This Week In The Arts - Youtube and Nationalism
Weekly Edition - Art and Culture Newsletter - Thursday, February 18, 2026
The USA is a global leader in the arts, research says we aren't proud of it
A recent study from Pew Research Center says only 2% of Americans view art and culture as a point of national pride.
This Week In The Arts - Bad Bunny, Art Basel, and Epstein.
Weekly Edition - Art and Culture Newsletter - Thursday, February 12, 2026
Why Your Best Work Will Probably Be an Accident
On the impact of the highly improbable and how the Black Swan teaches us to be open to luck.
Why Epstein is already being forgotten
Yeats’ gyres now come faster and faster, and as each new era comes, we quickly forget the last one. Our minds cannot comprehend, our spinning top cannot hold. It is imploding in on itself.
In an Extremely Loud World, Artists Would Benefit More If They Learned to Shut Up
I have come to the conclusion that most artists are overthinking absolutely everything.
Are Art Institutions Falling Behind? Miami Art Week Recap
Dive into the non traditional artists making waves right now.
On Max Evasion - "Burple Stomp" (2025)
It’s crazy how sometimes people resonate with something that you spend no time on. A few days ago I came across a performance art piece titled “Burple Stomp” (2025) which premiered at Miami Art Basel by the dancer/artist known as Max Evasion on social media. It stuck with
On Reinvention, Survival, and the Art of Showing Up
The Absurdism of All Is Lost
The 2013 film of a man lost at sea is a potent representation of all humanity's efforts to master the world made powerless against a world that does not care.
When Everything Feels Like the Movies, Go to a Concert
When performance cuts us, we are thankful to bleed.
The Latest Booker Prize is awarded to Author David Szalay
The Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards and was recently awarded to David Szalay for his book "Flesh".