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• Making Sense of White Paintings: A Short Art History Lesson on Minimalism and the All-White Painting, 15 Jan 2019 in Art
• The Strange Dancing Plague of 1518: When Hundreds of People in France Could Not Stop Dancing for Months, 14 Jan 2019 in History&Psychology&Science
• Philip Glass Finishes His David Bowie Trilogy, Debuting His Lodger Symphony, 11 Jan 2019 in Music
• The Getty Digital Archive Expands to 135,000 Free Images: Download High Resolution Scans of Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs & Much Much More, 10 Jan 2019 in Art&Photography
• The Hu, a New Breakthrough Band from Mongolia, Plays Heavy Metal with Traditional Folk Instruments and Throat Singing, 09 Jan 2019 in Music
• Classic Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s Stories by Gustave Doré, Édouard Manet, Harry Clarke, Aubrey Beardsley & Arthur Rackham, 09 Jan 2019 in Art&Literature
• The “David Bowie Is” Exhibition Is Now Available as an Augmented Reality Mobile App That’s Narrated by Gary Oldman: For David Bowie’s Birthday Today, 08 Jan 2019 in Fashion&Film&Music&Technology
• The Bustling Streets of Mumbai, India in 1929: Vintage Footage Captured with Very Early Sound Cameras, 08 Jan 2019 in Film
• Free: Download Thousands of Ottoman-Era Photographs That Have Been Digitized and Put Online, 07 Jan 2019 in Archives&History&Photography
• 11,000 Digitized Books From 1923 Are Now Available Online at the Internet Archive, 04 Jan 2019 in Archives&Books
• An Illustrated and Interactive Dante’s Inferno: Explore a New Digital Companion to the Great 14th-Century Epic Poem, 03 Jan 2019 in Design&Literature
• A 3D Animated History of Paris: Take a Visual Journey from Ancient Times to 1900, 02 Jan 2019 in History&Technology
• How the Inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Nobel, Read an Obituary That Called Him “The Merchant of Death” and Made Amends by Creating the Nobel Prize, 02 Jan 2019 in History&Life
• Why Is English So Hard to Learn?: The Ingenious Poem, “The Chaos,” Documents 800 Irregularities in English Spelling and Pronunciation, 02 Jan 2019 in English Language&Poetry
• Public Domain Day Is Finally Here!: Copyrighted Works Have Entered the Public Domain Today for the First Time in 21 Years, 01 Jan 2019 in Art&Creativity&Film&History&Literature
• How Nirvana’s Iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Came to Be: An Animated Video Narrated by T‑Bone Burnett Tells the True Story, 01 Jan 2019 in Music
• Isaac Asimov Predicts in 1983 What the World Will Look Like in 2019: Computerization, Global Co-operation, Leisure Time & Moon Mining, 31 Dec 2018 in Literature&Sci Fi&Science
• Where Did the Monk’s Haircut Come From? A Look at the Rich and Contentious History of the Tonsure, 28 Dec 2018 in History&Religion
• Napoleon’s English Lessons: How the Military Leader Studied English to Escape the Boredom of Life in Exile, 26 Dec 2018 in English Language&History
• Jazz Musician Plays Acoustic Guitar While Undergoing Brain Surgery, Helping Doctors Monitor Their Progress, 26 Dec 2018 in Health&Neuroscience&Science
• Watch The Smiths Play Their Last Live Show (December 12th, 1986), 25 Dec 2018 in Music
• New Digital Archive Will Feature the Complete Works of Egon Schiele: Start with 419 Paintings, Drawings & Sculptures, 24 Dec 2018 in Archives&Art
• Researchers Recreate the Sounds Worshippers Heard in the Mosque of Cordoba Over 1,200 Years Ago, 21 Dec 2018 in Architecture&History&Technology
• Watch a Playthrough of the Oldest Board Game in the World, the Sumerian Royal Game of Ur, Circa 2500 BC, 20 Dec 2018 in Games&History&Museums
• The Beastie Boys Release a New Freewheeling Memoir, and a Star-Studded 13-Hour Audiobook Featuring Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, John Stewart & Dozens More, 19 Dec 2018 in Audio Books&Books&Music
• Meet the Hurdy Gurdy, the Hand-Cranked Medieval Instrument with 80 Moving Parts, 19 Dec 2018 in History&Music
