Odd Photos From the Guinness World Records Archives

Good morning. ☁️ Today, artist Tomás Saraceno is making music out of spider webs, photos of some of t

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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

SPONSORED Loghaven Is Accepting Applications for Stipend-supported Residencies The artist residency’s application cycle for 2022 & 2023 runs through July 15. Learn more.

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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

SPONSORED A Major Greek Artist Gets His First US Retrospective at Wrightwood 659 A broad survey of Yannis Tsarouchis’s intimate, contemplative oeuvre is on view at the Chicago art space through July 31. Learn more.

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Christian Nyampeta Transforms the Guggenheim Into a Anti-Colonial Night School Though exceptionally accessible, Nyampeta’s exhibition occasionally strikes as too safe, particularly given the context of its installation. Aaron Hunt

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