A Bite-Sized Crossword Puzzle for Museum Lovers
The Surrealist who covered his museum in eggs, the Yoruba object that inspired a Smithsonian building, and more in this month’s mini.
The Surrealist who covered his museum in eggs, the Yoruba object that inspired a Smithsonian building, and more in this month’s mini.
Flora Yukhnovich translates the iconic series into a digital-age fantasia while pointing to the original abundance just outside the Frick Collection’s walls.
In exhibitions at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and SOCO Gallery, Stephanie Shih presents a new direction. 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
Artist and poet Marcus Merritt draws objects from films — the TV above is from E.T. and the payphone is from Terminator 2. I very much dig the spare illustration style here. (via waxy ) Tags: art · Marcus Merritt · movies 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Investigating the archive in all its malleable reinvention is at the core of this year’s Rencontres d’Arles festival, held in historic churches and sites across the city.
Miles J. Unger’s new study on the artist is in part a critical biography and in part an impressive and sensitive account of his creation of some key paintings.
Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape . “Recently, disposable vapes have gotten more advanced”; some have USB-C and rechargeable batteries. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The incident apparently followed an attack by Israeli settlers on Basel Adra’s land in the Occupied West Bank.
Dataguessr . “This game is inspired by the work of Gapminder and Our World in Data. It uses data to give you a better understanding of the state of the world.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
This new exhibition at the Wellin Museum of Art explores the potential for societal transformation through storytelling on an epic scale.
Mysterious animal interactions channel challenging emotions, questions, experiences, and grief. 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 Surreal Narratives
Leading international curators discuss major exhibitions and important projects in this free online series.
TypePad is closing down at the end of the month and Phil Gyford has shared the process for downloading a TypePad blog (so that you can turn it into “a pretty self-contained ‘static HTML’ site”). 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
This is not some AI-generated to-study-to jazz video; it’s a guy who really likes jazz playing a bunch of records from his extensive collection . over the years i’ve built a small but reallllly incredible and meaningful record collection, spanning from jazz, classical, a great
Benavidez's piñata-inspired sculptures emerge from Hieronymus Bosch’s "The Garden of Earthly Delights." 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 Uncanny
Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps . “‘Before I die in that old people’s home, I would rather go to a meadow and enter eternity that way,’ said Sister Bernadette.” (Someone get a screenplay going on this…) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah this morning on Bluesky : “I’ve been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.” Until the Post’s relatively recent shift towards the right , Attiah had been a pivotal figure at the paper:
"Emma Thompson, Andrew Garfield, Ian Wright, FKA Twigs, Anthony Joshua, Munroe Bergdorf, Brian Cox, Jade Thirlwall, Jason Isaacs, Ambika Mod, Will Poulter, Chloe Kelly, Amelia Dimoldenberg and yes – Mr Blobby – weigh in on what it truly means to be British in 2025."
The next global disaster may be triggered by a catastrophic eruption. How can we prepare for the fire beneath our feet? - by Mike Cassidy Read on Psyche
There’s a button in WordPress that initiates a new post. And another that publishes it. That’s a clear and practical metaphor for what we do, all day, every day. The ‘post’ of our action or inaction might seem trivial, but it’s a post nonetheless. Layer by layer, actions and
The Wizard of Oz is now showing at Las Vegas’ Sphere. Or a version of it is, at any rate, and not one that meets with the approval of all the picture’s countless fans. “The beloved 1939 film starring Judy Garland, widely considered one of the greatest Hollywood classics, has
Most people’s to-do lists are, almost by definition, pretty dull, filled with those quotidian little tasks that tend to slip out of our minds. Pick up the laundry. Get that thing for the kid. Buy milk, canned yams and kumquats at the local market. Leonardo Da Vinci was,