I’m visiting Kyoto soon, so I reread Lauren Groff’s piece about The Tale of Genji: A Tale of Sex and Intrigue in Imperial Kyoto . “I believe that places, like people, hold memory, and when place memory announces itself, it does so through the body.” 💬 Join the discussion on
The Jacket Potato Jacket . “Supermarket chain Aldi has teamed up with London fashion brand Agro Studio to create a puffer coat that resembles a giant baked potato.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Bear Breaks Into California Zoo to Mingle With Other Bears . “A bear came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
For some artists working today, the timeless tradition of woodworking translates perfectly into contemporary expressions. 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
A Reminder that Protected Bike Lanes Can Make Streets Safer for Everyone . “A 2019 study spanning thirteen years in twelve cities found that protected bike lanes dramatically reduced fatalities for all road users on the streets that added them.” 💬 Join the discussion on
The watercolors of the American master will be on exhibition at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, some for the only time in a generation
"The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged?"
The evolution of tarot cards through the centuries, from a game for the Italian elite to the fortune-tellers’ toolkit - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
It’s difficult to spend the entire day working on outcomes. Sooner or later, there are tasks to be done, tasks we believe will get us to the outcome we seek. But it’s easy to spend the whole day on tasks, failing to recalibrate and ignoring the fact that the tasks might not be
If you wish to become a cinephile worthy of the title, you must first pledge never to refuse to watch a film for any of the following reasons. First, that it is in a different language and subtitled; second, that it is too old; third, that it is too slow; fourth, that it is too
The practice of cartomancy, or divination with cards, dates back several hundred years to at least 14th century Europe, perhaps by way of Turkey. But the specific form we know of, the tarot, likely emerged in the 17th century, and the deck we’re all most familiar with—the
Anne von Freyburg is back with her "textile paintings," large-scale tapestries that appear to drip, bleed, and cascade down the wall. 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
The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum.
The city abounds with great group exhibitions at the moment, but don’t miss impressive solo showcases of Ruth Asawa and others.
The artist has perfected a register that is laugh-out-loud funny or absurd, rigorously conceptual, and erotic, edged with simmering rage.
A show at The 8th Floor gallery in Manhattan extracts the politics of landscape.
Digital commentators wasted no time making Pink Panther jokes and digs at President Macron as the brazen robbery gets absorbed into the online discourse.
Hide your jewels and hop over to Art Basel, Asia NOW, the Upstairs Art Fair, and more art happenings in the City of Love.
A New York Times investigation revealed how the MoMA trustee, one of the country’s richest men, was often pressured by Epstein to pay up millions.
Chinese artist Liu Wei, known for installations exploring urbanization and modernity, will create a series of sculptures for the museum's Fifth Avenue niches.
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying . “Tariffs are the most obvious example” but also food prices rising due to the immigrant crackdown, rising energy prices bc of the regime’s anti-solar bias. And the tax is flowing into corporate coffers.
New essay collection from classicist Emily Wilson: Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea . “From Athenian comedy and Rome’s love of Greek culture to Han Kang’s novels, Cardi B’s lyrics and the discoveries she made whilst translating Homer…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
“Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul,” Seneca wrote in considering true and false friendship two millennia before we commodified the word “friend” in
The new volume glimpses "our complex relationship with birds, questioning how we observe them and respond to their presence—and vice versa." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as
"I am still afraid of forgetting. There is much I have already forgotten."
Listening to Ethan Hawke talk about his career for 30 minutes is a treat. He starts with Explorers (which I loved as a kid) and continues with Dead Poets Society, Before Sunrise, Boyhood, and First Reformed. Good Lord Bird is on the list as well…I’m making my way through the
Applications are open for the New York-based, globally linked program, where students have multiple opportunities to curate fully subsidized exhibitions.
Hitler, Stalin, Freud, Trotsky, and Franz Joseph all lived within a radius of a few km in Vienna in 1913-14 . “Stalin could have, with real probability, walked past a homeless Hitler trying to sell his mediocre watercolor paintings on the street…” 💬 Join the discussion on
Armed with snakes and sporting ceramic getups, Shae Bishop presents a new cowboy culture. 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 Shae Bishop Bucks Cowboy