Jun 2, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ☁️

Today, artist Tomás Saraceno is making music out of spider webs, photos of some of the oddest Guinness World Records, and a photography archive of LA’s Old Chinatown.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

What Do Dale Chihuly’s Sculptures Tell Us in Postcolonial Singapore?

Make no mistake about it: besides being a temporary escape, the Chihuly exhibition is an extension of US-Singapore diplomacy.

Rebecca Kwee

What's Happening

Instrumentalized spider music is sweeping the web! (image courtesy Markus J. Beuhler)

The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City voluntarily recognized its workers’ new union, bypassing the need for a union election.
Berlin-based sound artist Tomás Saraceno collaborated with scientists at MIT to create a virtual experience that literally instrumentalizes spider webs.

Photography

The Oddest Images From the Guinness World Records Photo Archives

For National Photography Month, Guinness released a collection of some of the most iconic images in its archives.

Hakim Bishara

Cache of Photos Reveals LA’s Old Chinatown

The intimate photos offer a glimpse at an important but under-documented period in Chinese American history.

Lauren Moya Ford

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Allison Conner

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