛✨👨🏽🏫🏆🌈, Frank Gruber, Dave Kellogg, Stig Ørskov, Tom Muller, BrendanEich, CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾 NFT NYC WEEK🗽, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Scott Berkun, Kelsey D. Atherton, Bill Johnston, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Real Marsha Wright®, 𝚃𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚎𝚗, Dave McClure, Paul Roetzer, Chris Skinner
tante
The Third Web
tante
20+ min read · 2021-12-17 · I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to write this thing, that blockchains and NFTs and all that would just go away and become a chapter in a book about weird economic scams. But if 2021 taught us anything it’s that we can’t have nice things so here we are.
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Open Culture
The Woman Who Theorized Color: An Introduction to Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808)
Open Culture
3 min read · Apr 21st
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The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
The Atlantic
8 min read · 2021-04-02 · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
Reader View · Shared by 809, including Dan Gillmor, anildash, Mike Monteiro🌹, Jer Thorp, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, William Gibson, Rand Fishkin, Tom Muller, 🏴 Eithiriel DeMeré, Mathew Ingram, Tony Parisi.eth 🇺🇦🌻 #SlavaUkraini, Cem Sertoglu 🤖, Scott Monty, Mark Kaigwa, LARRY ELKAN, Rhizome, Kyle McDonald, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Brian Rinaldi, Hiroko Tabuchi
hellogiggles.com
Stuck at home? These 12 famous museums offer virtual tours you can take on your couch
hellogiggles.com
3 min read · From 2020 · Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
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Travel + Leisure
Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch
Travel + Leisure
3 min read · From 2020 · 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…
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a16z
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
a16z
6 min read · 2021-02-27 · Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
Reader View · Shared by 648, including Joanna (J.F.) Penn, cdixon.eth, Jessica Lessin, John O'Farrell, string 🍗, Li Jin, benahorowitz.eth, Brent Beshore, TK Kader, Laugh With Me, Jeff Jordan, Steven Sinofsky, Brian Roemmele, Chris Messina, Felix Salmon, Adam Singer, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Nicolas Granatino 🌻, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Mathew Ingram
GQ Magazine
The Inside Story of The Simpsons' Remarkable Second Life
GQ Magazine
3 min read · Apr 21st · Born as a primetime satire of Middle America, The Simpsons has become something else: the inspiration for all kinds of high art, from the runways of Balenciaga to the canvases of KAWS. GQ goes inside…
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