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With Immersive Exhibitions Like ‘Wonder’ and ‘Rain Room,’ Museums Are Appealing to a New Demographic—Instagram Fans – The Atlantic

Katharine Schwab9 years ago015 mins

In November 2015, after two years closed for extensive renovations, the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery marked its reopening with an immersive exhibition called “Wonder.” The title is no misnomer: In the Renwick’s grand 1859 building across the street from the White House, nine artists have created site-specific installations designed to spark feelings of awe, joy, and…

Meet The Man Who Created Papyrus, The World’s (Other) Most Hated Font | Co.Design | business + design

John Brownlee9 years ago015 mins

You’ve probably never heard of Chris Costello, but there’s a good chance you hate him. Outside of Comic Sans creator Vincent Connare, Costello is perhaps the most vilified man in all font design. Costello, you see, is the father of Papyrus, a calligraphic typeface he first created in 1982. I never intended Papyrus to…

White People: Shut Up About Beyoncé | Bitter Gertrude

Melissa Hillman9 years ago011 mins

After the release of her game-changing, brilliant video, Formation, and the stir her Superbowl halftime show caused with dancers dressed like Black Panthers, Beyoncé is blowing up everyone’s feeds everywhere. And one thing I am shocked/notshocked to see is white outrage about both. Let me begin by saying that I’m not a Beyoncé fan. I’m…

Girl Out of Games: The Cloying Dominance of the Fragile Woman Archetype :: Games :: Features :: Paste

Olivia White9 years ago021 mins

I’ve had a possibly contentious statement stuck in my head today, and the more I turn it over and over, the more true I think it is. And the more true I think it is, the more hesitant I am to share it due to the very nature of why it’s true. Yet, I know…

The National Endowment for the Arts at 50: Is the Future of Arts Funding a Positive One? – The Atlantic

Andy Horwitz9 years ago024 mins

One morning last August I visited Williams College in Massachusetts to teach a workshop on “building a life in the arts” with a group of racially, geographically, and economically diverse young people working at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Later that night I attended a show at the theater, where I saw these idealistic apprentices taking…

Architecture’s Biggest Prize Was Just Awarded to Someone You’ve Probab | Vanity Fair

Paul Goldberger9 years ago011 mins

Alejandro Aravena of Chile, whose work is modest, practical, and exceptionally elegant, has been awarded the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Last year, the jury for the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most celebrated award in architecture, selected the German architect Frei Otto, who was 89 when he got the good news. Otto died two weeks later and…

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Cards Against Humanity buys Picasso, threatens to chop it to bits and give it away | The Verge

Jordan Golson 9 years ago9 years ago04 mins

How would you like to own 150,000th of a Picasso? That’s what Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is asking the 150,000 customers who subscribed to its Eight Sensible Gifts For Hanukkah. Sort of. Each year, the irreverent, Kickstarter-funded card game offers a holiday special card pack of sorts. This year, it was the Hanukkah themed Eight Sensible Gifts…

Men Explain Lolita to Me | Literary Hub

Rebecca Solnit9 years ago030 mins

It is a fact universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of an opinion must be in want of a correction. Well, actually, no it isn’t, but who doesn’t love riffing on Jane Austen? The answer is: lots of people, because we’re all different and some of us haven’t even read Pride and Prejudice dozens…

Taylor Swift Used Stolen Artwork For Her Album And The Artist Is Pissed

DEBORAH GROSS9 years ago07 mins

Ally Burguieres, an artist from New Orleans, is accusing Taylor Swift of using one of her designs to promote Swift’s album 1989. The design Burguieres is referring to is a picture of a cute little fox. Last year, while Swift was promoting the release of her new album, the singer would post images to her various social accounts along…

On Pandering | Tin House

Claire Vaye Watkins9 years ago053 mins

This essay, which is featured in our forthcoming Winter issue, was originally given as a lecture during the 2015 Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop. It was met with enthusiastic applause. Some Exposition fff Until recently I was a professor at a private liberal arts university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a little town located at the exact point…

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic

Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

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Scores of career State Dept. diplomats resign before Trump inauguration – The Washington Post

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With Immersive Exhibitions Like ‘Wonder’ and ‘Rain Room,’ Museums Are Appealing to a New Demographic—Instagram Fans – The Atlantic

Meet The Man Who Created Papyrus, The World’s (Other) Most Hated Font | Co.Design | business + design

White People: Shut Up About Beyoncé | Bitter Gertrude

Girl Out of Games: The Cloying Dominance of the Fragile Woman Archetype :: Games :: Features :: Paste

The National Endowment for the Arts at 50: Is the Future of Arts Funding a Positive One? – The Atlantic

Architecture’s Biggest Prize Was Just Awarded to Someone You’ve Probab | Vanity Fair

Cards Against Humanity buys Picasso, threatens to chop it to bits and give it away | The Verge

Men Explain Lolita to Me | Literary Hub

Taylor Swift Used Stolen Artwork For Her Album And The Artist Is Pissed

On Pandering | Tin House