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15 Art Books We're Excited to Read in 2026
It’s a new year and that means a new crop of art books awaits us. Whether you prefer criticism, catalogs, or conversations — or the rare art-themed novel that promises to deliver — we’ve got you covered. We’re excited to alternate between a book on the activist art of complaining by Sarah Ahmed and a read more
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Art Movements: Pineapples, Coconuts, and More Art Awards
Community Organizations including United States Artists and Creative Capital announced millions of dollars in grants this week. Plus: a baby rave! Matthieu Laurette applies banana puree while reading excerpts from the French Constitution, per instructions from artist Karlo Ibarra, as part of his performance “TROPICALIZE ME!” at the 3rd Gran Bienal Tropical. (photo by Raquel read more
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Beats Latest Ad Campaign Features Baseball Superstar Shohei Ohtani
Apple’s Beats brand is no stranger to collaborations with big-name celebrities on marketing campaigns, and the brand’s latest effort involves Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani. The new campaign created in collaboration with photographer Daniel Sannwald features a massively oversized Ohtani sporting Beats products in various Los Angeles settings. Against iconic LA backdrops, each image read more
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Required Reading
Community The Schomburg Qur’an, Auudi Dorsey’s paintings of Black community at the beach, an unsolved Pollock theft, remembering Claudette Colvin, dollhouse furniture, and more. On January 6, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City with his hand resting on a special edition of the Qur’an, now on view at the New read more
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Meet the Artist in El Salvador’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion
This spring, El Salvador will present a pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first time in its history, during the contemporary art festival’s 61st iteration from May 9 to November 22. Painter and sculptor J. Oscar Molina, born in El Salvador in 1971 and currently residing in Southampton, New York, will represent the country read more
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In 'Funeral for a Tree,' Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records
When a 65-year-old tree succumbed to a fungus known as oak wilt, Steve Parker wanted to pay tribute. The wooded habitat had previously loomed above Parker’s front yard and provided refuge to migratory birds. Rather than turn its limbs and trunk into mulch, though, Parker did as he often does with a material that’s no read more
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Smithsonian Complies With Trump’s Documents Request
News The institution handed over wall texts and other materials as part of the White House’s targeted inquiry into the museum system. Demonstrators protesting against Trump’s executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian institution on May 3, 2025, in Washington, DC (photo by Craig Hudson/Washington Post via Getty Images) Months after the Trump administration promised to read more
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A View From the Easel
Welcome to the 320th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists find sanctuary in a studio blanketed with yarn and use their bodies as a canvas. Want to take part? Check out oursubmission guidelinesand share a bit about your studio with us throughthis read more
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Michelangelo Made His First Masterpiece When He Was 12 Years Old
Before he was a titan of Renaissance art history, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a 12-year-old, although his childhood looked quite a bit different from what we associate with that age today. Already deeply invested in drawing and painting, he studied others’ work, such as an engraving titled “Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons,” created by 15th-century read more
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Apple Adjusts Trade-In Values for iPhones, Macs, and More
Apple today updated its trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch models. Trade-ins can be completed on Apple’s website, or at an Apple Store. The charts below provide an overview of Apple’s current and previous trade-in values in the United States, according to the company’s website. Most of the values declined slightly, read more
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iPhone 18 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 12 New Features
While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are not expected to launch for another eight months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we have recapped 12 features rumored for the iPhone 18 Pro models, as of January 2026: The same overall design is expected, with 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch read more
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Air France Announces New Apple TV Perks
Air France today announced that passengers can now watch select Apple TV shows for free during its long-haul flights, with more than 45 hours of content available. This is referring to the streaming service known as Apple TV+ until last year. The complimentary in-flight selection includes the first three episodes of Ted Lasso, The Morning read more
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New Studio Display or Pro Display XDR Spotted in Regulatory Database
An unreleased Apple monitor with the model number A3350 surfaced in a Chinese regulatory database today, according to a filing viewed by MacRumors. The filing is likely for Apple’s next-generation Studio Display or Pro Display XDR, but there is not enough information to determine which one it will be. The listing does reveal that the read more
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A Short Documentary Celebrates the Community that Rallied Around 'Rick on the Roof'
Two decades ago, a man named Rick Canty lost his mother and was shortly thereafter evicted from their home in Barry, Wales, due to bankruptcy charges he vehemently claimed were fraudulent. In protest against being forced to move, he climbed on top of the house and settled into a new routine on the rooftop, not read more
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Parloa raises $350M, tripling valuation to $3BN
Parloa, the German-founded startup which develops AI voice agents for call centre work, has raised $350 million in a Series D funding round, vaulting its valuation threefold to $3 billion in sevenmonths. The round was led by existing investor General Catalyst, with other existing investors, including EQT Ventures, Altimeter Capital, Durable Capital Partners, and Mosaic read more
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AINA introduces AI-driven hiring platform backed by $1M raise
Cyprus-based AINA has raised $1 million in seed funding from a private angel investor to expand its AI-driven hiring platform, which aims to improve hiring efficiency and reduce recruitment costs. As competition in the job market intensifies, employers are receiving growing volumes of AI-generated applications, many of which are poorly aligned with open roles. At read more
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TaleMonster Games closes $30M Series A round
TaleMonster Games, an Istanbul studio founded by former Peak Games veterans, has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by Arcadia Gaming Partners and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Point72 Ventures and General Catalyst. The new round comes roughly eight months after the company closed a $7 million seed round. The company’s first read more
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Christina Sharpe's Appeal to South Africa
Daily Newsletter A call to reinstate Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale pavilion, Ana Mendieta’s earthworks, and the California College of the Arts is no more. How could the same government that brought Israel in frontof the International Court of Justiceto answer for its war crimes in Gaza also censor an artist’s performance about Palestinian grief? The read more
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Edtech platform Headway Inc secures Series A extension with backing from Endeavor Catalyst
Ukrainian-born edtech startup Headway Inc has raised Series A extension funding from Endeavor Catalyst. Headway Inc has closed the second tranche of its first external funding round, with Endeavor Catalyst participating and investing above its typical check size. While financial terms were not disclosed, Endeavor Catalyst typically invests up to $2 million per company, according read more
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Why financial control is becoming a technology problem
For decades, financial control was a function of accounting discipline. Budgets were set annually, spend was reviewed retrospectively, and finance teams relied on reports generated long after money had left the business. Technology supported the process, but it rarely defined it. That model no longer holds. As companies digitise their operations, financial control has quietly read more
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