On discovering digital art, building PROTO.logue, and learning to trust the unfamiliar. Ni Petrov, SU 46 — PROTO.logue at DEAD LETTER Before many people tasted Rhône wines, they seemed unfamiliar. Before many people embraced farm-to-table cooking, it seemed unconventional. Every generation encounters new creative languages. Digital art may simply be one of ours. The older I get, the more I realize that curiosity is often more important than certainty. The things that ultimate

In case you haven’t heard… something new is taking shape in Sonoma from your friends at the girl & the fig. A space built around food, art, and community—familiar in spirit, new in form. Later this spring / early summer, we open Dead Letter and PROTO.logue DIGITAL. From 1896 to 1910, the building served as one of Sonoma’s early post offices. A place of exchange—messages sent, received, and sometimes lost.Over time, many have passed through these walls, each leaving somethi

Fei-Fei Li, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst SOURCE: The Museum of Modern Art Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technical breakthrough—it’s a civilizational moment, and artists are asking crucial questions about its implications.

Ten years ago, somewhere in Las Vegas, after seeing Cher live, I stood in front of a repurposed cigarette machine that wasn’t selling cigarettes at all—it was selling art. Source: ArToMaT Tiny, handmade artworks. Unexpected. Affordable. Democratic. Slightly rebellious. It was my first encounter with ArToMaT® , and I’ve been quietly obsessed ever since. For years I wanted one for our spaces, but logistics and square footage always stood in the way. When we began designing Prot