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Hyperallergic’s Pride Month Book List Highlights Queer Art Histories publication
Hyperallergic has unveiled a selection of seven art books for Pride Month, featuring significant queer art histories. Among the highlights are Claude Cahun's "Cancelled…
Study Confirms Gender Attractiveness Gap in Faces Across Cultures publication
A new meta-analysis of over 1.5 million face ratings from 52 studies across 76 countries confirms that women's faces are rated as more attractive than men's on average. The…
Jill Biden's White House Memoir Omits Dog Bites and Health Cover-Up publication
Jill Biden's memoir "View from the East Wing" avoids addressing controversies including her husband's health, the family's aggressive dogs, and Hunter Biden's legal issues. The…
Debra Keirce on The FASO Show: 10 Truths for a Sustainable Art Career publication
In a recent episode of The FASO Show, artist Debra Keirce shared ten principles for building a sustainable art career. The conversation, hosted by Clint, emphasized that there is…
Social Craving as Homeostasis: The Science of Loneliness publication
A Knowable Magazine article explores the biological drive for social interaction, framing it as a form of homeostasis. Neuroscientist Tye and colleagues argue that animals,…
Podcast revives memory of Argentine dictatorship's disappeared publication
Journalist Vincent Gerles launches a podcast titled "Yves, le frère que j'ai eu" to recount the stories of thousands killed or disappeared during Argentina's military…
Lost Art Press Faces Printer Delays for Three New Books publication
Lost Art Press is experiencing printer delays of over a month, affecting the release of three new books: Peter Follansbee's "17th-century Essex County Cupboard," the "Smalls"…
Bell and Seong's '8 Minutes 20 Seconds' Proposes Solar Banking for Affordable Housing publication
In '8 Minutes 20 Seconds: Housing After Banking; Encrypting the Sun,' architects Michael J. Bell and Eunjeong Seong argue that solar energy and new financial models can break the…
New MIT Press Book Explores Media Practices for Documenting Violence publication
MIT Press has published "Exposing Violence: Media Practices and Aesthetics of Radical Truth" by Agnieszka Jelewska and Michał Krawczak, professors at Adam Mickiewicz University in…
Forth+Back Studio Releases Drool, a Display Serif Typeface Inspired by H.R. Giger publication
Drool, a new display serif typeface by Forth+Back Studio, draws inspiration from H.R. Giger's Xenomorph and comes with a comprehensive 200-page type specimen book. The typeface…
Ellena Savage on her debut novel 'The Ruiners' and balancing humour with heavy themes publication
Ellena Savage discusses her debut novel 'The Ruiners', published by Simon & Schuster AU. The novel took four years to write and explores inheritance, legacy, waste crime, and…
Newspaper Club and abcD8 Launch Custom Typeface NC HEADLINE publication
Newspaper Club, an on-demand newspaper printer based in Glasgow, has teamed up with the type foundry abcD8 to develop NC HEADLINE, a unique variable font family that takes…
Diarmaid MacCulloch's 'Lower Than the Angels' explores Christianity's sexual revolutions publication
Church historian Diarmaid MacCulloch's new book 'Lower Than the Angels' (German: 'Niedriger als die Engel') narrates the history of Christianity as a sequence of sexual and…
Antoninus Liberalis: The Lesser-Known Metamorphoses Preserving Lost Greek Myths publication
Antoninus Liberalis, a Roman author from the Greek-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire, composed a collection of 41 transformation myths titled Metamorphoses around the 2nd to…
Psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster on Pride as a Sin in 2026 publication
Psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster reflects on pride as one of the seven deadly sins for CULTURED magazine's Indulgence issue. She argues that pride in women is often misread as…
Mia Khalifa on Celibacy, Lust, and Healing After Porn publication
In CULTURED magazine's Indulgence issue, former adult film star Mia Khalifa reflects on lust as one of the seven deadly sins. She describes her brief stint in porn as driven by a…
Danielle Mckinney on Her CULTURED Cover Painting 'Recess' publication
Danielle Mckinney discusses her painting 'Recess,' featured on the cover of CULTURED's Indulgence issue. The work depicts a woman reclining on a couch under a glowing light,…
Dries Van Noten on Greed and Stepping Back from Fashion publication
In an essay for CULTURED's Indulgence issue on the seven deadly sins, Dries Van Noten reflects on greed as a force shaping contemporary life—not just financially but emotionally…
Gracie Abrams on New Album, Acting Debut, and Finding Balance publication
Gracie Abrams, 26, is the subject of Vogue's Summer 2026 cover story. The Grammy-nominated pop star discusses her upcoming album *Daughter from Hell* (out July 2026), recorded at…
Summer 2025 Reading List: New Books by Rachel Cusk, Douglas Stuart, Rebecca Solnit publication
A curated summer reading list features ten new books spanning fiction, memoir, and non-fiction. Highlights include Douglas Stuart's 'John of John,' set on the Scottish island of…
