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The Art of Showing Up
Voting stickers adorn memorials to ICE victims, Jeremy Shaw talks grief and ecstasy, and a portable archive of East LA.
The power of sync
There’s an overlooked power tool right in front of us. Every individual and organization can use it well, but rarely does. I could write a book on this, but here’s the post instead: Synchronized work happens together, on a shared schedule, in real time. Asynchronized work (my
A New Search Engine Lets You Explore 4 Million Works of Art & Historical Photographs from Museums and Libraries Around the World
We live in an age when you can describe practically anything you want to see in words, then see it almost immediately. Nobody will ever have laid eyes upon that particular sight before — and quite possibly, nobody ever will again. There we have both the upside and the downside
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
The case of the copyright history of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis is as convoluted as the history of its film print. Lang’s vision and his original almost-three-hour cut were doomed to censorship right from the start. The Nazis took out its more
How Human Civilization Began
In a recent video , Kurzgesagt explores what we know about the first human civilizations that formed some 12,000 years ago and how they led to the first cities and the invention of writing. What we know about human history is only a fraction of the full story. Much of the rest
Assyria is Far from Ancient in Esther Elia’s Characterizations of Contemporary ‘Diasporic Deities’
The Albuquerque-based artist explores contemporary Assyrian experience through pattern, fashion, and autobiography. 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
Fernando Calvillo, Beloved Fixture of Oklahoma's Art Community, Dies in Train Crash in Spain
“He embraced people wholeheartedly, recognized what they needed, and connected them with opportunities and with one another,” said Calvillo’s colleague.
Exhibition as Living Archive: the 1950s Baghdad Modern Art Group in the UAE Today
All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, Curated by Nada Shabout, on view at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery through January 3, 2027
Guadalupe Rosales’s Portable Archive of East LA
In two new books, the artist weaves her archive of photos, ephemera, and flyers into the story of ’90s Chicanx youth culture, tracing both a personal and collective coming-of-age.
Do you think you could write down the names of 3000...
Do you think you could write down the names of 3000 people? “As part of a competition with a few friends, I attempted the very dumb challenge of trying to write the names of 3,000 real people in one sitting. It took 7 hours, but I did it.”
The Founding Father of Neuroscience on Solitude, the Search for Truth, and the Ideal Environment for Breakthroughs
"Oh comforting solitude, how favorable thou art to original thought!"
“Our attention is all we have. And we already gave away a...
“Our attention is all we have. And we already gave away a huge percentage of it to machine learning algorithms 10 years ago, and we are living in an intensely different and I think worse world because of it.” Was 2016 a sneaky inflection point?
The Indian Pavilion in Venice Asks: What Is Home?
"Geographies of Distance" offers a polysemous reading of home during a period of accelerated urbanization in India.
What’s causing this unusually long cloud on Mars?
What’s causing this unusually long cloud on Mars?
As Politicians Break Promises, This Public Artwork Keeps Them
Paul Ramírez Jonas debuted his participatory artwork “Public Trust” months before Trump was first elected. A decade on, it feels more urgent than ever.
Leila Reichert Appointed as Senior Curator at Weisman Art Museum
The curator and writer is heading to the University of Minnesota institution after seven years at Indiana University's Eskenazi Museum of Art.
Layli Long Soldier’s Quilted Poetry
The Lakota poet reflects on the visual art in her new book, 10 art titles we’re reading this month, and a biography of Beverly Buchanan sets the record straight.
Jeremy Shaw Dances With the Divine
"I used to blanket my practice as being about ‘altered states,’” the artist told Hyperallergic, “but these days I speak more about faith and belief.”
Americans Place “I Voted” Stickers on Memorials to ICE Victims
Voting stickers appeared across memorials dedicated to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Alex Pretti, both of whom were killed by ICE agents earlier this year.
The soundtrack for Wipeout XL (aka Wipeout 2097) was...
The soundtrack for Wipeout XL (aka Wipeout 2097) was crazy for a video game; it featured tracks from groups like Underworld, Orbital, The Prodigy, Daft Punk, and Chemical Brothers. I had this on CD! Ripped it and played ‘em on Winamp!
Haunted Ride on the 3 Train
Hyperallergic’s Halloween Party, Cici Wu’s memory-laden lanterns, and an Epstein survivor’s urgent message for MoMA.
In an Updated Edition, Photographer Ivan McClellan Returns to Black Rodeo Culture
'Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion' features 91 new images that spotlight the people and places integral to Black rodeo culture. 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 Year Math Changed Forever
"A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their altered world."
10 Years of Kottke.org Membership
An important KDO milestone whooshed by the other day and I was so heads-down on tuning up the new search engine (more on that below) that I missed it. So: it’s been 10 years since I started the KDO membership program ! (Quick recap of the value proposition from the membership
I Feel, Therefore I Am: Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio the Consciousness of the Body
"Ultimately, we are puppets of both pain and pleasure, occasionally made free by our creativity."
Collins Obijiaku’s Tender Portraits Conjure Memories and Community
'Wherever You Are, Remember Me' opens on November 7 at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles. 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 Collins Obijiaku’s Tender
Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data...
Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires by Paris Marx. “He exposes the deceptive, exploitative ways tech companies are siphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of digital power…”
Film Meets Art
Vugar Efendi has made a pair of videos showing scenes from films that have been inspired by famous paintings. The second video is especially good, showing references in There Will Be Blood, Lost In Translation, and a Jacques-Louis David reference from About Schmidt. [This is a