There’s no such thing as Anti-Brand (and you know it)

Oct 20, 2025

Even Patagonia’s “anti-brand” aesthetic is branding at its most strategic. OceanProd – stock.adobe.com We need to talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the six-year-old’s restaurant logo, the lime green album cover, the poster...

Celebrating the Science of Quilts

Oct 20, 2025

The fiber arts are experiencing renewed and rigorous recognition. Last year, for instance, modern and contemporary weaving loomed large in major exhibitions in the United States, which explored the craft’s ancient roots and impact on modern art, alongside high-profile...

How Takako Yamaguchi Subverts the Seascape

Oct 20, 2025

What makes a seascape? In this focus exhibition of 10 recent paintings at the Museum of Contemporary Art, veteran Los Angeles artist Takako Yamaguchi subverts the traditional notion. Rather than base her imagery on observations of the natural world, she takes the...

Jane Lombard Looks Back at 30 Years of Art and Politics

Oct 20, 2025

When Jane Lombard started her career in the art world in the 1990s, she was part of a delegation that traveled to Poland to help Eastern European artists show their work in the United States just before the Cold War ended. Three decades later, Lombard sat at her desk...

Jane Lombard Looks Back at 30 Years of Art and Politics

Oct 20, 2025

When Jane Lombard started her career in the art world in the 1990s, she was part of a delegation that traveled to Poland to help Eastern European artists show their work in the United States just before the Cold War ended. Three decades later, Lombard sat at her desk...

The Arch of Trump’s Triumph and Downfall 

Oct 20, 2025

At a White House meeting with donors for his ballroom expansion project last Wednesday, President Trump unveiled models for a triumphal arch to be erected in Washington, DC. The proposed arch would stand across from the Lincoln Memorial and welcome visitors leaving...

Louvre Museum Closed After Dramatic Daylight Heist

Oct 20, 2025

Armed thieves stole “priceless” jewelry from a gallery in the Louvre Museum in Paris in broad daylight on Sunday, October 19. Laurent Nuñez, France’s interior minister, told France Inter that burglars broke into the Galerie d’Apollon around 9:30am, half an hour...

The inbound marketing era is ending

Oct 18, 2025

Adam Singer has done it again! He’s becoming almost a regular contributor here at The BoldBrush Letter. The following article was written by Adam Singer, the man and the mind behind the publication Hot Takes.Hot Takes is spicy, useful, occasionally snarky takes...