Overwhelmed? Sad? Frustrated? I recommend you look at my dog for a while.

Walk into a bookshop. Sit in a theatre. Let things find you. Every space has curation. You can argue with those tastemakers directly.

We smashed our original signature goal of 200, and now we've increased it to 1,000! Sign our petition to support our union efforts! #SchnepsUnion actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

In “Buried Shadow” at GRIMM, she transforms memory, matter and perception into tableau vivants in which light, color and form shift under the eye. #artists observer.com/2026/06/artist-…

Hockney died last week at 88, having never lost the quality that made him arguably the world's most famous living artist: an undiminished enthusiasm for finding new ways to capture what he saw. trib.al/9zNO9da

RAD!!!

For David Hockney, Looking Was Living - a lovely tribute by Henry Roberts observer.com/2026/06/death-d…

This is HUGE. As a former Schneps employee I cannot emphasize enough how proud I am of these workers. Please sign their petition actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

You can support us in our campaign to win better wages working conditions and respect by signing on to ask management to voluntarily recognize our union! actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

We have this, but kids cancer research was deemed wasteful spending.

"A Schneps employee making $40K makes $3,333/month before taxes; the cheapest health insurance plan costs $2,811 a month for an employee, spouse, & child. An employee could pay as little as $227/month but that plan carries a $7K deductible." hellgatenyc.com/schneps-edit…

Shouldn't You Be Working? (2016–present) is a series of interventions placed in leisurely or semi-leisurely environments — on a laptop, a toilet cubicle, a train window, or in the case of Basel Social Club, a roadside billboard, cocktail napkins, across a courtyard, and a nightclub's walls — acting as a perpetual memento of the laboral duties ahead. At times whispered, at times openly stated.

Founded in 2022, the organization has grown from a grassroots idea into a nonprofit supporting AAPI artists through exhibitions, professional support, mentorship and community partnerships. trib.al/RHfq8SZ

Six phases of the white cube, all Western. Phase seven already exists in places that never inherited this problem.

Let's go Schneps reporters!! The incredibly hardworking journalists at Schneps-owned pubs are offered horrible health-insurance & salaries as low as ~$40K. We are so lucky to have them covering NYC despite these conditions. Congrats to the new union! hellgatenyc.com/schneps-edit…

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it. The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state. What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it. Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure. In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

What's the use of decolonizing the canon, decolonizing the collection and decolonizing the program if we don't decolonize the white cube itself—the container that still structures how art is seen, experienced, classified and legitimized? observer.com/2026/06/crisis-…

Can't say I'm surprised. My first job out of college was at one of those papers, and it paid barely over minimum wage.

The Toy Basket, 1989 by Welsh painter Claudia Williams #womensart

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

Today’s Editor’s Pick is '8 Proposals for a Better Art World' by @AndrewRusseth for @tmagazine. Artists imagine a better art world built on public support, accessibility, community, diversity, and creativity over commerce. nytimes.com/2026/06/15/t-mag…