Armory Show pushes 2026 edition to late September, expands Caribbean focus
The fair's VIP preview moves to September 24 to avoid clashing with Frieze Seoul, with roughly 230 galleries and two new Caribbean-focused sections.
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Laura Boswell Carves Her Print Blocks Away to Capture Scotland's Wild Coastline
The Dumfries and Galloway printmaker builds her landscapes in reduction linocut, a technique that destroys the block itself as each new layer of colour goes down.
How the Buyer's Premium Works at Art Auctions, and Why It Keeps Climbing
Sotheby's and Christie's have both raised their entry-level buyer's premiums since September 2025, reshaping what collectors of lower-priced lots actually pay above the hammer price.
How to Push Tri-X Two Stops Without Ruining It
Kodak's own development chart, plus one photographer's roll pushed too far past it, mark where a two-stop push to EI 1600 actually pays off.
How to Make a Seasonal Wreath, According to a Lead Florist
Secateurs, moss, wire, and four honest steps: how a working florist builds a seasonal wreath, with a crafter's video walkthrough.
The Pocket Revolution: How Cheap Paperbacks Rewrote the Rules of American Reading
The 25-cent book did not arrive by accident. It took a failed subscription club, a wartime logistics program, a contractual loophole, and one underpaid editorial assistant to build the format now taken for granted.
How to Borrow Library eBooks on a Kobo eReader
Kobo built library lending straight into the firmware on most current models — here's the built-in setup, the device and country limits, and the Adobe Digital Editions workaround for everyone else.
What the European Accessibility Act Means for Your Ebooks
A 2019 EU law now requires many digital products, including ebooks, to be accessible by design. Here's what indie authors and small publishers actually need to do.
Why Literary Agents Never Charge to Read Your Manuscript
The field's own ethics code bans reading fees outright — here's what agents can charge for, and what a query actually needs to work.
How to Push Ilford HP5 Plus to 1600 Without Ruining It
The film's own development chart says EI 1600 is well within reach. Here's how to meter, shoot, and develop for it without losing your shadows.
How the buyer's premium works at Christie's and Sotheby's
A guide to the tiered fee added atop every winning bid at New York's two largest auction houses, and why both have raised it since 2025.
How Does Risograph Printing Actually Work?
A layered, one-colour-at-a-time process that turns a stencil and a spinning drum into the grainy, glowing prints illustrators can't stop making.
How Library Ebook Licensing Works: the wait list is a contract term
Why one licensed copy serves one reader at a time, what the four licence models actually buy, and what Rhode Island's 2026 law changes — traced to statute, state library policy and trade reporting.
What Is EPUB Accessibility 1.1, and Why Does Every Ebook Need It?
The W3C standard behind accessible ebooks explained — what it requires, which metadata fields matter, and why the European Accessibility Act made compliance urgent for indie publishers too.
Crafts Council Calls For Bold Craft Installations At Collect Open 2027
Independent makers and collectives are invited to pitch ambitious, craft-led proposals for the next edition of Somerset House's celebrated showcase.
Can You Read Library Books on a Kindle? Here's How the Handoff Actually Works
-only and trips up on one format rule most readers never notice.
How Museum Restorations Get Funded: Grants, Foundations, and Announced Projects
From Bank of America's 2026 grants to the TEFAF-funded Medici tapestry: how decorative-arts restorations are chosen, funded, and returned to view.
Cyanotype Turns Two Iron Salts and an Afternoon of Sunlight Into Unfading Prussian Blue
A camera-less printing process invented by an astronomer in 1842 still needs nothing but daylight, plain water and a patient wash.
What the European Accessibility Act Means for Ebook Publishers
A 2019 EU law became enforceable in June 2025, and it now shapes how every ebook sold to European readers must be built, priced, and supported.
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Names Valerie Hillings as Its Inaugural Museum Director
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi named Valerie Hillings inaugural director of the Gehry-designed museum opening December 11, 2026.
New Museum Names Gioni Its Next Director
The New Museum named Massimiliano Gioni its next director on July 7, 2026, succeeding Lisa Phillips after 27 years. He starts August 1, 2026.
Why Gouache Illustration Keeps Pulling Illustrators Back to the Brush
Why gouache illustration is winning artists back: opaque, rewettable, matte colour that scans flat and true, unlike watercolour or acrylic.
Britain's £90,000 VAT Threshold Draws a Line for Growing Craft Businesses
The rule that decides when a maker's turnover tips them from hobbyist into VAT-registered trader, and what the deadlines actually require.
How Book Cover Illustration Begins Long Before the First Brushstroke
What book cover illustration must solve before painting begins: genre signals, thumbnail legibility, space for type and the art director's brief.
Twenty-Four-Foot Hummingbirds Land at Richmond Airport as Public Art
Matthew Mazzotta's 24-foot Travel Companions, a $400,000 public artwork, was unveiled at Richmond International Airport on August 11, 2026.
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