"I use clay as one uses a diary: to record the feelings of daily life and the things that surround me," Chastagner tells Colossal. 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
Last week, some $2.2 billion worth of art was sold in a string of evening auctions that grabbed headlines. The art market media declared a once-again "healthy" market reemerging from a protracted slump. "The entire week becomes a choreographed attempt to convince the world that
Professionals use specs to invite others to participate in the work. One kind of spec outlines the solution. In clear language, it defines the work to be done. A good solution spec defines an outcome with no room for error or variety. “It’s this. Not that, not that, but this.
On tour for the 35th anniversary of Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin said his kids love the movie, but don’t know he’s Kevin . They’re only three and four years old, so this makes sense, but it’s still hilarious. And while they will even get excited when they see the young
Rebecca Solnit: A Year on From Trump’s Victory, Resistance Is Everywhere . “There has, in fact, been a tremendous amount and variety of resistance and opposition and it’s mattered tremendously.”
Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health: The Trump regime’s destruction of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children” .
A long profile of comics legend Alan Moore . “For the first time in his 45-year career, Alan Moore is alone on the page.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →