picked from the post-it pile
words on women artists, contemporary art, museums, and, occasionally, fashion
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 23, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 10, 2026
Latest issues
‘Start local’ and five other ways to build an audience for your creative practice (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It’s the moment every artist lives for: Finally landing a show, whether it’s in a coffee shop or in a traditional white cube gallery. Making it into an art or craft fair. Landing an art commission, whether it’s a mural or an illustration. Seeing your work hanging in someone’s home that isn’t a family member or friend. Gaining that first 100 followers and an online community that supports your work. How does that goal move from the vision board into reality?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable
September Arts Digest: Exhibitions, Arts Jobs + Open Calls (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Stephanie is always on top of what's happening in the art world, including job postings. - Doug, paid subscriber<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oD2K!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:g
Ranking the 8 museums I visited over 7 days in Amsterdam and Antwerp (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Along with squaring away an extensive list of secondhand stores and must-try eats, trip planning is only complete for me after museum tickets are purchased. I can only learn so much about a city from roaming its streets, trying its food, attempting to talk to its people. Engaging with a city’s history and art uncovers its identity. During my recent trip to Amsterdam (and day trips to Delft and Antwerp), I visited more museums than days spent actually traveling, excluding days spent at the airpor
I really wanted to love LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Anytime I make the drive down to Los Angeles from San Francisco, I underestimate the sheer vastness of the concrete and stucco sprawl. Driving three miles can take 40 minutes. The view at the tip top of a mountain can’t even begin to include the entire city, fueling my confusion about what is LA and what isn’t.My San Francisco stands sheepishly at only 7 by 7 square miles. I know every street. The city’s museums ceased to entertain me as of recently; their collections feeling too compact and sta
August Arts Jobs, Internships + Open Calls for Art (opens the original)
Read excerpt
It’s been a work hard, play even harder summer here. Last weekend, I danced until my ankles bled at Outside Lands to sets from Charli XCX, The Strokes, Wet Leg, Geese, DJO…San Francisco has been feeling especially AI-pilled and soulless lately. Being in a giant crowd, pushing, shoving, laughing, and aching reawakened something for me. Collective effervescence, they call it. But aside from the festival and sitting in a crisp hotel bed on vacation in Los Angeles while writing this, I’ve been a wor
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.