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Meta Goggles, Procreate, and the Myth of the "Pure" Process

Meta Goggles, Procreate, and the Myth of the "P...

My meta goggles are this generation's camera lucida. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. What makes a piece mine is not how I captured the reference. It's the alchemy that...

Meta Goggles, Procreate, and the Myth of the "P...

My meta goggles are this generation's camera lucida. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. What makes a piece mine is not how I captured the reference. It's the alchemy that...

David Hockney: He Never Stopped Seeing

David Hockney: He Never Stopped Seeing

David Hockney never retired. He picked up an iPad at 73 and kept painting until his last week. Here's what that asks of every working artist still alive.

David Hockney: He Never Stopped Seeing

David Hockney never retired. He picked up an iPad at 73 and kept painting until his last week. Here's what that asks of every working artist still alive.

The Art Market Is Shrinking. I Think That's the Best News I've Heard All Year. by April Paige

The Art Market Is Shrinking. I Think That's the...

The global art market is contracting, but for authentic artists, this market correction is the best thing to happen in years. Here is why.

The Art Market Is Shrinking. I Think That's the...

The global art market is contracting, but for authentic artists, this market correction is the best thing to happen in years. Here is why.

The Man Who Organized Color and Accidentally Changed the World

The Man Who Organized Color and Accidentally Ch...

Before Pantone became the global language of color, designers, printers, advertisers, manufacturers, fashion houses, and artists were all speaking slightly different dialects of the same visual language. Then a curious...

The Man Who Organized Color and Accidentally Ch...

Before Pantone became the global language of color, designers, printers, advertisers, manufacturers, fashion houses, and artists were all speaking slightly different dialects of the same visual language. Then a curious...

The Met Gala Is No Longer Fashion — It’s Performance Art for the Attention Economy

The Met Gala Is No Longer Fashion — It’s Perfor...

As an artist, I didn’t watch the Met Gala looking for “best dressed.” I watched it the way I walk through a contemporary art museum: searching for intention, symbolism, tension,...

The Met Gala Is No Longer Fashion — It’s Perfor...

As an artist, I didn’t watch the Met Gala looking for “best dressed.” I watched it the way I walk through a contemporary art museum: searching for intention, symbolism, tension,...

The AI Crossroads: Progress, Humanity, and the Future We Choose

The AI Crossroads: Progress, Humanity, and the ...

As an artist, I live in a world built on intuition, imperfection, emotion, and human expression, the kinds of things that don’t scale neatly or fit perfectly into an algorithm....

The AI Crossroads: Progress, Humanity, and the ...

As an artist, I live in a world built on intuition, imperfection, emotion, and human expression, the kinds of things that don’t scale neatly or fit perfectly into an algorithm....