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July 20, 2026

Immersive Art and Electronic Music Come Together To Celebrate the Summer Solstice at LACMA [Interview]

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) marked the summer solstice (on June 21) with SPIRITS, a free public event featuring electronic music pioneer Richie Hawtin (also known as Plastikman) and acclaimed digital artist john gerrard. The evening combined a large-scale installation of Gerrard’s new solar artwork, SPIRITS, with a live performance by Hawtin, celebrating both the longest day of the year and the artwork’s solar cycle.

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July 20, 2026

Realistic Watercolor Paintings Honor the Quiet Dignity of America’s Workers

Luminous watercolor portraits honor the resilience, dignity, and humanity of America’s blue-collar workforce in artist Mary Whyte’s watercolor paintings. Spanning communities across the United States, her series of work brings together workers whose contributions often go unseen while offering an intimate portrait of the people whose labor sustains everyday life.

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July 19, 2026

This Free Digital Archive Lets You Explore 5.8 Million Museum Artworks in New Ways

A new online platform called The Last Museum brings together more than 5.8 million works of art into a single searchable archive. Rather than functioning as a museum itself, the website aggregates publicly available collection records and images from thousands of institutions, allowing visitors to explore everything from Old Master paintings and ancient Egyptian sculpture to Japanese woodblock prints and vintage comics in one place.

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