Museum Leaders, Recognize Your Unions Now
Art institutions in the United States continue to force elections and exclude workers from eligibility to join unions, running counter to their own purported values and goals.
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Remembering Lucia Di Luciano, Rosa von Praunheim, and Kathleen Goncharov
This week, we honor an Italian painter, a filmmaker who chronicled queer life, and a beloved museum curator.
International Rendezvous at Guatemala’s Paiz Art Biennial
This year’s biennial, The World Tree, was intended to highlight the “archetypal myth central to many ancient cosmogonies.”
Seeing Art Is Good for Your Nervous System, Study Finds
The new research posits museums and galleries as “accessible, non-clinical spaces for preventive health promotion,” per the study’s authors.
An ICE agent murdered a woman in Minneapolis today. Mayor Jacob Frey...
An ICE agent murdered a woman in Minneapolis today . Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE : “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
Anselm Kiefer’s Rustbelt Romanticism
In Becoming the Sea, nostalgia for the Rhine River of Kiefer’s childhood flows into homages to the Mississippi as a symbol of both industry and creative freedom.
He Tried to Save Himself. He Killed An 11-Year-Old Instead.
“'If you’re going to classify this story in any way, the story that you classify it as is a tragedy.'”
‘Birds of Mexico City’ Celebrates a New Generation Defining Queerness
Pieter Henket highlights "the boundaries between Mexico’s deeply rooted Catholic traditions and the freedom of modern self-expression." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7
How Did We Map the World Before Satellites?
In 1375, a Spanish mapmaker made a world map we now refer to as the Catalan Atlas . For its time, the atlas was remarkably accurate and comprehensive. This video explains how such a map was made in medieval times. From Open Culture : The upshot is an answer to the very
Apply for NXTHVN’s Studio and Curatorial Fellowships
Up to seven artists and two curators will participate in a paid, 10-month intensive residency in New Haven, Connecticut.
Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done
"Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control."
French Gallerist Found Guilty of Cyberbullying Brigitte Macron
Bertrand Scholler was among 10 brought to court for promoting a conspiracy theory that the first lady was born male.
WikiFlix is a streaming site for movies in the public domain, including...
WikiFlix is a streaming site for movies in the public domain, including Metropolis, It’s a Wonderful Life, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Charade. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Explore Low and Full Residency MFA Options at Maine College of Art & Design
Apply by January 18 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship.
The Worst Shot Ever Taken
"The author and his closest basketball confidantes undertake a formal analysis of Steph Curry’s shot at the Paris Olympics as art object."
“South Korea imports more kimchi than it exports, and the gap has...
“ South Korea imports more kimchi than it exports , and the gap has widened as cheaper Chinese-made products take hold in the domestic market.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Verdant ‘Lost World’ of Minnie Evans Comes Alive in Vivid Mixed-Media Drawings
'The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans' continues through April 19 at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. 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 Verdant
A group of students at a New Mexico college (mostly) gave up...
A group of students at a New Mexico college (mostly) gave up their phones & computers for a week. What did they learn? “Most students said they had gotten to know themselves better without their phones butting in all day long.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Trouble with Romantic Love
Two centuries ago, a small group of brilliant and troubled young people trembling with the unprocessed traumas of their childhoods laid in their poems and letters and journals the foundational modern mythos of love. Although none but one of them lived past their thirties, they
MTV Rewind
MTV Rewind is an interface through which you can watch music videos from the 70s to the 20s, organized by decade. There are also “channels” for 120 Minutes, MTV Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, Headbangers Ball, and the first full day of MTV programming. All of the music videos, more
The proliferation of hummingbird feeders has become a “major evolutionary force” for...
The proliferation of hummingbird feeders has become a “major evolutionary force” for the Anna’s hummingbird species in the western US. “Over just a few generations, their beaks have dramatically changed in size and shape.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Who's the Best British Romanticist of Them All?
Tate Britain's British landscape face-off, influencers apply for artist visas, remembering Kathleen Goncharov, and Ayoung Kim's digital stargazing.
The Ancient Tool Used in Japan to Strengthen Memory & Focus: The Abacus
William Gibson famously observed that the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed. That line is often thought to have been inspired by Japan, which was already projecting a thoroughly futuristic image, at least in popular culture, by the time he made his debut
To be sure
Even though yeast is far more reliable than it used to be, many bakers still proof it before investing the time and materials to bake a loaf of bread. The extra few minutes waiting for it to bloom is cheap insurance to avoid a failed loaf a day later. If you need to be sure […]
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online
It took 90 years to complete. But, in 2011, scholars at the University of Chicago finally published a 21-volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language used in ancient Mesopotamia. Unspoken for 2,000 years, Akkadian was preserved on clay tablets and in stone inscriptions until
A Bluff City Blues
"The National Guard come to Memphis on the day of the Country Blues Festival."
Lost episodes of Star Trek from the 70s. They were going to...
Lost episodes of Star Trek from the 70s . They were going to do a reboot of the TV series (without Spock!) but the project morphed into the first movie. There are 19 episode scripts & treatments from the project; a few were adapted for ST:TNG. 💬 Join the discussion on
A Calif. Teen Trusted ChatGPT For Drug Advice. He Died From an Overdose.
"Amid a wave of hype for OpenAI's chatbot, the newly reported death shows stark risks."
Robin Sloan asserts (provocatively) that AGI is already here (and has been...
Robin Sloan asserts (provocatively) that AGI is already here (and has been for a few years). “We’ve got this ubiquitous term, Artificial General Intelligence, & it appears that the Artificial Intelligence has become Really Very General, so … ?”
‘Gold from Newton’s Apple Tree’ Traces Natural Pigment Recipes from the Ancient World to Today
Nabil Ali celebrates the long legacy of botanical pigments and the craft traditions that used them. 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 ‘Gold from