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Drawing together reveals how young and old brains build connection

Drawing together reveals how young and old brains build connection

Published by Jenni Sidey

People who drew together showed more similar brain activity than when they drew separately. Younger and older pairs felt closer over six weeks, but their brain synchrony decreased rather than increased. The findings suggest closeness does not always mean two brains “tick” alike, especially across generations. Two strangers sit over one sheet of paper, oil pastels nearby, trying to draw without talking. Their hands move, their eyes follow, and their brains begin responding to each other. At ETH Zurich, cognitive scientist Ryssa Moffat used that simple scene to study how new relationships form. Moffat, a postdoctoral researcher at the Social Brain Sciences Lab within the Chair of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, followed pairs of people as they met repeatedly for shared drawing sessions. The study, published in PLOS Biology, included 61 pairs who met six times across six weeks. Participants came from two age groups: younger adults ages 18 to 35 and older adults ages 70 to 85. The group included 31 cross-generational pairs and 30 same-age pairs. At the start, the participants did not …

Willem de Kooning Ripped Up the Rules of Drawing

Willem de Kooning Ripped Up the Rules of Drawing

Published by Daniella Wilson

Most retrospectives unfold like a stately procession. You buy your ticket and proceed through a choreographed sequence of galleries, scrutinizing first the juvenilia, then the promising early work. Next come the triumphal years, and finally (if the artist was lucky) a poignant late phase. An idea of timelessness prevails, enhanced by an enveloping atmosphere of climate control, security, and massive insurance coverage. The lighting is good; the frames are tasteful. Everything looks marvelous. There’s not a whiff of the urgency of the studio, no hint of the emotional or psychological state in which these objects were made. Lost is any suggestion of that feeling, deep inside the creator, of an improvised, inner necessity. “Willem de Kooning Drawing,” at the Art Institute of Chicago, is a classic retrospective—a decorous, deeply researched exhibition about a much-lauded artist at a major museum. In another, more robust sense, however, the show is a giant debauch. It’s frankly (and thrillingly) unseemly. I’ve never been to an art show that takes you so far inside the creative process. You start to …

National Guard member arrested for drawing weapon : NPR

National Guard member arrested for drawing weapon : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Members of the National Guard walk past the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before the March on Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP A member of the National Guard was arrested earlier this month in Washington, D.C., on felony charges for allegedly pointing his gun at a fellow guard member during a dispute over regulation hairstyles. According to an arrest affidavit filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, during the argument, Zion Mitchell, 21, a National Guard member from Georgia, drew his service revolver and pointed it at another soldier. The female guard member, who had the gun pointed at her, stated to detectives that she believed the firearm was loaded since all National Guard firearms are “generally loaded.” Mitchell has been charged with two felonies: assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence or dangerous crime. During a preliminary hearing on Sept. 4, he was ordered held without bond in a D.C. jail “due …

Auction Houses Won’t Sell a Keith Haring Drawing That Faced a Lawsuit

Auction Houses Won’t Sell a Keith Haring Drawing That Faced a Lawsuit

Published by Jenni Sidey

A Keith Haring drawing deemed authentic by a Superior Court judge but lacking sufficient provenance records to sell at Christie’s and Sotheby’s was the subject of a trial in Connecticut. The gallery that sold it ended up proving victorious. As reported by Greenwich Time, Nevada businessman Vernon Hartung bought the drawing of flying saucers from Martin Lawrence Galleries for $165,000 in 2018. But when he inquired about selling it at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, the two auction houses said the artwork’s documented history “did not meet their requirements for selling a Haring drawing as an authentic work,” according to trial records. Related Articles Martin Lawrence Galleries then attempted to sell the work for Hartung, but he deemed potential prices ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 too low and sued the gallery for breach of contract and other claims related to the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. In a written decision in May, Judge Robert L. Genuario described the drawing “by a preponderance of the evidence, to be authentic,” citing a 2002 letter from Richard Hambleton, a friend of Haring’s …

NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers : NPR

NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Former sheriff’s deputy Shannon McManus looks out over the data center project construction site in Boyce, La., last month. He’s one of the local residents who has objected to nondisclosure agreements that kept negotiations for the project from the public. Jay Marcano for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jay Marcano for NPR By fields of cotton and soybeans where his bees forage and pollinate, Foster Hensel pries open the lid of one of his beehives, setting off a rising hum from inside. “You hear the difference in the sound?” he asks, pumping the bellows of a small smoker to try and settle the bees. “They’re getting a little aggravated.” What has Hensel concerned is a few miles down the road. In Boyce, a small town in Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, construction is starting on a 300-acre data center site. The beekeeper worries the new warehouse-like facilities will raise his utility bills or change the local environment. And he asks why there’s not more information. “Let me quote a good writer, Shakespeare — there’s something …

80-home development for Nottinghamshire town returns after being sent back to drawing board

80-home development for Nottinghamshire town returns after being sent back to drawing board

Published by Sam Flores

A town housing development has been tipped for approval after being sent back to the drawing board over a number of concerns. Developer Keepmoat Homes has been planning to build 80 homes off Grove Road in Retford, as part of its Fairygrove development. The site, which is part of a conservation area and is made up of agricultural land and a former horticultural nursery, is around 1.8 km from the town centre. It sits between the East Coast Mainline and London Road. Bassetlaw District Council had allocated the site for 61 homes, and the increase in planned houses prompted fears from dozens of nearby residents. The application was initially submitted for up to 95 homes, before being scaled back to 80. One resident, Tracey Simpson, said: “The Fairygrove site was identified in the approved Local Plan for 61 properties, the current planning application [is] for 80 properties, [and] if approved will severely impact my current privacy and peace – and my concern regarding the boundary now adds to the impact.” Another resident, Lynda Armitage, added: …

Figure drawing classes, clothed and nude, across Los Angeles County

Figure drawing classes, clothed and nude, across Los Angeles County

Published by Sam Flores

“We’re putting on social, immersive figure drawing events for neurodivergent, queer nerds,” says Jennifer Martina, the producer at Nest of Friends, the nonprofit production company that stages biweekly figure drawing at Geeky Teas & Games in Burbank. Martina and artist Sketkh Williams, Sketch by Sketkh’s host, provide a welcoming atmosphere across identities, skill levels and nerdy interests, while also playing to their own backgrounds in theater. The sessions feature dramatic lighting, staging and soundtracks, and use professional cosplayers as models. Embodying characters from “Star Wars,” video games, anime and other IP, these pros don’t just dress the part, they take pains to hit their characters’ canonical stances for attendees to capture. For Martina and Williams, the events are an alternative to nude or more traditional figure drawing sessions. “That just doesn’t interest us,” says Martina. “We’re both theatrical people, so for us part of putting on a show is seeing characters, some cool costume design and a theme.” Best for: Practiced amateurs with nerdy interests When: Every other Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Ticket price: Starts …

iOS 27 Adds New Drawing Tool to Your iPhone’s Messages App

iOS 27 Adds New Drawing Tool to Your iPhone’s Messages App

Published by skeptic

The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple’s built-in apps across the iPhone and Mac. In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new “Drawing” option in the app drawer, which can be opened by tapping the plus sign in the bottom-left corner. On older iOS versions, the Messages app once had a very basic drawing tool that was accessible by tapping a button on the keyboard in landscape orientation, but now Apple’s complete set of Markup tools are available in the app. On the Mac, macOS 27 adds the Markup tools to the Notes and Freeform apps. iOS 27 and macOS 27 are currently available in developer beta. The updates are expected to be released to the general public in September. Popular Stories iOS 27: Dedicated Siri App to Include Auto-Deleting Chats Feature Apple in iOS 27 will include an enhanced Siri with a dedicated app that gives users options to keep conversations in memory for a limited time, according to Bloomberg’s Mark …