Amorpho Recommends key editorial pieces that address the current state of the art world and inspire escapism.
HYPERALLERGIC
Meet YInMn, the First New Shade of Blue in Two Centuries
The vibrant pigment, created accidentally in 2009 by chemists at Oregon State University, is now commercially available.
THE NEW REPUBLIC
Life in the Post-Internet Dystopia
"The fantasy that both novels express, as a central event or a historical setting, is the end of the internet. In both, the significant factor is that the screens are dead; both feel like revenge fantasies on social media and electronic connectedness."
SSENSE
Lauren Halsey’s Generational Currents
"LA-based artist Lauren Halsey is doing the work. The “work” is to understand the breadth and depth of colonialism (as empire, as anti-Black strategy, as global inequity, and destruction). The “work” is to manifest worlds where bliss, liberation, and sustainability are at the foundation. The “work” ignores a finish line and, instead, offers an infinite course of actions, where the doer and the efforts being done remind you that here and now—with all its terror and chaos—is a glorious site of ingenuity."
ART NEWS
From Medicis to Mythologies: How Sandro Botticelli Became One of History’s Most Influential Artists
ART IN AMERICA
A History of Presence
The website for Facebook Reality Labs promises that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) will soon “become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today.”
