2016 Michelin Guide, identifying three “logics of evaluation” that chefs and reviewers draw on: technique, creativity, and authenticity. These logics of evaluation correspond with three genres of restaurant: “classic,” “flexible,” and “ethnic.” daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-r...

“It is ⁠irresponsible and dangerous that this Administration remains dead set on ​causing chaos for ​our election officials across this ​country,” Arizona secretary of state said. This ‌move undermines the integrity ​of nonpartisan ​election administration.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The protagonist may be male, but The Odyssey is a story in which women predominate. Our hero's quest to return to and regain his kingdom is shaped at every turn by the stratagems and seductions of the women, nymphs and goddesses he meets along the way.” www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

“Anne of Cleves stands out from Henry’s other five wives in several ways: she was the only spouse Henry had not met before the marriage was brokered; hers was the shortest marriage, and she ended up benefiting most from it” fromwww.historytoday.com/archive/feature/challenging-ugliness-anne-cleves

“Abercrombie was the planet that held the others in orbit. Tall and self-conscious, she wore flowing gowns, black-and-white striped shirts, leopard prints, and intentionally witchy hats.” hyperallergic.com/gertrude-abe...

“many women in Ancient Greece and Rome were also unibrow fans! In some settings, a hairy unibrow was not just considered beautiful, but viewed as a sign of wisdom.” hyperallergic.com/a-brief-hist...

“Grant Wood evokes images of past farm life and rural America in this iconic work, American Gothic. The work shows a farmer staring intently out at the viewer, and his daughter gazing to the side, with a furrowed expression. “ www.thecollector.com/famous-ameri...

“Rather than dating in a traditional sense, she said, her clients are often “seeking companionship through situationships and friendships. It’s not that they’re not interested in pursuing conventional long-term relationships; they’re just pushing it out.” The time.com/article/2026...

“There’s a faded, nostalgic quality to the art, which evokes both an earlier era of bohemian pretensions and the way in which that era has become mythologized by later generations.” hyperallergic.com/magritte-thi...

“Although af Klint’s remarkable biography often accompanies discussions of her art, the Grand Palais exhibition places the focus squarely on the paintings themselves. Seen together, the works reveal the scale of her vision and the coherence of her ideas.” mymodernmet.com/hilma-af-kli...

“All Shakespearean tragedies have at least one exclamation mark, while the six comedies and two history plays don’t have any at all; exclamations were an expression of intense distress, rather than ‘screechy’ hysteria.” I’m www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... @11tulips.bsky.social

“Even the shape of her face, now narrow and tapered, seems to have changed. Her skin is almost ghoulishly pallid, close to marmoreal white, likely from her use of white lead and vinegar makeup to cover up her smallpox scars.” hyperallergic.com/the-ruthless...

“Minimalism encourages intentional living by reducing excess, focusing on what truly matters, and finding fulfillment through simplicity and purpose. “ www.thecollector.com/minimalism-p...

“A significant feature of Klimt’s works was the abundance of female figures portrayed, be it drawings of nudes or intricately finished oil paintings. In fact, women were often the primary subjects both in his paintings and drawings.” www.thecollector.com/women-gustav...

“Ernest Hemingway in his adolescence and early adulthood seemed to all he met a young man of immense charm and potential. He virtually commanded affection, admiration, and attention. A natural leader, he was the center of attention in any group “ lithub.com/the-superhum...

“He wouldn’t say, ‘You’re a terrible person,’” Jones continues. “He’d say, ‘Here’s the issue we’re dealing with and why it’s right or wrong.’ Today, everything is personal, and we think the other side is the enemy.” www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/06/will...

“Sixty-one years ago, the bodies of three murdered civil rights workers were found in the Deep South. The public's response to the FBI's Mississippi Burning investigation provided the impetus for enacting landmark civil rights legislation across the US. “ www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

“A hummingbird, a spider monkey, a black cat and dragonflies – what the animal imagery in an iconic 1940 painting tells us about the artist's trauma, resilience and defiant desire.” www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

"Later," she said, "I wore panties that resembled the club colours [green and purple], which outraged the club committee, and they brought in the all-white clothing rule.” www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

The FBI in slavery to the impulsive , nihilistic whims of a degenerate dotard, obsessed with a delusional dementia, grasping for fabricated fantasies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Hopper’s “ Nighthawks “ , perhaps, the perfect slice of Americana; colloquial, conversational and forever etched in Art history. newrepublic.com/article/2117...

“Guston’s things are the opposite of Minimalism’s shiny objects. They are old, used, homely survivors, evidence of a life whose history we will never know — the “riddle” of things. “ hyperallergic.com/philip-gusto...

“Those barriers could have disproportionately harmed Black voters,who are more likely to rely on mail voting due to longstanding inequities in access. Put simply,the use of mail-in voting helps reduce voter intimidation at the polls and election day dirty tricks,” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The US supreme court sided against national Republicans and Donald Trump’s administration to allow mail-in ballots that arrive after election day to be counted, upholding the law in more than a dozen states. “ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“The fact that Claudel’s work is every bit Rodin’s equal, if not its superior, becomes apparent throughout the exhibition. Seeing her “Torso of a Crouching Woman” (c. 1884–85) against Rodin’s sculpture of the same pose, for instance, is illustrative. “ hyperallergic.com/did-auguste-...