• A Beautifully-Designed Edition of Euclid’s Elements from 1847 Gets Digitized: Explore the New Online, Interactive Reproduction, 19 Dec 2018 in Art&Books&Math
• Meet Henry Darger, the Most Famous of Outsider Artists, Who Died in Obscurity, Leaving Behind Hundreds of Unseen Fantasy Illustrations and a 15,000-Page Novel, 18 Dec 2018 in Art
• How Emily Dickinson Writes A Poem: A Short Video Introduction, 17 Dec 2018 in Literature&Poetry
• How the CIA Helped Shape the Creative Writing Scene in America, 14 Dec 2018 in Literature&Politics&Writing
• Take a Close Look at Basquiat’s Revolutionary Art in a New 500-Page, 14-Pound, Large Format Book by Taschen, 13 Dec 2018 in Art&Books
• Bertrand Russell’s Advice For How (Not) to Grow Old: “Make Your Interests Gradually Wider and More Impersonal”, 12 Dec 2018 in Life&Philosophy
• The Story of The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” the Boozy Ballad That Has Become One of the Most Beloved Christmas Songs of All Time, 12 Dec 2018 in Music
• Take Animated Virtual Reality Tours of Ancient Rome at Its Architectural Peak (Circa 320 AD), 11 Dec 2018 in Architecture&History
• Historic Console Used to Record “Stairway to Heaven” and Other Rock Classics Goes Up for Auction Today, 11 Dec 2018 in Music&Technology
• How Music Can Awaken Patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 10 Dec 2018 in Health&Life&Music&Psychology&Science
• How J.R.R. Tolkien Influenced Classic Rock & Metal: A Video Introduction, 07 Dec 2018 in Music
• Stream 48 Classic & Contemporary German Films Free Online: From Fritz Lang’s Metropolis to Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt, 06 Dec 2018 in Film
• Andy Kaufman Reads Earnestly from The Great Gatsby and Enrages His Audience, 06 Dec 2018 in Comedy
• Introducing the Mellotron: A Groovy 1965 Demonstration of the “Musical Computer” Used by The Beatles, Moody Blues & Other Psychedelic Pop Artists, 05 Dec 2018 in Music
• How Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Video Changed Pop Culture Forever: Revisit the 13-Minute Short Film Directed by John Landis, 04 Dec 2018 in Dance&Music&Television
• Why Should We Read Kurt Vonnegut? An Animated Video Makes the Case, 04 Dec 2018 in Books&Literature
• Watch Classic Performances by Peter Green (RIP), Founder of Fleetwood Mac & the Only British Blues Guitarist Who Gave B.B. King “the Cold Sweats”, 03 Dec 2018 in Music
• When South Africa Banned Pink Floyd’s The Wall After Students Chanted “We Don’t Need No Education” to Protest the Apartheid School System (1980), 30 Nov 2018 in Music&Politics
• How Peter Jackson Made His State-of-the-Art World War I Documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old: An Inside Look, 29 Nov 2018 in Education&Film&History&K-12
• “More Barn!” The Story of How Neil Young First Played Harvest for Graham Nash (1972), 28 Nov 2018 in Music
• How the Inca Used Intricately-Knotted Cords, Called Khipu, to Write Their Histories, Send Messages & Keep Records, 28 Nov 2018 in Harvard&History
• Alan Watts Dispenses Wit & Wisdom on the Meaning of Life in Three Animated Videos, 27 Nov 2018 in Animation&Philosophy&Religion
• Watch Jeff Beck Smash His Guitar While Jimmy Page & the Yardbirds Jam By His Side: A Classic Scene from Antonioni’s Blowup (1966), 27 Nov 2018 in Film&Music
• Watch David Bowie Take MTV to Task for Failing to Play Music Videos by Black Artists (1983), 26 Nov 2018 in Music&Television
• Psilocybin Could Soon Be a Legal Treatment for Depression: Johns Hopkins Professor, Roland Griffiths, Explains How Psilocybin Can Relieve Suffering, 23 Nov 2018 in Health&Psychology&Science&TED Talks
• The Impossibly Cool Album Covers of Blue Note Records: Meet the Creative Team Behind These Iconic Designs, 22 Nov 2018 in Art&Design&Jazz&Music&Photography
• These Four Manuscripts Contain All of the Literature Written in Old English–and Beyond That, There’s Nothing More, 21 Nov 2018 in English Language&History&Literature
• Classic Radiohead Songs Re-Imagined as a Sci-Fi Book, Pulp Fiction Magazine & Other Nostalgic Artifacts, 21 Nov 2018 in Art&Creativity&Music
