The museum's director calls museums "empathy machines" and says the mission goes "beyond caring for objects and collections to 'caring for beliefs and ideas and relationships.'" - The New York Times
The man really loved to call people fat, and he also enjoyed calling people - with varying degrees of disgust - "crazy," "Black," and so forth. Some new editions of his kids' books have been, let's say, revised. - Los Angeles Times
The Navy images’ "unusual lighting and dramatic composition ... smooth individual sailors into heroic archetypes and make the calm, pre-dawn Atlantic seawater as lush as oil paint." - The New York Times
First the local council said the freezer that was part of the artwork was a hazard, and now a gallery says they can't figure out a way to keep it safe. What's to be the fate of the sculptural mural? - The Guardian (UK)
"Before sunset, in the 110-square-mile mining region of Jharia in eastern India, an ensemble of girls dances near an opencast coal mine. Come sunrise, they'll be back at the mines for another reason: survival." - WSIU (Illinois)
At a preview, a woman brushed the sculpture - and, said a collector, "Before I knew it, they were picking up the Jeff Koons pieces in a dustpan with a broom." - The New York Times
When Teresita Gómez was 3, a piano teacher let her watch "from a distance — while was teaching the little white girls who were her students. ... At night, when her father walked around doing his rounds, she went along with him, playing on all the classroom pianos." - NPR
"Trevino painted portraits of Chicano life in San Antonio that have been exhibited across the country, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum. His towering murals on prominent city buildings are reflections of the city in which they hang." - Washington Post
The trials and tribulations of the large streamers seem somewhat petty - and yet the Mouse just announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs. Will some of those jobs come from one of the OG streaming sites? - Vulture
"There was a moment in which it felt like the desires of users and the desires of Big Tech aligned, especially in the pandemic. ... Now, we’re at odds over who is bringing value to whom." - Slate
"At the moment it just seems at the forefront because we’re living in these extraordinary climate-change end times and so much is collapsing. I’m interested in the idea that maybe forgiveness in some way, shape or form is a tool for emboldening and empowering women." - The Guardian (UK)
A recent edited collection of essays by leading ufologists notes that, some seventy-five years after the alleged Roswell crash, we arguably know no more than we did then: “The UFO field has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years, and reams of literature; but to what end? - The Walrus
In the consumerist world, the difference between true and false needs vanishes—we become convinced that ultimate fulfillment can be found in our next luxury purchase or mass-market commodity, and when it inevitably fails to deliver, we seek out another. - The Point
