The White House Ballroom Plan Is an Architect’s Nightmare
The way this fiasco is playing out speaks louder than words for this administration.
This Week In The Arts - War in Iran, Travis Scott the Polymath, and Catch-22
Weekly Edition - Art and Culture Newsletter - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Catch-2026
Catch-22 did not exist, he was quite sure of that, but it made no difference. What did matter was that everyone thought it existed
Travis Scott and the Disdain for the Multidisciplinary
Last month, the rapper and producer Travis Scott did an interview with Rolling Stone in which he stated that he would “like to study architecture and engineering” due to a love of “spaces and experiences.” He then went on to note how cars, fashion, movies, and touring all inspire him
This Week In The Arts - Rembrandt, Sagrada Família, and The Alchemist
Weekly Edition - Art and Culture Newsletter - Thursday, February 25, 2026
Your Art and the Alchemist's Desert
You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it. - Paul Coelho
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.