'The Interview': Ocean Vuong Was Ready to Kill. Then a Moment of Grace Changed His Life. Podcast Episode · The Daily · 2025-05-03 · 50m

Very moving interview with Ocean Vuong. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... #oceanvuong #thedaily #podcast #davidmarchese

Nature porn 😂

DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.

hyperallergic.com/1005248/doge...

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

End times fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... #endtimesfascism #naomiklein #astrataylor

Abel Rodríguez, Artist Whose Drawings of Plants Became a Hit at Biennials, Has Died Abel Rodríguez, a Nonuya artist who used his art to record plants in the Amazon rainforest, has died.

Sad to read the news of Abel Rodríguez’s passing. I was so moved by his work at Documenta. www.artnews.com/art-news/new... #abelrodriguez #rip #nounyaartist

Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight IMLS’s Trump-appointed director Keith Sonderling cut an estimated over 1,000 grants as the administration continues to decimate arts and culture funding.

hyperallergic.com/1002518/hund...

Is There Hope for America? Heather Cox Richardson Thinks So | The Tyee The time is now to band together, says the celebrated historian and writer. A Tyee interview.

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Progressives win both Vancouver council seats in byelection, weakening ABC majority | CBC News The political party that swept to power in Vancouver's 2022 civic election has taken a hit to its majority on council, after both seats in Saturday's byelection were won by progressive candidates Sean...

Showing up matters. Some good news today. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Images of protests and crowds across the country. HANDSOFF APRIL 5TH 2025 BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO SAN DIEGO IDAHO UTAH OAKLAND (AND SOOOO MANY MORE!)

They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.

#handsoff #50501protests

Heavy times, but the blooms persist #springishere #vancouver

Destroyer: Dan’s Boogie review – darkness haunts a gorgeous ruined palace of a record Frightening fates await the protagonists of Dan Bejar’s 14th album, but the mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential

Go buy this album immediately!!! #destroyer #dansboogie #mergerecords #vancouvermusic www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

Paw patrol on the scene #busgraffiti

Yikes. Trump going after the Smithsonian's exhibition program.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Post from 'Liam Nissan' that reads, "Nissans are fast, BMWs are faster, but Teslas are definitely the fascist".

Oh good one!

Artist Crushes Tesla With Colossal Olmec Head Sculpture Chavis Mármol told Hyperallergic that he wanted to “crush an object that represents a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

hyperallergic.com/878913/artis...

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Still House Plants at The Western Front last night. #stillhouseplants #thewesternfrontsociety

Some install views of my recent solo exhibition, In The Soft Collapse, at Monte Clark gallery in Vancouver ✨

There are images on my website: emilyhermant.com

#emilyhermant #monteclarkgallery #sculpture #textiles #contemporaryart #vancouverart

Roberta Flack / Donny Hathaway - Where is the Love (1972) YouTube video by jmms429

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcHP... #robertaflack #donnyhathaway #whereisthelove #soul

Complete insanity. Setting the stage for annexation/invasion/who knows what…😱

Happy birthday 🎂🎊🎁

Remembering Canadian artist Kelly Mark, the 'working-class conceptualist' | CBC Arts Artist, collaborator and friend Dave Dyment reflects on the biting and brilliant work of the late Toronto art maker, who died last month at the age of 57.

💔. www.cbc.ca/arts/remembe... #kellymark #conceptualart #canadianart

Happy IWD. Surprised by the number of artists who don’t know of Anni’s work. Good thing I have this hat! #annialbers #weaving #bauhaus #women #textiles

Buds!

Folds.

Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston’s Legacy The artist sits down with Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian and critic John Yau to discuss his work, which brings together Guston’s notorious KKK figures with his own host of comic characte...

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Today’s mood

Restored Guston Mural Unveiled in Mexico A 1,000-square-foot mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish titled The Struggle Against Terrorism was restored and revealed to the public in Mexico.

The Struggle Against Terrorism www.artforum.com/news/restore...