• Watch “The Midnight Parasites,” a Surreal Japanese Animation Set in the World of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (1972), 20 Nov 2018 in Animation&Art&Film
• Glenn Gould’s Heavily Marked-Up Score for the Goldberg Variations Surfaces, Letting Us Look Inside His Creative Process, 20 Nov 2018 in Music
• Watch the First Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1910): It’s Newly Restored by the Library of Congress, 19 Nov 2018 in Film
• An Archive of 800+ Imaginative Propaganda Maps Designed to Shape Opinions & Beliefs: Enter Cornell’s Persuasive Maps Collection, 17 Nov 2018 in Archives&Maps&Politics
• Leonard Cohen’s Last Work, The Flame Gets Published: Discover His Final Poems, Drawings, Lyrics & More, 15 Nov 2018 in Books&Music
• How Glenn Gould’s Eccentricities Became Essential to His Playing & Personal Style: From Humming Aloud While Playing to Performing with His Childhood Piano Chair, 14 Nov 2018 in Music
• The Journal of Controversial Ideas, Co-Founded by Philosopher Peter Singer, Will Publish & Defend Pseudonymous Articles, Regardless of the Backlash, 14 Nov 2018 in Current Affairs&Philosophy&Politics
• A Map of the U.S. Created Out of 1,000 Song Titles That Reference Cities, States, Landmarks & More, 13 Nov 2018 in Maps&Music
• Jazz Deconstructed: What Makes John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” So Groundbreaking and Radical?, 13 Nov 2018 in Jazz&Music
• British Doctors To Prescribe Arts & Culture to Patients: “The Arts Are Essential to our Health and Wellbeing”, 12 Nov 2018 in Art&Health&Life
• “A Great Day in Harlem,” Art Kane’s Iconic Photo of 57 Jazz Legends (with a Detailed Listing of Who Appears in the Photo), 12 Nov 2018 in Jazz&Photography
• Freddie Mercury’s Final Days: Watch a Poignant Montage That Documents the Last Chapter of the Singer’s Life, 08 Nov 2018 in Music
• An Atlas of Literary Maps Created by Great Authors: J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island & More, 07 Nov 2018 in Books&Literature&Maps
• What Are the Most Influential Books Written by Scholars in the Last 20 Years?: Leading Academics Pick “The New Canon”, 07 Nov 2018 in Books
• The Top 100 Foreign-Language Films of All-Time, According to 209 Critics from 43 Countries, 06 Nov 2018 in Film
• Edward Gorey Talks About His Love Cats & More in the Animated Series, “Goreytelling”, 06 Nov 2018 in Animation&Books&Literature
• The “Most Secretive Library in the World”: The Future Library Will Collect 100 Original Manuscripts by Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell & More, to Be Read for the First Time in 2114, 05 Nov 2018 in Books&Libraries&Literature
• The Library of Congress Makes Thousands of Fabulous Photos, Posters & Images Free to Use & Reuse, 02 Nov 2018 in Archives&Art&Education&Libraries&Photography
• George Washington Writes to the First Jewish Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island: “The Government… Gives to Bigotry No Sanction, to Persecution No Assistance” (1790), 01 Nov 2018 in History&Letters
• Watch/Hear Led Zeppelin’s Earliest Performances from 1968–69 & Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Band’s Birth, 01 Nov 2018 in Music
• Patti Smith’s Award-Winning Memoir, Just Kids, Now Available in a New Illustrated Edition, 31 Oct 2018 in Books
• Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Performs Songs from His New Soundtrack for the Horror Film, Suspiria, 30 Oct 2018 in Film&Music
• The Evolution of Bob Dylan: Early Recordings Let You Hear an Unknown Singer Turn Into a 60s Superstar (1958–1965), 30 Oct 2018 in Music
• A Data Visualization of Modern Philosophy, 1950–2018, 29 Oct 2018 in Philosophy
• Sears Sold 75,000 DIY Mail Order Homes Between 1908 and 1939, and Transformed American Life, 29 Oct 2018 in Architecture&History
• Yale Professor Jason Stanley Identifies 3 Essential Features of Fascism: Invoking a Mythic Past, Sowing Division & Attacking Truth, 25 Oct 2018 in Politics
• The Art Institute of Chicago Puts 44,000+ Works of Art Online: View Them in High Resolution, 25 Oct 2018 in Art&Education&How to Learn for Free&Museums&Technology
