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February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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The World Monuments Fund has announced $7m+ to support of 21 new projects this year – mainly physical conservation and community engagement tinyurl.com/s22daafb...
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The World Monuments Fund has announced $7m+ to support of 21 new projects this year – mainly physical conservation and community engagement tinyurl.com/s22daafb...
A Centre Pompidou satellite museum that was expected to open in Jersey City is officially dead, five years after it was first announced tinyurl.com/jn3jktby...
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A Centre Pompidou satellite museum that was expected to open in Jersey City is officially dead, five years after it was first announced tinyurl.com/jn3jktby...
Relooted is a new Xbox/Windows African-futurist heist game a SA developer – players solve puzzles to reclaim cultural artifacts from Western museums nyamakop.co.za/reloo...
February 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Relooted is a new Xbox/Windows African-futurist heist game a SA developer – players solve puzzles to reclaim cultural artifacts from Western museums nyamakop.co.za/reloo...
A really good collection of graphic design history resources – some obvious but useful, some leftfield but interesting
Graphic Design History Resources - We Made This
When I’m not doing graphic design stuff at We Made This, I’m an Associate Lecturer on the Graphic Design BA course at the School of Art, Architecture and Design (previously named The Cass) at London Metropolitan University. It’s a wonderful course, with great connections to industry, and some really brilliant students who regularly create exciting and […]
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February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
A really good collection of graphic design history resources – some obvious but useful, some leftfield but interesting
Michelangelo's first painting – The Torment of Saint Anthony, painted by him when he was 12 or 13 years old (h/t Jason Kottke) tinyurl.com/58knazjf...
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Michelangelo's first painting – The Torment of Saint Anthony, painted by him when he was 12 or 13 years old (h/t Jason Kottke) tinyurl.com/58knazjf...
Times New Resistance is a free font that's identical to Times New Roman but autocorrects some words as you type, eg "Donald Trump" autocorrects to "Donald Trump is a felon". Excellent
Times New Resistance — Abby Haddican
Times New Resistance is a font that autocorrects the autocrats. Download,
distribute, disrupt! Free, just like America used to be.
tinyurl.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Times New Resistance is a free font that's identical to Times New Roman but autocorrects some words as you type, eg "Donald Trump" autocorrects to "Donald Trump is a felon". Excellent
How to make tables look good: Data To Art features 17 projects from 11 artists – which is a start, but they're keen to add more. This is from the Missing Migrants Project – each spiral is a migration route, each mark corresponds to an incident www.data-to-art.com?...
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
How to make tables look good: Data To Art features 17 projects from 11 artists – which is a start, but they're keen to add more. This is from the Missing Migrants Project – each spiral is a migration route, each mark corresponds to an incident www.data-to-art.com?...
#MAGPIESEZ Here's magpie Weekly, your FREE curated guide to the UAE's creative and cultural scene. With an Ambedkarite Opera explained, Qatari art updates, our pick of the gallery show openings, and a $180 burger that doesn't come from Dubai ... tinyurl.com/399rjrfs...
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
#MAGPIESEZ Here's magpie Weekly, your FREE curated guide to the UAE's creative and cultural scene. With an Ambedkarite Opera explained, Qatari art updates, our pick of the gallery show openings, and a $180 burger that doesn't come from Dubai ... tinyurl.com/399rjrfs...
Condé Nast is suing a tiny Beverly Hills canine fashion (?) magazine called Dogue for trademark infringement. Vogue has apparently suffered damage to “its business reputation and goodwill” ...
Condé Nast is Suing a Tiny Beverly Hills Dog Magazine Over Trademark Infringement
It's a "Vogue"-eat-"Dogue" world.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Condé Nast is suing a tiny Beverly Hills canine fashion (?) magazine called Dogue for trademark infringement. Vogue has apparently suffered damage to “its business reputation and goodwill” ...
AI vs humans pt94: Van Eyck attribution pits art historians against AI firm Art Recognition (again) tinyurl.com/zhfvjr84...
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
AI vs humans pt94: Van Eyck attribution pits art historians against AI firm Art Recognition (again) tinyurl.com/zhfvjr84...
Giving AI a moral sense: how Anthropic attempts to instil upright character in Claude (and how that might impact the bottom line)
Anthropic Is at War With Itself - The Atlantic
The AI company shouting about AI’s dangers can’t quite bring itself to slow down.
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Giving AI a moral sense: how Anthropic attempts to instil upright character in Claude (and how that might impact the bottom line)
Judy Chicago's detailed account of how she tried to work with Google on a public art commission. Spoiler: not a great outcome tinyurl.com/bffav43y...
