With all the chaos, violence, and sadness headlining the news media locally and around the world this week, it has been an especially important holiday long weekend to spend time with family and loved ones, taking stock of what is important, and what we can all be thankful for. Taking time away from the breaking news is also probably a good idea, and so I hope some of this week's links help provide new perspectives and insights. Wishing you all continuing rest and relaxation on this Easter Sunday and into tomorrow, and hoping that brighter more peaceful days are on this week's horizon.
List of Links (for quicker linking):
- Barbara Kruger on Blind Idealism, Trump, and the Brussels Terrorist Attacks
- A Playable Version of Pong Set Inside a Piet Mondrian Painting
- Picasso Was Wrong: How coding is leading the future of arts related careers
- I’ve Seen the Greatest A.I. Minds of My Generation Destroyed by Twitter
- The Artsy Podcast, No. 2: Art History vs. the Art Market (PODCAST)
- A Pioneering Net Artist Mourns the Unfulfilled Promise of the Internet
- Patti Smith Reads Her Beautiful Letter to Robert Mapplethorpe About How He Taught Her What It Means to Be an Artist
- The Modern Degas You Haven’t Seen
- Quentin Tarantino Picks the 12 Best Films of All Time; Watch Two of His Favorites Free Online
- How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement | Magda Sayeg (TED Talk)