Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Batteries inspired by eels, make-up kits in space, naturally pink chocolate and more

1. NASA’s Make-Up Kits Astronauts take plenty of grooming products into space—soap, lotion, deodorant, toothbrushes and more—but back in 1978, NASA believed women would also want a full make-up kit. NASA’s History Office shared an image of the kit, along with a quote from Sally Ride—the first American woman to go into space: “The engineers at NASA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that women astronauts …

Cancer Survivors Turn Radiation Masks To Art

According to Artsy, groups across the United States (and other nations) have taken radiation masks—mesh pieces molded to patents’ faces in advance of chemotherapy for head and neck cancer—and turned them into art. The groups are composed of artists, many of whom have survived cancer themselves. The results are striking, and carry an array of meaning: confrontation, reclamation, survival and more. In the process, awareness …

“One Year of Resistance” Group Show

On display now, 80+ artworks inspired by the current administration

On now at NYC’s The​ ​Untitled​ ​Space​, coinciding with the anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the group show ONE​ ​YEAR​ ​OF​ ​RESISTANCE features the work of 80+ artists—each of whom created pieces that celebrate art as activism, but also focus on various issues that US citizens are facing. Curated by ​Indira​ ​Cesarine (who also has work in the show), the exhibition explores everything from women’s …