“Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century.” Derek Guy: “The 1970s is often written off as the ‘decade that taste forgot.’ But Redford shows how to do it well…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Los Angeles gallery’s vast archive will be donated to the Huntington library.
The late painter was influenced by Abstract Expressionism, but she had none of the hubris of its male artists. For her, painting was not about an experience, it was an experience.
The fall art season starts with a bang, with Man Ray at The Met, understated gems like Lisa Corinne Davis at Miles McEnery, and more.
Lisa Corinne Davis has stretched the possibilities of painting into a territory defined by digital systems, algorithms, flow charts, and diagrams.
From film to painting to sculpture to chess, the Surrealist was an artist-inventor, tinkering away at light and objects and having a good laugh all the while.
Christian Marclay debuted his 24-hour film The Clock 15 years ago. The film is made up of thousands of clips from movies and TV shows that show timepieces or otherwise make reference to the time of day. I’ve seen chunks of it in a few museums & galleries and it’s wonderful.
Activists behind the action at the UK royal residence said they want to “make sure Epstein haunts him everywhere he goes.”
A group of international scientists drew parallels between the species’ distinctive shell and the work of the Spanish artist.
The group collaborated with Lucas Zanotto, Will Anderson, and Blender Studio. 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 Interact with OK Go’s Innovative
"As reading declines and self-censorship grows, bookshops are shuttering in the city once hailed as the Arab world’s publishing capital."
A McSweeney’s list that’s not that funny: How to Tell the Difference Between a Lone Wolf and a Coordinated Effort by the Radical Left .
Ta-Nehisi Coates: ‘Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause’ . “By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.”
The famous 19th-century photograph of a formerly enslaved man is reproduced at the Fort Pulaski National Monument, a Civil War battle site in Georgia.
How Climate Scientists Saw the Future Before It Arrived . “‘The goal of climate modeling is really to build a fake version of the Earth,’ a coarse-grained copy of the planet that’s stripped down to ‘the processes we think are relevant.’” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
In the spring of 1859, as On the Origin of Species was going to press, New Yorkers flooded the first studio building for artists to see The Heart of the Andes — a single painting exhibited by itself in an unknown young artist’s studio. Alexander von Humboldt’s account of his
Through vivid textiles, Hangama Amiri captures a particular moment in time, highlighting a sense of familiarity and intimacy. 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.
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A gem of a find by The Public Domain Review of a collection from the Rijksmuseum: photographs of plaster models of the Moon’s surface that were made from observations of the Moon through a telescope . Peering through a self-made telescope, James Nasmyth sketched the moon’s
Photographer Upends His Whole Life to Chase Auroras Around the Arctic . “Prior to moving to Lapland, I had never owned a camera and I almost never took photographs. However, just watching the aurora captured my attention…” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The 1,200-year-old Oseberg Viking Ship relocates within the newly expanded Museum of the Viking Age. 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 A Feat of
From the Weird History YouTube channel, an epic undertaking: telling the (US-centric) cultural history of the 70s , 80s , 90s , and 00s in just (just!) 16 hours. This is like a mega ultra monster extended mix of We Didn’t Start the Fire. The videos are organized
Fun logic puzzle game called Clues by Sam . “Your goal is to figure out who is criminal and who is innocent.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"She fell mysteriously ill while living in a remote cabin with my stepdad, and I suspected it was a cry for help. Then came the unexpected diagnosis: folie à deux."
"Roller coasters are bumping against the limits of physics and the human body to keep their riders entertained."
Seven stories celebrating our fascination with maps.
Joseph Wright of Derby put science at the centre of his art. Eclipsed in his lifetime, his work still burns with radical ideas - by Charlotte Mullins Read on Aeon
Michelangelo was born in the Republic of Florence, with the talent of… well, Michelangelo. Given those beginnings, it would have been practically impossible for him to avoid entanglement with the House of Medici, the banking family and political dynasty that ruled over Florence
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There have been many times in American history when celebrations of the country’s multi-ethnic, ever-changing demography served as powerful counterweights to narrow, exclusionary, nationalisms. In 1855, for example, the publication of Brooklyn native Walt Whitman’s Song of