Ben Davis

1 month ago | koel.com | Ben Davis

If you've been casually blasting your lawn trimmings into the street in South Dakota, are you breaking the law? The Grass Is Always Greener... Until It's on the RoadLet's cut to the chase (pun absolutely intended): YES, it is illegal to discharge grass clippings onto South Dakota roads. Why This Is Actually a Problem... Is It Illegal To Mow Grass Into The Road In South Dakota-CanvaThose harmless-looking grass clippings aren't just unsightly green confetti.

1 month ago | news.artnet.com | Ben Davis

Jack Whitten’s giant-sized mosaic-painting 9.11.01 (2006) is a famous painting that deserves to be still more famous. I could write a whole essay about any number of the works in Whitten’s stately show at the Museum of Modern Art, but I’m going to focus on just this one. Because it rewards reflection. Because I think the way Whitten combines abstraction and history painting here is subtle. Most of all, because I think what he’s up to is misunderstood.

1 month ago | news.artnet.com | Ben Davis

What do you say about President Trump throwing his support behind building a monument to Hannah Arendt, author of The Origins of Totalitarianism? What to say besides… is he trolling? The answer is “maybe.” Arendt is one of the figures to be honored in Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes, which apparently is going to be built for real. It’s one of his weirder pet projects, and easy to mock. My point here is that it’s cannier than critics give it credit for. Up to a point.

1 month ago | krocnews.com | Ben Davis

The video was posted by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which studies wolves in and around Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota-Google Maps The wolves in this video are part of the Peatland Pack is a wolf pack that was the largest in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE) this past winter, with 9-10 individuals. They were captured on trail cameras howling in a "chorus howl," a rare occurrence where the entire pack howls together.

1 month ago | koel.com | Ben Davis

This incredible wolf pack “chorus howl” video was captured on a trail camera in northern Minnesota...turn up your volume! The video was posted by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, which studies wolves in and around Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota-Google MapsThe wolves in this video are part of the Peatland Pack is a wolf pack that was the largest in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE) this past winter, with 9-10 individuals.