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“Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold at Sotheby’s for $236.4 million with fees.
Every MFA or MA student receives a generous scholarship as well as financial support for travel, research, and creative activities.
One elevated the prosaic. The other merely gilded the familiar.
We’re in a time where the act of imagining a better world is considered a threat to society.
An exhibition on the Lower East Side turns to collective memory and reenactment to cut through today’s political numbness.
His exhibition at SFMOMA could have examined the collapse of culture at the hands of commodity, but instead it nudges us toward the gift shop.
After Alexandra Suda accused the museum of wrongful termination, the institution said she misappropriated funds to increase her salary.
Instead of treating belief as a private preference, philosopher Alex O’Connor examines how our moral positions shape institutions, obligations, and the ways we justify our choices. His arguments...
How a dedicated team of volunteers in Rhode Island hack nature to find new ways to protect vulnerable sparrow hatchlings- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?- by Jeff Sebo & Andreas L MogensenRead on Aeon
The immense complexity of the climate makes it impossible to model accurately. Instead we must use uncertainty to our advantage- by David StainforthRead on Aeon
In Southwestern China, a filmmaker follows her father on a search for his childhood home, reshaped by history and time- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame- by Elena MaryRead on Aeon
What is love to you? An artist focuses on the hands and gestures of his subjects as they reflect on this boundless question- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The gravest of all decisions, to go to war, happens without the consent of the people. This is a great flaw in democracy- by Vincenza FallettiRead on Aeon
Scientists confirmed that West Coast transient killer whales actually form two separate groups split between inner and outer coastal habitats. Inner-coast whales hunt smaller prey in shallow, maze-lik...
Researchers uncovered a powerful weakness in lung cancer by shutting down a protein that helps tumors survive stress. When this protein, FSP1, was blocked, lung tumors in mice shrank dramatically, wit...
A cutting-edge approach to immunotherapy shows that forcing cancer cells to die through necroptosis can dramatically boost the body's anti-tumor defenses. By combining three existing drugs, scientists...
Researchers found that hot tubs raise core body temperature more effectively than traditional or infrared saunas, leading to stronger boosts in blood flow and immune activity. Only hot-water immersion...
Researchers have discovered a way to store information using a rare class of materials called ferroaxials, which rely on swirling electric dipoles instead of magnetism or charge. These vortex-like sta...