Some people talk to plants. The Carnegie Museum of Art’s chief conservator Ellen Baxter talks to the paintings she’s restoring. “You have to … tell her she’s going to look lovely,” she says, above, spreading varnish over a 16th-century portrait of Isabella de’ Medici prior to
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas . “The fundamental issue with “debate me bro” culture [is] that it creates a false equivalence between good-faith expertise and bad-faith trolling.”
A drone manufacturer and a textile company, which are classified as “fine art” and “fashion” businesses at the building complex, are accused of profiting from Israel’s violence against Palestinians.
A recent workshop in Manhattan's Lower East Side challenged the notion that the takeover of machine learning is inevitable.
How Agates Form, Why Minnesota Lakes Have So Many, & Where To Look For Them . I was always excited as a kid to go find agates at the lake (typically Lake Superior), but I didn’t know a) how they formed, or b) that you couldn’t find them just anywhere. 💬 Join the discussion on
From the nadir of the collapse, we start to see the glimmers of a foundation from which we can build a new world.
Artists on Black Oakland history, Suzanne Jackson’s diaphanous suspended paintings, Julio César Morales’s poignant watercolors, and much more.
Like Charlie "Bird" Parker’s jazz improvisation, the artist's compositions are simultaneously cacophonous and rhythmic.
An exhibition of art and historical artifacts celebrates the freedom fighter’s story without over-mythologizing her.
If the art world is serious about equity, it has to stop equating emergence with youth and start building structures that reflect the multiplicity of artistic timelines.
Teju Adisa-Farrar, Robert Choe-Henderson, Amalia Uribe Guardiola, Crystal Vance Guerra, Trelani Michelle, and Bilphena Decontee Yahwon will publish their research in special edition articles on Hyperallergic in 2026.
Inspired by a question over at Cup of Jo , what are the five things that are essential in your kitchen? Mine lean black & tan: balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, parmesan, olive oil, mayonnaise. (Honorable mention: chili oil.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"In Light of Innocence" transforms Pioneer Works' hall into vibrant, light-filled sanctuary. 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 Through Illuminated
These are some of my favorite portrait illustrations from Sofia Bonati . In her art you’ll find female portraits that invite you into a dreamlike world where the woman and her surroundings intertwine, connect. They are women with deep, mysterious looks, who want to tell us
"By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy."
With over 100 events and more than 50 artists at Seattle’s signature fall festival, discover why the Pacific Northwest is the leading glass art regional hub in the US.
This fully funded three-year graduate program in Southern New England supports a broad range of art making, exemplified by the work of its newest students.
The Climate Change Paradox . “Earth’s climate is chaotic and volatile. Climate change is simple and predictable. How can both be true?” Complexity & chaos theory are so interesting. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Trump-approved Venice Biennale proposals, perspectives from artists who endured authoritarianism, and more in The Siren ’s third edition.
Now in its 16th year, the international competition focuses on both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 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 2025
On the latest wave of AI/LLM tools . “It is a transition from working with a co-intelligence to working with a wizard. Magic gets done, but we don’t always know what to do with the results.”
Here’s a thing I didn’t know existed until the other day: credit-card sized trackers that you put into your wallet (or bag) that can be located with Apple Find My. Some come with long-life batteries and others are rechargeable. Some can play a sound when lost. This seems pretty
“Trump told voters that they could indulge their resentments and still walk away richer and more prosperous. But they can’t . To embrace nativism in a global, connected economic world is to sacrifice prosperity for the sake of exclusion…”
Early next year, Sesame Street is making hundreds of full episodes available on YouTube . 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"The cuddly chatbot Grem is designed to ‘learn’ your child’s personality, while every conversation they have is recorded, then transcribed by a third party. It wasn’t long before I wanted this experiment to be over ..."
Two portals to the Monte Sant’Angelo station in Naples explore what it means to go underground. 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 Descend into the
"Six million antelope storm through a pocket of Africa that’s nearly impossible to get to."
Remember the collection of classic airline logos I linked to a few years ago? The folks at 08 Left have taken some of those old logos and put them on hats, t-shirts, and hoodies . Tags: design · fashion · flying 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
New from Neal Agarwal: a series of increasingly ridiculous and difficult captchas . I burst out laughing at the vegetables one. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Scandal rocks international stone skipping contest . “The would-be cheaters admitted to the scheme by a show of hands and apologized for their misdeeds after the judges raised their suspicions.” Aww, so wholesome? 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"Life is the best writer, and sometimes you have to let life show you a little bit of what that is."
‘I didn’t think I’d get the job!’ How the cheery steeplejack Fred Dibnah dismantled an industrial chimney one brick at a time - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
If you’re taking the wrong medication, that’s not going to help. It doesn’t matter how fast you’re going if you’re headed in the wrong direction.
We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several