Lakshmi Rivera Amin

This week, why Toni Morrison left publishing, the Artforum open letter debacle, Halloween costumes only New Yorkers will understand, and more.

This week, Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s enduring legacy, the “doyenne of Black horror,” the ultimate Jeff Koons Halloween costume, and why do cats meow?

This week, censorship of Palestinian journalists, early 2000s fashion’s healing powers, the uncertain future of Barcelona’s beaches, and why is there a sport called “conkers”?

This week, museums and mental health, Google aims for our wallets, the marketing psychology of floor designs, Crayola color theory, and much more.

This week, satellite images capture lines of cars carrying Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh, an Ethiopian painting looted by the British Museum, digitizing Urdu script, and much more.

This week, a hunger strike to end caste discrimination, Glossier’s rise and fall, puppies perform Mozart, writers sue OpenAI, and why is everyone mad at Hasan Minhaj?

This week, influencers get paid to feed you crap, Naomi Klein’s “doppelganger,” the best Burning Man takedown, and why are we all calling each other “girl”?

This week, how to break up with your art-snob boyfriend, a pioneering woman graffiti artist, the rot in Rotten Tomatoes, and what would Ursula K. Le Guin have to say about AI-generated art?