The state of seed
Tech Crunch - “There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it,” was the headline of a viral article posted on this site in late 2017. Venture capitalists are deploying more capita...
Desert X Is Bringing Contemporary Art Back to the Coachella Valley Next Month
LA MAG - The California desert has long been a source of inspiration for artists seeking to create large-scale works that exist outside the typical gallery space. Desert X celebrates that tradit...
History and Myth Emanate in the Art Made in the Sunshine State
Hyperallergic - Lewis W. Hine knew exactly how tall each of the buttons on his jacket were, because after he charmed his way into a factory or mine, with some tale of being a postcard company rep or Bible sales...
Trump’s “beautiful” Steel Slat Barrier for Mexican border lampooned by designers
dezeen - The image in Trump's tweet showed a row of tall columns with gaps between them and pointed tops. A car, identified by some as a Chevrolet Tahoe, featured in the drawing to illustrate the scale. - read ...
What happened to all the art in Mexico’s presidential palace?
The Art Newspaper - In the weeks since Mexico’s popular new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made good on his promise to open the official residence to the public after taking office on 1 December, hundred...
Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the Space Race
Hyperallergic - Santa, poised over the mission control center, peering at a gleaming satellite on the screen. Santa, gaze turned cheekily back, zooming over the Earth in a blazing rocket ship.
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This Artist Sued Museums for $100 Million for Declining to Show His Work. But a Judge Isn’t Buying It
artnet news - A judge has thrown out an antitrust case brought by artist Robert Cenedella—also known as the “Art Bastard”—against the Metropolitan Museum of Art and four other major New York museums for alleged...
Algae curtain by EcoLogicStudio could make buildings more eco-friendly
dezeen - The micro-algae feeds on daylight and air, capturing carbon dioxide molecules and storing them within the curtain, while producing oxygen and releasing it back into the surrounding air.
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World’s first underwater hotel opens in the Maldives
The Architectural Newspaper - The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island has officially announced the opening of the world’s first underwater hotel residence, a ground-breaking, two-story villa submerged more tha...
Jesse Rieser Captures American Christmas in All of Its Kitschy Splendor
Artsy - A distinctly American sense of excess pervades Jesse Rieser’s photography series about Christmas in the United States. Rieser captures a sea of bodies dressed in Santa suits; a living room filled with i...