Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 27, 2026

Yayoi Kusama, Who Turned Her Hallucinations Into Infinity, Dies at 97

She began painting as a child to cope with what she saw, wrote to Georgia O'Keeffe before moving to New York in 1958, and lived by choice in a Tokyo mental health facility from the mid-1970s while her mirrored rooms travelled the world.

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Yayoi Kusama (1929–2026)
Yayoi Kusama (1929–2026)

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 26, 2026

“It's Not About Technique, But Feeling”: Chiharu Shiota on Three Decades of Thread

The Japanese artist's largest solo show, The Soul Trembles, opens at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in September with thirty years of her thread installations.

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Chiharu Shiota, Uncertain Journey (2016/2019), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Chiharu Shiota, Uncertain Journey (2016/2019), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 25, 2026

Where Were You When Blonde Came Out?

Ten years on, artists and writers retrace where Frank Ocean's second album found them, and what it rearranged once it did.

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Frank Ocean's Blonde, ten years on
Frank Ocean's Blonde, ten years on

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 24, 2026

The Kyiv Designer Making Tape Measures by Hand to Fund Ukraine's Air Defense

Vitaly Fedorchuk builds each one from aluminum and stainless steel, and every sale goes to the aerial defense unit his friend serves in.

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A hand-built measuring tape by Vitaly Fedorchuk
A hand-built measuring tape by Vitaly Fedorchuk

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 23, 2026

The Camera Lost on Everest in 1924, and the Photograph It Might Still Be Holding

Mallory and Irvine carried a Vest Pocket Kodak up the north face and never came back down. The film could still be developable, and the 2024 discovery of Irvine's boot has narrowed the search.

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The north face of Everest above the Rongbuk valley, Tibet
The north face of Everest above the Rongbuk valley, Tibet

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 22, 2026

The 2,000-Year-Old Cliff Paintings That Stayed Red Because They Were Made With Blood

New analysis of the Zuojiang Huashan murals in Guangxi finds animal blood, and possibly blood from childbirth, worked into the pigment as a binder alongside clay and lime.

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Huashan rock art in Guangxi, China
Huashan rock art in Guangxi, China

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Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 21, 2026

The Fog of Hunger

From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite, and there's a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it.

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Photograph by Constantine Manos / Magnum Photos
Photograph by Constantine Manos / Magnum Photos

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