FYI #108
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert, Julian Lucas interviews the French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, via the New Yorker
Our Last Chance to Talk ‘Gatsby’, via Cannonball with Wesley Morris
The best books, films and TV about AI + tech in 2025, by Brian Merchant
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education, by Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren, via Public Books
Wonderland City, via Remorandom… Wonderland City was a grand amusement park that operated at Tamarama Beach from 1906 to 1911. It was dubbed the “Coney Island of Australia”.
Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource, this book by Sam Bloch sounds super interesting
My #1 Canvasser: My Mother , via by Zohran Mamdani’s campaign
The Uncollected Stories of Mavis Gallant Will Make You Believe in Literature Again, by Chloe Schama, via Vogue. I’d not heard of Gallant. Have added to my reading list.
How the Real Marty Supreme Haunted My Basement, by Tina Brown
Guillermo del Toro’s Closet Picks, via Criterion
The Case for a Public Social Media Platform, interview with Joshua Citarella, via JSTOR Daily
Family unearths story of Australian cricket's 'girl Bradman' Hazel Pritchard, by Jane Hutcheon, via ABC News
Tales from Two Critics: A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson on the Year in Film, via LARB Radio Hour