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    • In London, Museum Workers Want The Right To Carry Water During Heat Waves

      The workers at V&A are unionized, and the ballot “is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions.” – The Guardian (UK)

    • Advocates For The Board Game Monopoly Say People Only Hate It Because We All Play It Wrong

      Seriously, we just have to read the rules (or so they say). – Slate

    • Where will the future come from?
      For the second consecutive summer, Jacob’s Pillow invited choreographers, presenters, producers, academics, and funders to its inspiring home in the Berkshires to exchange ideas and inspirations around dance and emerging technologies. Future Figures, an evolving program of Jacob’s Pillow, is a convening of field leaders as well as a public symposium where work is shared, […]
    • Every Masterpiece Is Really A Blueprint

      Good Morning,

      August Wilson wrote one of his best plays by staring at a Romare Bearden collage until it told him what happened next (New York Times). Not influence in the sentimental sense, but a transfer of structure across forms, he felt.

      Lucy Caldwell reports that after Ulysses, even her text messages fizz differently (The Guardian). Then there’s a report that book cover design has been rebuilt around the phone screen, where a thumbnail is the first and often only impression, and designers have turned that constraint into a real new craft (Literary Hub). And as the Odyssey has its biggest cultural moment in a century, a reminder that the classical inheritance was never white Europe’s private property (The Atlantic).

      The through-line: strong work isn’t only an object; it informs the next thing. Institutions sitting on collections and repertoires are sitting on maps, not inventory, which seems important as a tide of contextless synthetic art rises.

      And there’s evidence the public understands this instinctively: the EU opened euro banknote design to crowdsourcing, and several submissions would appear to be better than the official shortlist (Fast Company).

      Also, Tom Hiddleston has turned into a working classicist (New York Times). Loki, of all the gods, is doing the reading.

      All of our stories below.

    • The Group Memorializing George Floyd Protest Murals Is In Financial Straits

      “Amid the pain and protest following George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020, artists known and unknown picked up brushes and spray cans. They created hundreds of murals on 4×8-foot plywood sheets covering windows and doors.” – MPR

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    • In London, Museum Workers Want The Right To Carry Water During Heat Waves

      The workers at V&A are unionized, and the ballot “is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions.” – The Guardian (UK)

    • Advocates For The Board Game Monopoly Say People Only Hate It Because We All Play It Wrong

      Seriously, we just have to read the rules (or so they say). – Slate

    • Where will the future come from?
      For the second consecutive summer, Jacob’s Pillow invited choreographers, presenters, producers, academics, and funders to its inspiring home in the Berkshires to exchange ideas and inspirations around dance and emerging technologies. Future Figures, an evolving program of Jacob’s Pillow, is a convening of field leaders as well as a public symposium where work is shared, […]
    • Every Masterpiece Is Really A Blueprint

      Good Morning,

      August Wilson wrote one of his best plays by staring at a Romare Bearden collage until it told him what happened next (New York Times). Not influence in the sentimental sense, but a transfer of structure across forms, he felt.

      Lucy Caldwell reports that after Ulysses, even her text messages fizz differently (The Guardian). Then there’s a report that book cover design has been rebuilt around the phone screen, where a thumbnail is the first and often only impression, and designers have turned that constraint into a real new craft (Literary Hub). And as the Odyssey has its biggest cultural moment in a century, a reminder that the classical inheritance was never white Europe’s private property (The Atlantic).

      The through-line: strong work isn’t only an object; it informs the next thing. Institutions sitting on collections and repertoires are sitting on maps, not inventory, which seems important as a tide of contextless synthetic art rises.

      And there’s evidence the public understands this instinctively: the EU opened euro banknote design to crowdsourcing, and several submissions would appear to be better than the official shortlist (Fast Company).

      Also, Tom Hiddleston has turned into a working classicist (New York Times). Loki, of all the gods, is doing the reading.

      All of our stories below.

    • The Group Memorializing George Floyd Protest Murals Is In Financial Straits

      “Amid the pain and protest following George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020, artists known and unknown picked up brushes and spray cans. They created hundreds of murals on 4×8-foot plywood sheets covering windows and doors.” – MPR

    PEOPLE

    • In London, Museum Workers Want The Right To Carry Water During Heat Waves

      The workers at V&A are unionized, and the ballot “is taking place because of concerns about soaring temperatures and access to drinking water, along with pay and conditions.” – The Guardian (UK)

    • Advocates For The Board Game Monopoly Say People Only Hate It Because We All Play It Wrong

      Seriously, we just have to read the rules (or so they say). – Slate

    • Where will the future come from?
      For the second consecutive summer, Jacob’s Pillow invited choreographers, presenters, producers, academics, and funders to its inspiring home in the Berkshires to exchange ideas and inspirations around dance and emerging technologies. Future Figures, an evolving program of Jacob’s Pillow, is a convening of field leaders as well as a public symposium where work is shared, […]
    • Every Masterpiece Is Really A Blueprint

      Good Morning,

      August Wilson wrote one of his best plays by staring at a Romare Bearden collage until it told him what happened next (New York Times). Not influence in the sentimental sense, but a transfer of structure across forms, he felt.

      Lucy Caldwell reports that after Ulysses, even her text messages fizz differently (The Guardian). Then there’s a report that book cover design has been rebuilt around the phone screen, where a thumbnail is the first and often only impression, and designers have turned that constraint into a real new craft (Literary Hub). And as the Odyssey has its biggest cultural moment in a century, a reminder that the classical inheritance was never white Europe’s private property (The Atlantic).

      The through-line: strong work isn’t only an object; it informs the next thing. Institutions sitting on collections and repertoires are sitting on maps, not inventory, which seems important as a tide of contextless synthetic art rises.

      And there’s evidence the public understands this instinctively: the EU opened euro banknote design to crowdsourcing, and several submissions would appear to be better than the official shortlist (Fast Company).

      Also, Tom Hiddleston has turned into a working classicist (New York Times). Loki, of all the gods, is doing the reading.

      All of our stories below.

    • The Group Memorializing George Floyd Protest Murals Is In Financial Straits

      “Amid the pain and protest following George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020, artists known and unknown picked up brushes and spray cans. They created hundreds of murals on 4×8-foot plywood sheets covering windows and doors.” – MPR

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