• The Lenny Bruce Archive: Brandeis Digitally Preserves the Legacy of the Pathbreaking Comedian, 24 Oct 2018 in Archives&Comedy
• Laurie Anderson Creates a Virtual Reality Installation That Takes Viewers on an Unconventional Tour of the Moon, 24 Oct 2018 in Art&Science&Technology
• Free Guided Imagery Recordings Help Kids Cope with Pain, Stress & Anxiety, 23 Oct 2018 in Health&Psychology
• Roger Waters Adapts and Narrates Igor Stravinsky’s Theatrical Piece, The Soldier’s Story, 22 Oct 2018 in Music
• Iggy Pop’s Totally Bonkers Contract Rider for Concerts, 19 Oct 2018 in Music
• How the Sears Catalog Disrupted the Jim Crow South and Helped Give Birth to the Delta Blues & Rock and Roll, 18 Oct 2018 in History&Music
• Philosophers Name the Best Philosophy Books: From Stoicism and Existentialism, to Metaphysics & Ethics for Artificial Intelligence, 17 Oct 2018 in Philosophy
• Meet Berea College, the Innovative College That Charges No Tuition & Gives Students a Chance to Graduate Debt-Free, 17 Oct 2018 in Education
• A 26-Hour Playlist Featuring Music from Haruki Murakami’s Latest Novel, Killing Commendatore, 16 Oct 2018 in Literature&Music
• How Do You Help a Grieving Friend? Acknowledge Their Pain and Skip the Platitudes & Facile Advice, 16 Oct 2018 in Life&Psychology
• 130,000 Photographs by Andy Warhol Are Now Available Online, Courtesy of Stanford University, 15 Oct 2018 in Art&Photography
• Why Should You Read Don Quixote?: An Animated Video Makes the Case, 15 Oct 2018 in Literature
• A New Academic Hoax–Complete with Fake Articles Published in Academic Journals–Ventures to Show the “Corruption” of Cultural Studies, 11 Oct 2018 in Current Affairs&Education&Philosophy&Politics
• The History of Philosophy Visualized in an Interactive Timeline, 10 Oct 2018 in Design&Philosophy
• Museum Discovers Math Notebook of an 18th-Century English Farm Boy, Adorned with Doodles of Chickens Wearing Pants, 10 Oct 2018 in History
• Wendy Carlos’ Switched on Bach Turns 50 This Month: Learn How the Classical Synth Record Introduced the World to the Moog, 09 Oct 2018 in Music
• Aphex Twin’s Massive Catalog, Including Rare Unreleased Tracks, Is Now Free to Stream Online, 09 Oct 2018 in Music
• You’re Only As Old As You Feel: Harvard Psychologist Ellen Langer Shows How Mental Attitude Can Potentially Reverse the Effects of Aging, 08 Oct 2018 in Harvard&Health&Psychology&Science
• The Emperor of Japan, Akihito, Is Still Publishing Scientific Papers in His 80s, 05 Oct 2018 in Science
• Designer Creates a 3D-Printed Stamp That Replaces Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill, 04 Oct 2018 in Creativity&Gender&History&Politics
• How Joan Jett Started the Runaways at 15 and Faced Down Every Barrier for Women in Rock and Roll, 03 Oct 2018 in Gender&Music
• Blondie Drummer Clem Burke and Scientific Researchers Show That Drumming Can Help Kids with Autism Learn More Effectively in School, 03 Oct 2018 in Music
• The Deeply Meditative Electronic Music of Avant-Garde Composer Eliane Radigue, 02 Oct 2018 in Music
• Punking Out, a Short 1978 Documentary Records the Beginning of the Punk Scene at CBGB’s, 02 Oct 2018 in Music
• How Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” Was Born From an Argument Between Roger Waters & David Gilmour, 01 Oct 2018 in Music
• Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Preserved and Found in the Coffin of a Saint, 28 Sep 2018 in Books&History
• Explore an Interactive, Online Version of Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, a 200-Year-Old Guide to the Colors of the Natural World, 27 Sep 2018 in Art&Biology&Books&Science
• Flannery O’Connor Renders Her Verdict on Ayn Rand’s Fiction: It’s As “Low As You Can Get”, 26 Sep 2018 in Literature&Writing
• Hear the Last Time the Jimi Hendrix Experience Ever Played Together: The Riotous Denver Pop Festival of 1969, 26 Sep 2018 in Music
• The Brains of Jazz and Classical Musicians Work Differently, New Research Shows, 25 Sep 2018 in Music&Neuroscience
