"Xu Fu's lost legion"

no exaggeration to say that the full scope of E+E / Elysia Crampton / DJ E / Chuquimamani-Condori music is one of the most awe-inspiring artistic projects of the 21st century

Niki de Saint Phalle

Photos of an old Sanlitun in Beijing

my collection of 200+ parker ito nfts on eth singlehandedly puts every dao to shame

They found new tattoos on a Scythian ice mummy using scans

I bet you can trace the fading optimism in the global neoliberal project through the declining quality of happy meal toys

we’re smoking cigarettes from chinese provinces you’ve never heard of

Lorenzo Lotto, 1505

Staying in shape gives you an edge over 80% of ppl in art world lol

one of the most under-the-radar batshit insane regional genres is doble paso, a double-time reggaeton offshoot in some latin american countries, specially peru. it's so fast, frenetic and feels almost singeli-like with how in your face this is. lima's dj aldair here is insane

The creative class is turning, has been turned, entirely into therapists and entrepreneurs

UK garage alias called Bruce Bogtrotter

What do all these things have in common? for my new The New Yorker essay, I grappled with the burgeoning Gen Z and younger aesthetic of tacky, oozy, ugly, chemically augmented, brainrotted consumer slop — the Labubu Dubai chocolate matcha industrial complex

Kyle Chayka The New Yorker