Arts & Culture: A Profile Of Native American Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

CBS Sunday Morning (July 16, 2023) – Over the last five decades, artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has had nearly 100 shows, and in 2020 a painting of hers was the first by a Native American to join the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Now the 83-year-old is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City – the museum’s first retrospective ever of an Indigenous artist. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports on a moment that’s been described as long overdue.

“Landscape is Always Full of Movement”

Two horses surrounded by large swathes of blue, brown, and white.


For the Survival of Future Generations

A canvas entirely covered in shapes, patterns, and saturated colors. Human and animal forms are visible amongst the highly pigmented color.


A Post-Colonial World

Thick red paint with news print showing through and the figure of a snowman over the top.

Japan Culture: “100 Wabi-Sabi Gardens” In Kyoto

Yurara Sarara Films (July 16, 2023) – Wabi sabi can be defined as “beauty in imperfection” and can incorporate asymmetry, incompleteness, impermanence, and simplicity.

In addition to gardens, wabi sabi influences many other aspects of Japanese art and culture, such as the tea ceremony and pottery making, and it is also seen as a way of life.

A garden based around wabi sabi incorporates natural and manmade elements in a way that allows visitors to appreciate their humble and imperfect forms. This typically involves using not only plants but also stones and weathered manmade objects as design elements.

Sunday Morning: Stories From Zürich & Barcelona

July 16, 2023 – Monocle\’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Alexandra Andrist and Chandra Kurt discuss the major topics of the weekend. Plus: we check in with our friends in London, Barcelona and Bangkok.

The New York Times – Sunday, July 16, 2023

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Small, Hidden and Deadly: Mines Stymie Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

Antitank mines littering the ground at a former Russian position in the village of Novodarivka, which was recently recaptured by Ukraine’s 110th Territorial Defense Brigade and other forces.

To gain ground, Ukrainian forces have to make their way through a variety and density of Russian land mines they never imagined.

Canadian Politicians Who Criticize China Become Its Targets

Kenny Chiu, a former member of Parliament representing a district outside Vancouver, appears to have been targeted by supporters of China because of his public criticisms of China’s human rights record.

As China increases its reach in diaspora communities, Chinese Canadian politicians in Vancouver are the focus of Chinese state interference in Canadian politics.

They Lost Their Legs. Doctors and Health Care Giants Profited.

Medical device makers have bankrolled a cottage industry of doctors and clinics that perform artery-clearing procedures that can lead to amputations.

‘Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.

Fed up with A.I. companies consuming online content without consent, fan fiction writers, actors, social media companies and news organizations are among those rebelling.