Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible
In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.
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Denis Villeneuve’s Four Favorite Films
Letterboxd asked Dune director Denis Villeneuve what his four favorite films were and he cheated and listed five (including 2001 and Blade Runner). First of all, who knows how long Blade Runner has been on his top 5 (or even 10 or 20 list) but getting to do a sequel of one of
Story of Disgraced Art Dealer Who Swindled Millions Gets HBO Series
Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to prison for a “Ponzi-like” scheme during which he defrauded over $86 million from various clients.
The Quiet Urgency of Barbara Takenaga’s Paintings
Her paintings are searching for materially rooted forms while simultaneously reaching for something unfixed and uncontainable.
Hot Dogs, Rats, and Birkin Bags: Paa Joe’s Wooden Coffins Are an Ode to NYC’s Ubiquitous Sights
New Yorkers are known for their unwavering devotion to the city, but would they want to spend eternity inside one of its once-ubiquitous taxis or worse yet, in the body of a wildly resilient subway rat? In Celestial City at Superhouse , Ghanaian artist Paa Joe presents a
Willem de Kooning’s Italy
Paintings from the late 1950s and on prove that de Kooning had sat at the feet of, and learnt much from, such old Italian masters as Titian and Tintoretto.
See Dozens of New York City Landmarks That No Longer Exist
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society traces the city’s history through its long-forgotten monuments.
A Public Performance Series Aims to Combat “Climate Despair”
At the Queens Botanical Garden, A Fun Play About How Scary Climate Change Is illuminates possibilities for collective care and grassroots change.
Indigenous Artists Win Top Prizes at Venice Biennale
Archie Moore and the Mataaho Collective took home Golden Lions for Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
They fixed it: NASA is able to talk to Voyager I again....
They fixed it: NASA is able to talk to Voyager I again . “For the first time since November, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
A Little Comments Check-In
Hey there everyone. As I quickly touched on over the weekend , I launched a few new tweaks/features for the comments here on kottke.org: 1. Ability to edit comments. After you post a new comment, you’ve got 10 minutes to edit it — to fix any typos, formatting slip-ups, or
A database of useful biological numbers, including the duration of an eye...
A database of useful biological numbers , including the duration of an eye blink, the surface area of human skin, the diameter of a water molecule, and the mass of a male fruit fly. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Hold the Line is a “piece of sound art generated by data...
Hold the Line is a “piece of sound art generated by data from Canada’s 2023 wildfire season”, an data sonification if you will. Clicks represent fires (Zippo “tings” for human-started fires) and rumbles for forest area burned. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
For All Mankind has been renewed for a fifth season and the...
For All Mankind has been renewed for a fifth season and the show is getting a Apple TV+ spin-off called Star City , which will follow the same alt-timeline as FAM but from the Soviet perspective. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
The Lost Mixtape From The Hood Internet
This weekend I was doing some programming work ( comments , another small project) and listening to some old-school electronica ( DJ-Kicks by Kruder & Dorfmeister anyone?). When I write, I tend to listen to chill stuff so I can concentrate — classical, vaporwave, soundtracks,
This had me cackling in laughter this morning: Kevin Del Aguila hamming...
This had me cackling in laughter this morning: Kevin Del Aguila hamming it up in the wings off-stage while the show, Some Like It Hot, goes on. How on Earth did the actors not completely break during all of that? 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
A bot that pairs the clichéd “I hope this email finds you”...
A bot that pairs the clichéd “I hope this email finds you” with snippets from books beginning with “finds you…” E.g.: “I hope this email finds you wherever you go, and lands right in the center of your brain.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
This looks promising: an RNA-based vaccine effective against any strain of a...
This looks promising: an RNA-based vaccine effective against any strain of a virus and works for those with weakened immune system (babies, immunocompromised). “This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Once again, it is cheaper to decarbonize our world now than to...
Once again, it is cheaper to decarbonize our world now than to pay for the costs of climate damage in the future . “Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2°.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Ewa Juszkiewicz’s Reimagined Historical Portraits of Women Scrutinize the Nature of Concealment
From elaborate hairstyles to hypertrophied mushrooms , an array of unexpected face coverings feature in Ewa Juszkiewicz ’s portraits. Drawing on genteel likenesses of women primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, the artist superimposes fabric, bouquets of fruit, foliage,
Anaiyyun: prayer for the whale
For an Iñupiat whaling crew north of the Arctic Circle, waiting on the ice for the migration of whales is an act of prayer - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Diverse Expressions: 5 Artwork Themes to Discover at The Other Art Fair Brooklyn This May
Get ready for an art event unlike any other. The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art returns to ZeroSpace in Brooklyn from May 16 to 19. With each new fair comes new experiences, and this edition is no different as it unveils a vibrant roster of fresh artwork, new talents,
Credit card nation
Americans have always borrowed, but how exactly did their lives become so entangled with the power of plastic cards? - by Sean H Vanatta Read at Aeon
Humans First Started Enjoying Cannabis in China Circa 2800 BC
Judging by how certain American cities smell these days, you’d think cannabis was invented last week. But that spike in enthusiasm, as well as in public indulgence, comes as only a recent chapter in that substance’s very long history. In fact, says the presenter of the PBS Eons
What happened vs. what we do about it
It’s possible to have a useful conversation about what to do about something that’s broken or needs improvement. But first, we must acknowledge that it happened. It’s not controversial to understand the facts, the data and the shifts that are happening in the world we live in.