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We’re art-ing vicariously thru these virtual museum + studio visits.

Hey there homestayers. Of the myriad things we’re missing right now, art outings might seem less important than, say, being able to operate our small business, human interaction, and a sense of safety. Fair! But there’s no shame in pining for the pastimes that you’d usually turn to for a pick-me-...

Talk about language arts: poem + art pairings for Poetry Month

Like art, writing’s been one of the liferafts we’ve climbed aboard to keep ourselves afloat during quarantine. For its brevity, poetry is especially equipped to calm—we’re hard-pressed to pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes at the moment. (Raise your hand if that resonates.) A p...

Color-in Mandala Meditations from Yen Ha

In need of a mini mental vacay? Peep our Instagram story for weekly Monday Meditations with Yen Ha, whose hand-drawn mandalas are mesmerizing to watch in the making. Every episode of 30 Seconds of Zen with Yen will be saved to our Instagram highlights for easy access—a half minute on-demand oasi...

Poet Paulette Beete’s art selects + reading recs

Who could use more reading material? You know, the deeply satisfying, totally transportive, crucially non-news-related kind. Us. We could. And if, like us, your attention span is also riding the struggle bus these days, our newest Literary Gallery is the perfect bite-sized infusion of bookish bri...

Art Matters! Emergency resources for artists + orgs

As another WFH week comes to close, we’d like to give a shout out to anyone who put one foot in front of the other, who only read the news once a day or managed to make a few meals. Bonus points if you put a pair of “outside” pants on! You are doing GREAT.

Live with (F)art: a Japanese wind war for the ages

Not to toot our own horns, but today’s double Vintage Edition release is incomparable. Hailing from 19th century Japan, these two new prints revolve around a surprising subject of superb indelicacy: a ferocious feud of flatulence. We’ve been gazing at and giggling about these internally for almos...

This Gramercy studio tour brings the art outing to you

Cabin fever hits especially hard when the sun’s shining and the birds are out there rubbing it in. Are we the only ones weirdly relieved when it’s raining these days? FOMO is just one of the many emotions we’re experiencing, but we’re working on ways around it. For instance, since the usual sprin...

Armchair art appreciation: how to get arty at home!

There are probably a million things on your mind these days. Let us take one of the easy ones off your plate. Namely: how does an art lover like you celebrate and support the arts while you’re hunkered down at home? Ordinarily, collecting 20x200 editions would be right toward the top of our list ...