From Stellenbosch, South Africa, to Valencia Spain, 'uncommissioned' has tapped 54 artists to work on public projects. 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
Alison Friend's first monograph, 'Dog Only Knows,' collects 125 of her canine portraits. 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 Alison Friend Packs a Lot
Bold colors contrast with the absence of color, calling attention to issues around environment loss in this exhibition in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Featuring more than 300 artworks spread across a whopping 16,000 square feet, the expansive collection documents the artist's six-decade-long career. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
"A ghost town enthusiast searches for the essence of these scarcely populated locales."
I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but it’s cool to scroll and get your tiny mind blown over and over again. Human cognition and perception is such a trip. (via neatorama ) Tags: optical illusions · photography 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Featuring stories by John Woodrow Cox, Justin Sayles, Aryn Baker, Moran Barkai and Paul Tullis, and Russell Cobb and Sarah Brandvold.
Could autism explain Virginia Woolf’s unique voice? Her extraordinary eye for detail and connections suggests it might - by Camille Caprioglio Read on Aeon
Enrico Fermi found a paradox: If there’s intelligent life on other planets, why haven’t we heard from them yet? Perhaps the answer is this: Any civilization sufficiently advanced to travel great distances will have to work in community. This pro-social behavior, combined with
Artist Guy Buffet has painted a number of different variations of his depiction of how to make various drinks (martini, margarita, Manhattan) but I like this version the best. (thx, ollie) Tags: art · cocktails · food · Guy Buffet 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The twenty-first century so far may seem light on major technological breakthroughs, at least when compared to the twentieth. An artificial intelligence boom (perhaps a bubble, perhaps not) has been taking place over the past few years, which at least gives us something to talk
Go Computer Now! – The Story of Sphere Computers . “If things had gone a little differently for them, we might be remembering Sphere the way people have fond memories of the Commodore 64 and Apple II.” Wow, I’ve never heard of Sphere . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Luis Mendo is self-publishing a book about his life as a writer/artist in Japan . “You don’t buy the book, you support the artist.” (You’ve maybe seen his work; Mendo does illustrations for Craig Mod’s books.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
My first adventure of the day is going to the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum . Other Japan bonsai recs welcome! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
I’m hoping to post some of my photos from Japan here when I get a bit more organized, but for now, you can follow my adventures on Instagram Stories . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
I stopped into the MEGA Donki (Don Quijote) in Shibuya last night and it was like being inside a slot machine . They had 20 different Kit Kat flavors, including a sake flavor. Ppl had baskets overflowing with candy. It was so bonkers. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Bakker creates both a painstaking ode to the pioneering artist and a bold consideration of how we access and consume information. 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 Fletcher Exhibit of political art was hosted at East Tennessee State University for 11 years until it came under attack from right-wing figures.
"’Voodoo’ has remained one of the pillars of soul music that’s transcended its era and defined its genre, nearly as much as one video almost came to define D’Angelo."
I wish Sixties Surreal focused more on destabilizing the concept of “real” than reifying it.
Fall of Freedom is a new initiative mobilizing the cultural community to lead acts of “creative resistance” against authoritarian forces.
After 16 years in San Francisco, the gallery announced that “it has become too difficult for a gallery this size to scale in this climate.”
Hundreds of life-sized animal petroglyphs suggest that the notoriously arid region was populated around 12,000 years ago, according to a new study.
This week: Andy Warhol’s autobiography, remembering D’Angelo, unpacking politics and mall architecture in LA, the long history of truffles, the problem with “invasive” species, and more.