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Judy Chicago's detailed account of how she tried to work with Google on a public art commission. Spoiler: not a great outcome tinyurl.com/bffav43y...
Artsy's 3 key takeaways from Art Basel Qatar: the Middle East matters, it's different, and "regional collectors are ready to engage" tinyurl.com/ys492p4y...
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Artsy's 3 key takeaways from Art Basel Qatar: the Middle East matters, it's different, and "regional collectors are ready to engage" tinyurl.com/ys492p4y...
The top 100 pictures from the 7th Close-up Photographer of the Year competition (inc winners). Gobsmacking, of course. Here's our favourite tinyurl.com/3uwakzcc...
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The top 100 pictures from the 7th Close-up Photographer of the Year competition (inc winners). Gobsmacking, of course. Here's our favourite tinyurl.com/3uwakzcc...
Haiti may have only two competitors at the Winter Olympics but boy they were dressed well. Handpainted designs by Stella Jean – "a small, moving canvas of identity, crafted at a time when Haiti faces profound challenges at home" tinyurl.com/5yfet8b5...
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Haiti may have only two competitors at the Winter Olympics but boy they were dressed well. Handpainted designs by Stella Jean – "a small, moving canvas of identity, crafted at a time when Haiti faces profound challenges at home" tinyurl.com/5yfet8b5...
$50,000 Calder Prize for 2025 goes to Yuko Mohri, who did Japan's much-praised pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale: "engaging with chance techniques, Mohri allows her often ephemeral assemblages to continuously evolve in response to their environments" calder.org/calder-pr...
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
$50,000 Calder Prize for 2025 goes to Yuko Mohri, who did Japan's much-praised pavilion at 2024 Venice Biennale: "engaging with chance techniques, Mohri allows her often ephemeral assemblages to continuously evolve in response to their environments" calder.org/calder-pr...
Wayfinding billboards work for Louvre Abu Dhabi, with a 37.5% rise in visits over the same period in 2024 (tho targeted digital advertising probably helped) tinyurl.com/33775fkn...
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Wayfinding billboards work for Louvre Abu Dhabi, with a 37.5% rise in visits over the same period in 2024 (tho targeted digital advertising probably helped) tinyurl.com/33775fkn...
One of the best one-week-on takes on Epsteinia that magpie has read tinyurl.com/2pytwh8s...
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
One of the best one-week-on takes on Epsteinia that magpie has read tinyurl.com/2pytwh8s...
17000 visitors to Art Basel Qatar including 85+ museums and foundations worldwide tinyurl.com/ybjex9va...
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
17000 visitors to Art Basel Qatar including 85+ museums and foundations worldwide tinyurl.com/ybjex9va...
An archive of Italian graphics. It doesn't get much cooler ... www.archiviograficai...
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
An archive of Italian graphics. It doesn't get much cooler ... www.archiviograficai...
On a lighter (?) note, it seems Epstein was also obsessed with muffins – there are 300+ references in the Epstein files, inc his own recipe for bran muffins. Which sounds pretty iffy, but this substacker tried making it ... tinyurl.com/3dwbwdfh...
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 AM
On a lighter (?) note, it seems Epstein was also obsessed with muffins – there are 300+ references in the Epstein files, inc his own recipe for bran muffins. Which sounds pretty iffy, but this substacker tried making it ... tinyurl.com/3dwbwdfh...
... and here's a Github project that cross-references all your LinkedIn contacts to see whether any of them appear in the Epstein files (just in case)
GitHub - cfinke/EpsteIn: See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files.
See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files. - cfinke/EpsteIn
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February 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM
... and here's a Github project that cross-references all your LinkedIn contacts to see whether any of them appear in the Epstein files (just in case)
Someone downloaded Epstein’s emails as a searchable Gmail inbox lookalike. Check to see who's there (are you?)
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
www.jmail.world
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Someone downloaded Epstein’s emails as a searchable Gmail inbox lookalike. Check to see who's there (are you?)
Qatar Museums has announced the programme for Rubaiya Qatar, the new nationwide contemporary art quadrennial (Nov 26 - Spring 27). 50+ artists include Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Sophia Al Maria, Alia Farid, Naiza Khan, Lydia Ourahmane, Marina Tabassum
Qatar Museums Unveils Programme For Rubaiya Qatar, A New Contemporary Art Quadrennial
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February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Qatar Museums has announced the programme for Rubaiya Qatar, the new nationwide contemporary art quadrennial (Nov 26 - Spring 27). 50+ artists include Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Sophia Al Maria, Alia Farid, Naiza Khan, Lydia Ourahmane, Marina Tabassum