• A Brief History of Guitar Distortion: From Early Experiments to Happy Accidents to Classic Effects Pedals, 25 Sep 2018 in Music&Technology
• Long-Lost Letter Shows How Galileo Tried to Fool the Inquisition & Escape Censure for Putting Scientific Truth Ahead of Church Dogma (1613), 24 Sep 2018 in History&Science
• When Led Zeppelin Reunited and Crashed and Burned at Live Aid (1985), 21 Sep 2018 in Music
• Why Should You Read Edgar Allan Poe? An Animated Video Explains, 20 Sep 2018 in Literature
• How Meditation Can Change Your Brain: The Neuroscience of Buddhist Practice, 19 Sep 2018 in Health&Neuroscience&Psychology
• The History of the Guitar & Guitar Legends: From 1929 to 1979, 19 Sep 2018 in Music
• R. Crumb Illustrates Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea: Existentialism Meets Underground Comics, 18 Sep 2018 in Art&Literature&Philosophy
• Paul McCartney Breaks Down His Most Famous Songs and Answers Most-Asked Fan Questions in Two New Videos, 18 Sep 2018 in Music
• How the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound”–a Monster, 600-Speaker Sound System–Changed Rock Concerts & Live Music Forever, 17 Sep 2018 in Music&Technology
• Tom Waits Releases a Timely Cover of the Italian Anti-Fascist Anthem “Bella Ciao,” His First New Song in Two Years, 14 Sep 2018 in Music&Politics
• Behold Mystical Photographs Taken Inside a Cello, Double Bass & Other Instruments, 13 Sep 2018 in Art&Music&Photography
• Wikipedia Leads Effort to Create a Digital Archive of 20 Million Artifacts Lost in the Brazilian Museum Fire, 12 Sep 2018 in Museums
• David Gilmour Talks About the Mysteries of His Famous Guitar Tone, 12 Sep 2018 in Music
• Hunter S. Thompson Hated Getting Caricatured as “Uncle Duke” in Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury: ‘If I Ever Catch That Little Bastard, I’ll Tear His Lungs Out’, 11 Sep 2018 in Comics/Cartoons
• See a Full Jimi Hendrix Experience Concert on Restored Footage Thought Lost for 35 Years, 10 Sep 2018 in Music
• Enter an Archive of William Blake’s Fantastical “Illuminated Books”: The Images Are Sublime, and in High Resolution, 07 Sep 2018 in Art&Literature
• To Make Great Films, You Must Read, Read, Read and Write, Write, Write, Say Akira Kurosawa and Werner Herzog, 06 Sep 2018 in Film
• Why You Should Read One Hundred Years of Solitude: An Animated Video Makes the Case, 05 Sep 2018 in Animation&Books&Literature
• Hear Langston Hughes Read His Poetry Over Original Compositions by Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather: A Classic Collaboration from 1958, 05 Sep 2018 in Jazz&Music&Poetry
• Nirvana Refuses to Fake It on Top of the Pops, Gives a Big “Middle Finger” to the Tradition of Bands Miming on TV (1991), 04 Sep 2018 in Music&Television
• Frida Kahlo’s Passionate Love Letters to Diego Rivera, 04 Sep 2018 in Art&Letters
• R.E.M. Reveals the Secrets Behind Their Emotionally-Charged Songs: “Losing My Religion” and “Try Not to Breathe”, 03 Sep 2018 in Music
• Leonardo da Vinci’s Earliest Notebooks Now Digitized and Made Free Online: Explore His Ingenious Drawings, Diagrams, Mirror Writing & More, 31 Aug 2018 in Art&History&Science
• The Last Great Moment of Elvis Presley’s Musical Career: Watch His Extraordinary Performance of “Unchained Melody” (1977), 30 Aug 2018 in Music
• Hear the Original, Never-Heard Demo of John Lennon’s “Imagine”, 29 Aug 2018 in Music
• Japanese Musicians Turn Obsolete Machines Into Musical Instruments: Cathode Ray Tube TVs, Overhead Projectors, Reel-to-Reel Tape Machines & More, 29 Aug 2018 in Music&Technology
• Conserve the Sound, an Online Museum Preserves the Sounds of Past Technologies–from Typewriters, Electric Shavers and Cassette Recorders, to Cameras & Classic Nintendo, 28 Aug 2018 in Archives&History&Libraries&Technology
• V.S. Naipaul Writes an Enraged Letter to His Publisher After a Copy-Editor Revises His Book, A Turn in the South, 24 Aug 2018 in Literature&Writing
• The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken,” Is Free Online, 22 Aug 2018 in History&Maps