Michael McGrath's mixed-media works are rife with uncanny pairings.
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'Latin American Puzzle' assembles sprawling visual narratives like jigsaws.
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Among the Mogao Caves' nearly 500 chambers and temples in China, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects in the early 20th century.
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In 'Golden Days,' Dabin Ahn reflects the grief of losing his father.
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"In this 'Skyspace,' the day has weight, the evening has temperature, and the change belongs to you," Turrell says.
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Nature and landscapes are sources of infinite wonder for the Warsaw-based artist.
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The Vancouver-based artist employs the colorful bricks in a variety of geometric patterns and low-relief textures.
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There's something ineffably satisfying about a room in miniature.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 31, 2026 is:
short shrift \SHORT-SHRIFT\ noun
Short shrift means “little or no attention or thought” or “quick work.” In religious use it refers to barely adequate time for confession before execution.
// Certain neighborhoods have received short shrift from the city government.
“[Charlie] Caplinger echoed the concerns of many speakers at the meeting, with charter captains saying the recreational fishing industry’s economic contributions were being given short shrift.” — Mike Smith, NOLA.com (New Orleans, Louisiana), 6 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
We’ve got a confession to make, but we’ll keep it brief: while it’s technically possible to make “long shrift” of something, you’re unlikely to find long shrift in our dictionary anytime soon. Short shrift, on the other hand, has been keeping it real—real terse, that is—for centuries. The earliest known use of the phrase comes from Shakespeare’s play Richard III, in which Lord Hastings, who has been condemned by King Richard to be beheaded, is told by Sir Richard Ratcliffe to “Make a short shrift” as the king “longs to see your head.” Although now archaic, the noun shrift was understood in Shakespeare’s time to refer to the confession or absolution of sins, so “make a short shrift” meant, quite literally, “keep your confession short.” However, since at least the 19th century the phrase has been used figuratively to refer to a small or inadequate amount of time or attention given to something.