"I’m fascinated by the way we are hurtling toward what seems to be a new way of being human, leaping without looking, hoping for the best."
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The Argentinian artist cloaks her figures in bold, geometric patterns and natural details like insect wings.
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The National Galleries of Scotland present 'Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years.'
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In 19th-century Maryland, Mary Elizabeth Banning emerged as one of America's first mycologists.
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Go retro with the artists' vibrant, layered paper sculptures.
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"Pasera" is the latest addition to Javier de Riba’s ongoing series focused on reclaiming small plots of land as communal sites.
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Using colorful eyeshadow cakes, powder blushes, and long acrylic nails, Irasema creates "an alternative version of the history of painting."
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Forest creatures and vintage technology emerge from whittled wood.
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“When Moira reached her mother on the phone, it was hard to take in any information other than that she was being sent away. ‘Babysitting and secretarial work?’ Moira said without saying hello. ‘Organizing lessons?’ ‘Hello, Moira,’ Nina said. ‘Let’s drop this petulant teenager routine.’ ‘I am a petulant teenager.’” — Keziah Weir, The Mythmakers: A Novel, 2023
Did you know?
Petulant may have changed its meaning over the years, but it has retained its status as “word most people would not use to describe themselves in a job interview.” Hailing from Middle French and Latin, petulant began its English tenure in the late 16th century with the meaning recorded in our unabridged dictionary as “wanton or immodest in speech or behavior”—in other words, “lewd” or “obscene.” The word eventually softened, at least somewhat, from describing those who are forward in—shall we say—prurient ways, to those who are forward by being merely rude and angrily bold. Today the word is most commonly used to describe someone acting snippy and snippety, snappish and snappy, displaying an often childish ill or short temper of the kind that tends to arise from annoyance at not getting one’s way.