Toronto Biennial of Art Promises Joy Amid Precarity
The third edition of the free citywide event features artists including Cecilia Vicuña and Pamila Matharu.
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Getty Apologizes After Exhibition Kick-off Event Injures Spectators
The event to kick off the museum’s PST Art: Art & Science Collide initiative struck guests with falling debris.
A Tour of Antarctica by Drone
This 8-minute video of a drone’s eye tour of the coast of Antarctica is just flat-out gorgeous. [This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2015.] Tags: Antarctica · timeless posts · video
Latinx Art Book Fair Launches at New York University
The inaugural fair, spanning books, zines, posters, and academic publications, is organized by the university’s Latinx Project.
The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory
Director Lou Ye follows a film crew in Wuhan who decides to revive a project abandoned 10 years prior, only to be placed under lockdown during shooting.
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The Indie Roots of Confessional Film
In the late 1980s and '90s, a wave of independent directors turned cameras on themselves, utilizing documentary as a mode of confession and self-reflection.
Required Reading
This week, yoga and nationalism, opulent Tibetan mandalas, the environmental costs of ChatGPT, Earth’s temporary “mini-moon,” and much more.
How Lucas Cranach the Elder Went From Making Icons to Agitprop
The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther.
Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data. “Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of...
Visualizing Ship Movements with AIS Data . “Explore the beautiful, intricate paths of ships over a year — tracked from America’s busiest ports to the open ocean via AIS marine tracking data.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Isabella Stewart Gardner Room Plundered by Infamous Heist Gets a Facelift
The floor-to-ceiling restoration is set to be completed by early 2027.
From Stars to Souls: The Science of What Made You You, with a Dazzling Poem Read by David Byrne
"Look at the clever things we have made out of a few building blocks — O fabulous continuum."
A View From the Easel
“The experience of beginning with literally a white cube was actually very cathartic.”
A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper,...
A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People”, has long been publicly unavailable but is now on YouTube . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Horndog, a rotating hot dog robot that scrolls photos of bread on...
Horndog , a rotating hot dog robot that scrolls photos of bread on “Instagrain”. It’s art! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Refract: Seattle’s Glass Art Festival Returns for Its 6th Year
With over 90 events and more than 70 artists, come discover why the Pacific Northwest is the leading regional hub for glass art in the United States.
Double Trio
I love these covers designed by Rodrigo Corral for Nathaniel Mackey’s poetry collection Double Trio . You will likely recognize some of the other covers designed by Corral over the years. Tags: book covers · books · design · Double Trio · Nathaniel Mackey · poetry · Rodrigo
Monopoly, But COMMUNIST? No Rolls Barred, a YouTube Channel about board games,...
Monopoly, But COMMUNIST? No Rolls Barred, a YouTube Channel about board games, has a series of videos featuring Monopoly but with different rules . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
David Moreno’s Anthropomorphic Foundations Support Cascading Villages
The Barcelona-based artist constructs cascading steel villages that reflect the architecture of our lives. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article David
Ian Bogost on the death of the “perfect vehicle”, the minivan. “It...
Ian Bogost on the death of the “perfect vehicle”, the minivan . “It is useful because it offers benefits for families, and it is uncool because family life is thought to be imprisoning.” Conversely, SUVs & trucks offer a sense of freedom. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Oh hey, a new book from Oliver Burkeman coming out soon: Meditations...
Oh hey, a new book from Oliver Burkeman coming out soon: Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Do All Roads Lead to Philosophy on Wikipedia?: They Do About 97.3% of the Time
Pull up the Wikipedia page for Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love,” the 1984 single now known for re-popularizing the genre of Japanese “city pop.” Then click the first of its links (not related to the language of the article itself), which leads to Takeuchi’s own page. If you
“The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape”
From earlier this summer, The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape is a great piece by Taffy Brodesser-Akner about the real-life kidnapping that inspired her recent novel, Long Island Compromise . Jack was home safe. He had survived his kidnapping. But the actual kidnapping is not what
Virginia Mori’s Wistful Illustrations Tap Into Reverie
"I often take inspiration from dreams, nightmares, hallucinations, and long walks in nature," the artist says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
The Divorce Tapes
"My family knew that my father had been tapping the phone lines. Only later would I discover the secrets the recordings contained."
Fear and Hope in Springfield, Ohio
"After Donald Trump repeated rumors that immigrants here are eating cats and dogs, I came to town for the weekend. Proud Boys greeted me."
Why Does Yellowstone National Park Turn Us All into Maniacs?
"Petting bison, cooking food in geysers. Ride along with our writer on a wild trip to our nation’s most iconic national park at the height of tourist season to see all the bad behavior."
Dumpster archeology
Follow the ‘dumpster archeologist’ Lew Blink as he pieces together people’s stories from the objects they’ve left behind - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
The value of our values
When Nietzsche used the tools of philology to explore the nature of morality, he became a ‘philosopher of the future’ - by Alexander Prescott-Couch Read at Aeon
The ledge
Drowning is devastating, a tragic and painful way to go. So much so that feeling like we’re drowning is a trigger, an overwhelming emotion that causes us to grasp, struggle and leave our best self behind. It’s easy to experience this even when we’re out of the water. When the