“With draconian cuts making it harder for low-income adults to access key federal nutrition and health programs, the projected Social Security shortfall could not be coming at a worse time. “ newrepublic.com/article/2123...

‘The Interpretation of Dreams,was a collection of realistically painted images with nonsensical titles—a horse was labeled the door,a knife as the bird.Deliberately mismatched words and images forced viewer to think about the absurd conventionality of language’ www.thecollector.com/why-rene-mag...

“Mohammad was shot in the pelvis by an Israeli soldier at about 4pm that day, 16 October last year. He had been playing football with other boys in a school playground when two army Jeeps drove up. The boys scattered in all directions. “ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

“The second Trump administration has dedicated itself to ethnically cleansing the U.S., both by shutting down legal pathways for immigration and by removing as many nonwhite people from the country as possible through deportation. “ newrepublic.com/article/2123...

“Christianity has a huge capacity to mutate, Christians do not like being reminded of this, particularly those who are in charge of the various religious institutions which call themselves churches, but that is the reality and has been from the beginning “ engelsbergideas.com/essays/reass...

“Gliding about on tall, black vintage rollerskates, she became a celebrity presence, recognizable by her flowing gown, ornate hats, rhinestoned glasses, and wand. She became New York City’s Fairy Godmother “ daily.jstor.org/rollerena-ne...

“ there is not compelling evidence that the preponderance of power in older age brackets is seriously distorting our political system, our labor market, or our housing market. It would be absurd to claim that age is irrelevant to those sectors “ www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

“Built in the 15th century and once a home to Inca royalty, the Machu Picchu citadel is a must-see destination that has earned a spot on the bucket list of many travelers.” www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/to-se...

“Instead of the patriotic blue the president hoped for, the internet is describing the pool’s hue as “Puke green” and retooling Trump’s slogan into the pro-bloom “Make Algae Green Again.” hyperallergic.com/happy-algaeb...

“Everywhere else in Van Gogh's painting,the world,like himself,is forever in flux,endlessly evolving into something else.Only twinkling stars – the seemingly least tangible or fixable property in the painting – are spared revision and belong to a realm beyond correction.” www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

“The olive tree, with its sinuous branches, which thrived in the harsh conditions of Saint-Rémy, evoked great admiration in Van Gogh, who compared the cypress to an Egyptian obelisk and described its striking role in the Provençal landscape.” www.thecollector.com/van-gogh-pro...

“No discussion about Jackie’s fashion sense can leave out one of her most memorable looks: the pillbox hat. First seen at her husband’s inauguration in 1961, the pillbox hat stood out over a sea of fur caps on a freezing cold January day.” www.thecollector.com/jackie-kenne...

“For some time after The Naked and the Dead’s publication, fug was our preferred euphemism for fuck, before giving way to “frig,” “frick,” and “freak” (friggin’, frickin’, freakin’). During the Aquarian Age, a rock group called themselves the Fugs.” lithub.com/when-in-need...

“Our perceptions of what we see in others change our decisions,”.When you're looking only at people who are doing better than you…you're blind to what you can and can't get, and it really distorts your perception of what's possible. “ time.com/article/2026...

“Elon Musk is wealthy at a level that the human mind can scarcely comprehend. But one idea is simple to grasp: no functioning and humane society would produce inequality of this magnitude.” jacobin.com/2026/06/musk...

“David Hockney's iconic acrylic painting A Bigger Splash is a study in perception and the fleetingness of being. Since its emergence in 1967, the work has been cherished as a powerful metaphor for liberation and the freedom of personal expression.” www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

“Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.” newrepublic.com/post/212046/...

The Iran “ deal “ , will be known as the worst ,stupid foreign policy blunder in history. Iran emerges victorious, in better condition prior to the “ war of pathetic paroxysms”initiated by a narcissistic dotard , subverted by Israel in an unconscionable display of incompetence.

“Vermeer’s work is ambiguous,self-sufficient,intractable,ineffable.We have almost no idea of what he thought about the world is read back into his art.He is said to be curiously detached from his subject matter: neither to implying nor possessing an attitude toward it.” harpers.org/archive/2026...

“What distinguished O’Keeffe was not simply her subject matter but her approach to looking. She reduced forms to their essentials, using shape, color, and line to create emotionally resonant compositions.” mymodernmet.com/georgia-okee...

“One doesn’t need to look too closely to see traces of the Nazi euthanasia program for the disabled in tech’s transhumanist ambitions. “ www.bostonreview.net/articles/goo...

“Donald Trump’s $14.2m attempt to turn the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool from what the US president described as a “filthy” and “dirty” site into a “beautiful” monument has encountered a hitch.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Hopper is often configured as the great artist of loneliness — empty offices, abandoned apartments, solitary men and women at sundry hours of the night entrapped by their own selfhood. “ hyperallergic.com/edward-hoppe...

“Best known for paintings that imbued the everyday with an otherworldly stillness, psychologically precise portraits, and crystalline pool scenes, Hockney also explored printmaking, photography — even stage design for ballet and opera “ hyperallergic.com/painter-davi...

“Solanas’s 1967 manifesto was based on the assumption that men are inherently inferior biological beings. But as fiery as her principles were, so too,was her desire to get famous. She was no less susceptible to the lure of celebrity than those in Warhol’s circle.” hyperallergic.com/i-shot-andy-...