Good morning! In 2025, the only selfies I’m taking are earnest photos for my mother to post on Facebook (love you, Mom) or .5-lens selfies for posterity. But a decade ago, they were all the rage. Culture writer Alicia Eler should know — she wrote a whole book about it. She reflects below on the state of the selfie since its rise in popularity, and how it’s evolved into the tool it is today.
Also in this edition, Staff Writer Maya Pontone reports on the federal agents who swarmed the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Chicago on Tuesday, which the institution says was a calculated tactic meant to intimidate immigrant visitors.
Read on for a recreated Ancient Roman jigsaw puzzle, Brazilian geometric art, Houston muralism and Moo Deng in Required Reading, and thoughtful reflections on light as an artistic collaborator in A View From the Easel. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | | |
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 | | It’s been a decade since selfies took over the internet. While it’s clear that they’re here to stay, the way we take and post them has drastically shifted. | Alicia Eler |
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LATEST NEWS |  | | The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations. | Maya Pontone |
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|  | | The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London. | Sarah Rose Sharp |
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ART & MORE |  | | An exhibition emphasizes the fluidity between Brazil’s Constructivist, Concrete, and Neo-Concrete movements. | Ela Bittencourt |
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|  | | “I’m drawn to how things fold, hold, or blur together.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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|  | | This week: Houston’s legendary muralist, the history of slo-mo in film, NYC art schools see an increase in applicants, whales speak with bubbles, Moo Deng turns one, and much more. | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE |  | | The selfie is a smartphone-produced version of the self-portrait, which has been a staple of art and photography history since artists first began seeing examining their own images in the mirror. | Alicia Eler |
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TRANSITIONS | Nicole Belloubet was appointed president of Musée Soulages in Rodez, France.
Anderson Borba is now represented by The Approach Gallery in collaboration with Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel.
Anna Fasshauer is now represented by Fabienne Levy Gallery.
The Estate of Ana Mercedes Hoyos is now represented by Instituto de Visión gallery.
Steve Miller was appointed to the board of trustees at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Shamim M. Momin was appointed director and chief curator of the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Lisa Brown Ross was named president and chief executive officer of the African American Museum, Dallas.
Nicholas Sithole is now represented by Art Formes Gallery. |
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES | In No Particular Order, Satélite,and Moody are among the organizations receiving Open Fund Artist Project Grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts. See the full list here.
Anoosh Sophie Werner won first place for the Social Art Award 2025 from the Institute for Art and Innovation. Michael Vincent Manalo and Amber Desprets won second and third place, respectively. |
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