The 10 Best London Art Shows of 2025
It was a year of surprising pairings and standout exhibitions by artists including Kerry James Marshall, Jenny Saville, and Leigh Bowery
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Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph
Our series on painters and their practices is back, this time for an interview with the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history.
Museum Grants Terminated by Trump Reinstated After Court Order
But the ripple effects of the abrupt fund withdrawals are still being felt, organizations say.
New York: Best of 2025
Our favorite shows in the city all year, and the events we’ll be attending this week.
Anti-ICE Nativities Take a Stand Against Trump’s Cruelty
Despite pushback from right-wing leaders, nativity scenes with a humanitarian message are spreading across the country.
A Charlie Brown Christmas, Live
Listen to jazz trio The Commercialists play Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas live in a small club called The Estate in Milwaukee. That’s this afternoon’s chill work music sorted then. If you’re anywhere near Milwaukee this month, it looks like there are still tickets
Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom
An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as the Parisian avant-garde exoticized his heritage.
We Asked Critics From Authoritarian Regimes What They Wish They’d Known Sooner....
We Asked Critics From Authoritarian Regimes What They Wish They’d Known Sooner . “You cannot make authoritarian leaders the center of your narrative. You have to make the people the center of your narrative, and you have to be passionate about it.”
What’s a UFO Show With No Flying Saucers?
The Drawing Center’s Voice of Space has vast potential, but a lack of strong focus and commanding imagery makes it more earthbound than cosmic.
The Rembrandt Thief Who Came Out On Top
Myles Connor is one of the very few people alive to have come out ahead after lifting an artwork from the wall of a museum, as Anthony M. Amore explores in his new book.
A “particularly inventive” Rube Goldberg marble run maze. Lots of elements doing...
A “particularly inventive” Rube Goldberg marble run maze . Lots of elements doing double duty. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Launch a Community-Centered Design Career with an MDes From the University of Arkansas
The two-year, tuition-free Master of Design in Communication Design program blends studio-driven research, community engagement, and advanced design practice.
Li Yi-Fan to Represent Taiwan at the 61st Venice Biennale
In the exhibition curated by Raphael Fonseca, Li Yi-Fan will continue his longstanding exploration of image-generation technology and improvisational narrative.
Trung Tran Studio Incorporates Mature Trees into a Warm Brick Home in Vietnam
A series of rooflines make room for mature trees, oriented around a courtyard. 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 Trung Tran Studio Incorporates
The 2025 Kottke Holiday Gift Guide
Since 2013, I’ve done a holiday gift guide that’s basically a curated roundup of stuff from the best gift guides I can find. I always do it a little bit differently from year to year, and last year I went with a simple list and it worked well. So I’m doing that again this year.
Colin Furze built a full-suspension bike using powerful magnets instead of shocks...
Colin Furze built a full-suspension bike using powerful magnets instead of shocks or springs. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
MoMA PS1 to Offer Free Admission Starting in 2026
The Queens museum will waive entry fees for three years to coincide with its 50th anniversary.
For ‘ÓST,’ Estúdio Capim Conjures a Retrofuturistic Candle Concept
A series of geometric candles with flutes, half-circles, and trapezoids merge the arcane and the contemporary. 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 For
Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century....
Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century . But: “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.”
A Year in NYC Art Shows
Hyperallergic's top exhibitions in the city that never sleeps, turmoil at the Lucas Museum, and the fragile state of funding for media and video arts.
The Business of Care
"The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital — the dominant political and economic institution of Albany, Georgia — is the story of American health care."
If your marketing isn’t working…
If you are struggling to get the word out, if customer traction is elusive, if you are always hustling for a little bit of attention, if it feels like you need to spend more money on promotion… It might be that you skipped the important part. Marketing isn’t hype. Marketing is
See What the Original Mona Lisa Likely Looked Like
If you want to see the Mona Lisa in real life, your first thought may not be to head to the Prado. But according to a school of thought that has emerged in recent years, the Mona Lisa in Madrid has a greater claim to artistic faithfulness than the one in Paris. That’s because
A Year in Reading: When We Are Redefined
From bull rides to military parades, the world transforms us in surprising ways. The best stories get close enough to document our transformation.
Read the Uplifting Letter That Albert Einstein Sent to Marie Curie During a Time of Personal Crisis (1911)
Marie Curie’s 1911 Nobel Prize win, her second, for the discovery of radium and polonium, would have been cause for public celebration in her adopted France, but for the nearly simultaneous revelation of her affair with fellow physicist Paul Langevin, the fellow standing to the
The Best New York City Exhibitions of 2025
Our staff and contributors look back on a year in art, from museum reopenings to shows that make and remake history.
Jiggle Cat
This is a pretty good optical illusion . If you’re not on your phone, it also works if you shake your head a little. (thx, caroline) Tags: optical illusions 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →