Rebecca Ness Stakes Her Claim to Art History
Reinterpreting canonical works is nothing new, but her work shines when it's most personal.
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Opportunities in October 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from ArtFields, The Image Centre, Millay Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Looks like Every Frame a Painting is ramping up again!...
Looks like Every Frame a Painting is ramping up again! “Over the last 10 years, Taylor and I have amassed a series of ideas — some of them originally designed to be on Youtube, some designed to be other things. All of this is currently in progress”
Alice Neel’s McCarthy-Era Trial Drawings Go to Auction
The Communist painter depicted the 1949–51 Foley Square trials while on assignment for a Marxist magazine.
New Book Chronicles Studio Museum in Harlem's 58-Year History
Contributors include artists such as Dawoud Bey, who wrote that the venerated institution has "changed the shape of my life."
At IFPDA’s October Prints & Drawings Month, Museums Are Quietly Rethinking Where Works on Paper Belong
Attend print and drawing-focused sessions in person and online with LACMA, The Met, and more throughout the month of October.
How to Make Perfect Soft-Scrambled Eggs
I love watching Gordon Ramsay make scrambled eggs. I first saw this video years ago and, possibly because I am an idiot, have yet to attempt these eggs at home. You and me, eggs, next weekend. P.S. Jean-Georges Vongerichten makes scrambled eggs in a very similar way . Not
World of WearableArt’s ‘GLO!’ Is a Celebration of Culture, Nature, and Whimsy
The annual fashion-meets-performance competition is an international visual feast. 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 World of WearableArt’s ‘GLO!’ Is
Amazon is releasing some new Kindle models, including a...
Amazon is releasing some new Kindle models, including a thinner Paperwhite (my fave) with an aluminum back, more storage, and faster interactions . If I didn’t just get a new last-gen Paperwhite to replace one I lost, I’d be tempted to pre-order.
Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death
"The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia."
Journalist Evan Gershkovich: My 491 Days as Putin’s Political Prisoner
"Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia, thought he was meeting a source. Instead he was arrested for spying."
A raw, revealing interview with an 80-year-old Sylvester...
A raw, revealing interview with an 80-year-old Sylvester Stallone on the occasion of his new memoir, The Steps . I listened to about half of this and had to stop…it’s incredibly candid but what he went through as a kid & young adult, oof.
A 15-minute tour of former NFL coach Mike Tomlin’s...
A 15-minute tour of former NFL coach Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft city . As previously mentioned , he started playing the game to connect with his kids and never stopped. (This is only part 1 of ???)
In Chicago, teamLab Expands Our Perceptions Through Boundary-Breaking Installations
teamLab consists of hundreds of collaborators who tap into the provocative intersection of art, science, and technology. 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
I Lost Myself When I Lost Hong Kong
"If returning to America was like getting on a lifeboat, why did I feel like I was drowning?"
Green tree ants are famous in the tropics
In tropical forests ruled by aggressive ants, these species have adopted a ‘fake it till you make it’ survival strategy - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The Art Tarot Predicts a Fateful Fall
An eventful season in the art world, Johanna Hedva surrenders to the cosmos, Derriann Pharr’s cycles of history, and other stories.
Reason is more than a tool
If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more - by Sasha Mudd Read on Aeon
A Place Among the Fiddlers
In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out.
Media and messages
Rock and roll came from the transistor radio. When Sony launched its cheap portable radio more than sixty years ago, it came with a headphone. For the first time in history, teenagers could listen to music without their parents eavesdropping. This opened the door to Chuck Berry
When Buckminster Fuller Proposed Putting a Dome Over Manhattan (1960)
Image via Buckminster Fuller Estate The novels of John Brunner have become a niche taste, even within his genre of science fiction. A more sociologically minded version of Philip K. Dick at his best, he could write with what now looks like a simultaneous prescience about the
LEGO Lets You Build Gaudí’s Sagrada Família in Its Largest Set Ever
When work on the Sagrada Família first began in 1882, the original architect could hardly have imagined that, 144 years later, the ambitious undertaking would still be underway. Yet here we are. Famously, the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) spent the last four
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
You can destroy kottke.org if you want. Or any other site!
You can destroy kottke.org if you want. Or any other site!
Ominous Thunderstorm Rolling Across the Fields
This is a three-hour, high-quality recording of thunderstorms in the distance in the Slovakian countryside. The rest of the channel is loaded of similar (and similarly long) atmospheric videos: thunderstorms, blizzards, rain, wind & fog, winter storms, etc. The most recent
Eternal Family is a media service that shows “a...
Eternal Family is a media service that shows “a hand-picked collection of unique & rare films across Vintage Animation, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Documentaries, Found Tapes & Much More”. KDO readers might like the Early Technology section .
Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on his past career as a...
Blackbird Spyplane’s Jonah Weiner on his past career as a profile writer . “If you’re doing the job well, you find yourself asking them profoundly intimate questions, and they find themselves answering them.” Really interesting.
Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Two Jars to David Drake’s Descendants
The Wisconsin museum’s ownership transfer was followed up by a Virginia museum’s announcement of the return of another “Dave the Potter” vessel this week.
A Vision of Rebirth, Raw and Sumptuous
Derriann Pharr, an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum, draws from girlhood and womanhood in works that metamorphose before our eyes.
“There are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than...
“There are more self-storage facilities in the U.S. than there are Starbucks, McDonald’s, Walmart, Home Depot, Domino’s, Dunkin’, and Costco locations combined.”
Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons
"Parenting is a practice. You learn from your mistakes and then repeat them anyway."
Paint Isn’t Just Paint at the New York Studio School
This exhibition of painters Brenda Goodman, Steve DiBenedetto, and Bendix Harms pushed me out of my comfort zone.
A New Exhibition Explores Edmonia Lewis’s Montana Connection
The two-part show at Bozeman’s Tinworks Art is part of a citywide homage to the late Black and Indigenous sculptor and her ties to the area.
Remembering Rafael Ferrer, Aracy Amaral, and Liang Shaoji
This week, we honor an arist and musician, one of Brazil’s first women museum directors, and a Chinese conceptualist.
The “Insane” Cinematography of Pride and Prejudice
I love 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightly & Matthew Macfadyen and directed by Joe Wright. So I really enjoyed Danny Boyd’s video essay about the great cinematography in the film. Pride & Prejudice isn’t a movie I’ve exactly seen a 100 times in my life. And
What Happens When We Die
"How can a creature who will certainly die have an understanding of things that will exist forever?"
Manuel Álvarez Bravo's Solitary Gaze
The Mexican photographer's most recognizable work echoes a dreamy vision of solitude.
The Tell, a very long read about Thomas Goldstein...
The Tell , a very long read about Thomas Goldstein (SCOTUSblog founder, high-powered lawyer, poker player) who once played a legendary game at the Bellagio where he bet wildly, didn’t even look at his cards for long stretches of time, and won big.