From my daily browsing and reading time, I selected ten links that I found interesting both in the cultural and digital realms (and at their intersection). As you will see, the subjects vary from Paris, still and always Paris, to how to start an Arr Collection, to the 81 museums and biennials to see. this year.
- Designer Mathieu Lehanneur on How His Paris Olympics Cauldron Stays Lit
The levitating cauldron is such a popular attraction that it may be permanently installed in Paris. - Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer to curate 2026 Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, on August 6 announced Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer as the curators of the 2026 Whitney Biennial. - So You Want to Start an Art Collection. Here’s How
Whether for love or for investment, insiders have plenty of specific guidance about how to pursue this passion. - Mijoda Dajomi designs rain-harvesting hats for a water scarce future
Designer Mijoda Dajomi has created the Daughters of Rain headwear collection, which can harvest rainwater in anticipation of future water shortages. - Immersive Art Is Exploding, and Museums Have a Choice to Make
Blockbuster art exhibitions were once largely the province of museums. Crowds now flock to popular immersive exhibitions—where all you see is a part of the artwork—in a new breed of art venue. Last year, some 2.4 million people paid approximately $25 each to experience teamLab’s Planets exhibition in Tokyo, racking up ticket sales on a par with box office revenues at the Met or the Tate. - Is blogging for artists still useful and the best for your art marketing?
here was a time when blogging for artists served as the digital age’s canvas. Now we have to think carefully about this medium; will it help or hinder our creative process? - Keep At It. Wonder Awaits.
It was 39 years ago on a summer day much like today when I picked up a 35mm Voigtländer rangefinder camera at a neighbour’s garage sale. That whim would change my life, drain my bank account many times over the decades that followed, and make me a different human being than I might have been if I’d bought the tennis racquet instead. - Behind the scenes: how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torches, Rings, and Agitos came to life
ArcelorMittal’s three-part video series offers a first look behind the scenes of how the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic creative vision was ignited - “Garden for the city” forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos
A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botelho, Studio-J and Duoma. - 81 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall
In a word, this fall’s offerings are electric. The word shows up in the titles of not one but two tech-minded shows—one devoted to Op art and its influence, the other to the rise of digital art, at the Buffalo AKG Art Gallery and Tate Modern, respectively.
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If, during your travels through the Wild Wild Web you find a link that catches your attention, let me know. I’ll have a look and, if I also find it interesting, it will make it into the next list.
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