New Aesthetics Grants Announced by Collison and Cowen for 28 Artists
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees from a large applicant pool. Collison noted widespread dissatisfaction with current aesthetics, a growing interest in beauty and pre-modern styles, and structural challenges in art innovation. He highlighted architecture as ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed AI prompting a fundamental rethinking of art. The grants aim to support innovative artistic work.
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New Aesthetics Grants Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and channeling pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face in pursuing novelty. He highlighted architecture as the discipline most ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed that AI is prompting fundamental rethinking similar to past technological shifts. Collison also lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The original call for proposals was published in December 2025.
Marginal REVOLUTIONNew Aesthetics Grants Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, a growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and the channeling of pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face in pursuing innovation. He highlighted architecture as a discipline ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed that AI is prompting fundamental rethinking similar to past technological shifts. Collison also lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The original call for proposals was published in December 2025.
Marginal REVOLUTIONNew Aesthetics Awards Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, a growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and in channeling pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face in pursuing novelty. He highlighted architecture as a discipline ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed that AI is prompting fundamental rethinking similar to past technological shifts. Collison also lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The original call for proposals was published in December 2025.
Marginal REVOLUTIONNew Aesthetics Awards Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and channeling pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face from schools, galleries, and buyers. He identified architecture as the discipline most ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, with more innovative work emerging from Europe, South America, and beyond. Collison observed that AI is prompting a fundamental rethinking of art, similar to the impact of urbanization and photography in the 19th century. He lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The original call for proposals was published in December 2025 on Marginal Revolution.
Marginal REVOLUTIONNew Aesthetics Grants Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, a growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and the channeling of pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face in pursuing innovation. He highlighted architecture as particularly ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed that AI is prompting fundamental rethinking in art, similar to past technological shifts. Collison also lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The grants were published on the New Aesthetics website, with the original call for proposals issued in December 2025.
Marginal REVOLUTIONNew Aesthetics Grants Announced by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen
Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen announced the recipients of the New Aesthetics grants, funding 28 grantees out of a larger-than-expected applicant pool. Collison shared reflections on the process, noting widespread dissatisfaction with the current aesthetic moment in the art community, growing interest in beauty as an unapologetic goal and channeling pre-modern styles, and the structural challenges artists face in pursuing novelty. He highlighted architecture as a discipline ripe for new ideas, constrained by academia and regulation, and observed that AI is prompting fundamental rethinking similar to past technological shifts. Collison also lamented the precarious state of arts funding but encouraged individual actors to get involved. The original call for proposals was published in December 2025.
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