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It was such a great, unexpected exhibition! Robert Berman gallery, Santa Monica; 2002 I think?

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

Letting the Squirrels Have Their Way With His Art

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WWII Split These Yosemite Artists—and Reunited Them Chiura Obata and Ansel Adams met as artists drawn to the same peaks—but their views of the West soon diverged.

For Alta Journal, I write about two artists who shaped how we see Yosemite and the history of Japanese American incarceration: painter Chiura Obata and Ansel Adams. 🖼️ The two ran in important circles of Bay Area artists; they were also friends.

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The Three-Hour Challenge: 180 Minutes with ‘Las Meninas’

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Art History Professor Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Comments Florida Atlantic University suspended art historian Karen Leader over her social media comments about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

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Midlife crisis blues

Some people are still putting two spaces after the period. 😆

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

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The Labor Market for Recent College Graduates Data on employment outcomes for new graduates and young workers.

Bookmarking

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Wayne Shorter Wanted Everyone to See His Archives. Soon, They Will.

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Wtaf

Never have stopped using Blue Books.

The priorities of this administration.

Ottoman map of the United States from 1803 with names of states and indigenous tribes
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Sink or Swim In Tod Papageorge’s photographs of L.A. beachgoers in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, he transforms formally challenging scrums into theatrical vignettes or semi-abstractions.

Sink or Swim
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Latest news! North Carolina Reps. joined together to propose a bipartisan resolution for continued Red Wolf repopulation and recovery effort support, including building wildlife corridors. With only 18 known Red Wolves left in the wild, every step forward is vital.

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The Strange Beauty of New York’s Bodega Ramps

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Opinion | A.I. Is Fueling a ‘Poverty of Imagination.’ Here’s How We Can Fix It.

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"A.I. actually makes it more important that we have everything from librarians to counselors to teachers to professors to researchers who can put this rapidly changing information environment into context..."

You could also just ... talk to a person with a PhD? We're not exactly hiding and there's nothing we love more than talking about our niche expertise to anyone who expresses an interest.

How do such writers get a book contract? It's confounding.