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Something is wrong on the internet
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20+ min read · From 2017 · I’m James Bridle. I’m a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture. I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don’t want…
Guardian Books
Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020
Guardian Books
20+ min read · 2020-10-18 · The climate crisis, gender, populism, big tech, pandemics, race… our experts recommend titles to illuminate the issues of the day
The New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2020
The New York Times
20+ min read · 2020-11-20 · The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review
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.
New Statesman
Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”
New Statesman
8 min read · 2020-09-22 · Thirty years ago, the philosopher Judith Butler, now 64, published a book that revolutionised popular attitudes on gender. Gender Trouble, the work she is perhaps best known for, introduced ideas of…
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8:46 - Dave Chappelle
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2020-06-12 · From Dave: Normally I wouldn't show you something so unrefined, I hope you understand To find out more about how you can support the Equal Justice Initiative...
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Blob Opera - Google Arts & Culture
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2020-12-15 · Create your own opera inspired song with Blob Opera - no music skills required ! A machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Art...
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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.
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A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions
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From 2019 · Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains even stranger twists.
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NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry
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8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
Open Culture
The Louvre’s Entire Collection Goes Online: View and Download 480,00 Works of Art
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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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~12 min read · Mar 18th · There are many ways to think about alien, extraterrestrial life forms. Science-fiction writers do it all the time. Scientists, more…
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How women invented book clubs, revolutionizing reading and their own lives
The Washington Post
Mar 27th · More than 150 years before Oprah and Reese Witherspoon, women began reading together in groups, seeking wisdom from the books and from one another.
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The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword
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What a Tiny Masterpiece Reveals About Power and Beauty
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3 min read · Apr 3rd · Crosscurrents of religion and culture shaped this stunningly detailed portrait of the 17th-century Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal.
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Celebrity Art (priceless/worthless)
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Non-Fungible Taylor Swift
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8 min read · Apr 12th · Taylor Swift, like Dave Chappelle, is leveraging the power of the Internet to take control of their art.
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Couple Who Defaced $400,000 Painting Thought It Was a Public Art Project
The New York Times
4 min read · Apr 7th · The vandalism of a piece by the graffiti artist JonOne at a gallery in South Korea has prompted a debate about contemporary art.
The Economist
How Netflix is creating a common European culture
The Economist
4 min read · Apr 2nd · Streaming subtitled box sets is the new Eurovision