Early Church Fathers on Ancient Greek Philosophy publication
The article explores the relationship between early Church Fathers and ancient Greek philosophy, focusing on how key Christian figures engaged with, borrowed from, and critiqued…
W.A. Dwiggins' Handcrafted Book Spines publication
W.A. Dwiggins meticulously designed book spines, understanding that books are displayed spine-out in stores. He created each spine by hand without extra compensation, using…
Artists' Visual Strategies for the Invisible Holy Spirit publication
Artists have historically faced the challenge of depicting the Holy Spirit, an invisible divine entity central to Christian theology. The most common symbol is the dove, based on…
Christina Morina on US Polarization and German Democracy publication
Historian Christina Morina spent a year as a visiting professor at The New School in New York, arriving in summer 2024 during the Trump campaign. She experienced the Trump crisis…
Alice Pasquini Teaches Stencil Art in New Online Course publication
Street artist Alice Pasquini leads a one-hour online course, 'Introduction to Stencil Art,' on My Modern Met Academy. The course covers stencil history, material selection,…
Five Key Works in Philosophy of Science You Should Read publication
The article presents five influential books in the philosophy of science. Karl Popper's "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" (1934) introduces falsifiability as the demarcation…
Neurologe untersucht kreative Gehirne von Künstlern retrospektiv publication
Der Neurologe Mario de la Piedra Walter hat ein Buch über das kreative Gehirn veröffentlicht, in dem er Künstler retrospektiv auf neurologische und psychische Besonderheiten…
Oxfam Report: Europe's Top 100 Companies Fuel Inequality publication
A new Oxfam report reveals that Europe's 100 largest companies funnel 70% of their profits to shareholders between 2022 and 2024, prioritizing dividends over investment and…
Melvin Moti's 'On a Clear Day': An Animated Opera of Illness and Sovereignty publication
Melvin Moti's animated film 'On a Clear Day' (2023) visualizes the illness experience of his partner M., who has lived with transplanted lungs for nine years. The film features…
Parsons MFA Photography: 26-Month Program with Global Focus publication
The New School's Parsons School of Design offers a 26-month MFA in Photography, established 22 years ago in response to the digital age. This program broadens the concept of…
Kitchen Trends 26/28 Report: The Heart of the Home Redefined publication
The kitchen has evolved from a purely functional space into the emotional core of the home, according to the Kitchen Trends 26/28 report by Viefe and Futurea. The report,…
MC Escher's Mathematical Art Legacy Explored publication
Maurits Cornelis Escher, the Dutch graphic artist known for his mathematically inspired works, struggled with numbers despite his visual genius. His art, featuring repeating…
Swiss author Eveline Hasler publishes new novel at age 93 publication
Swiss author Eveline Hasler, known for historical novels, has published a new book at age 93. The work examines a case where an 18-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison…
Diego Martins' SOPRO: Breathing Architecture in AI Art publication
Diego Martins, an AI artist and filmmaker, unveils SOPRO, a series that delves into the concept of existence beyond life, depicted through a dreamlike archive filled with coral…
Steven Soderbergh's 'The Christophers' explores an aging painter's creative block publication
Steven Soderbergh's new film 'The Christophers' follows an aging painter who has abandoned his brushes. The film is set for theatrical release on June 10. This project follows…
Franziska Koohestani's 'Hairy Queen' Links Hair Removal to Colonialism and Capitalism publication
Journalist Franziska Koohestani, who has an Iranian background, explores the politics of body hair in her book 'Hairy Queen: Why Body Hair is Political' (Ullstein, 2024). Drawing…
Massimo Rizzante's Literary Criticism as Vital Experiment publication
Massimo Rizzante practices essayistic criticism as a vital experiment, seeking works where emotions and existential urgencies pulse. He argues that grasping an artwork's value…
Hervé Tullet's Memoir Traces His Creative Journey from Invisible Child to Renowned Illustrator publication
French author and illustrator Hervé Tullet (born 1958 in Avranches) has published a new memoir titled "Il bambino a colori" (The Colorful Child) with Italian publisher il…
Pasquale Scipione's 'Le variabili dell'amore' Celebrates Love on the Lazio Coast publication
Pasquale Scipione's novel 'Le variabili dell'amore' (Ali Ribelli Edizioni, 2021) tells the story of Saim, a young Kashmiri man driven to Italy by political conflict. He arrives at…
Phaidon publishes 'Jardines contemporáneos' survey of 300 gardens publication
Phaidon has released 'Jardines contemporáneos', a book celebrating 300 of the world's most innovative contemporary gardens. Curated by Sorrel Everton, former deputy editor of…

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