Most People Are Disgusted by These Animals. These New Yorkers Are Filling Their Homes with Them.
"In NYC, many wildlife rehabbers see pests as part of a thriving urban ecosystem."
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Arshile Gorky’s Gaze
Across the street from the painter's former studio in Manhattan's Union Square, 20 trees had been planted to honor the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Inside the Kenyan Cult That Starved Itself to Death
"During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating."
Designer/creative Connell McCarthy: “I got married and over-engineered everything.” He obviously designed...
Designer/creative Connell McCarthy: “I got married and over-engineered everything.” He obviously designed everything — invites, website (using AWS!), signage — but also made custom candles and an iPad jukebox app using the Spotify API. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Snapshots of Everyday Palestinian Life Before the Nakba
Archival photography in Against Erasure ranges from uprisings to olive tree cultivation and an open-air cinema.
Painting at the Periphery of Language
Mary Lum is interested in the deeply rooted human desire to make meaning out of everything, while recognizing that language is a slippery phenomenon.
Artists Remember the Transformative Teachings of Toshiko Takaezu
The late artist’s unusual classes and apprentice program continue to inspire a mix of play and discipline in her former students’ practices.
Locked In, Priced Out
"The Appeal’s 9-month investigation uncovered prison commissaries’ exploitative, inconsistent systems with inside prices up to five times higher than in the community and markups as high as 600 percent."
UCLA’s MFAs Take On Power Structures
While some of the works lack the finesse of more seasoned veterans, these artists have cultivated firm, incisive critiques of the powers that be.
Alaskan Tribes Are Waiting for the Denver Art Museum to Return Their Heritage
The Tlingít and Haida tribes have been requesting multiple cultural objects held in the institution’s collection for years, the Denver Post found.
Imagining Worlds After Climate Disaster, Julie Heffernan Melds Chaos and the Sublime
Julie Heffernan likens her paintings to “advent calendars gone haywire.” Working in oil on canvas, the Brooklyn-based artist renders vast dreamworlds with tiny vignettes scattered across wider landscapes. Appearing from a distant or aerial perspective, the pieces envision the
Three German Climate Activists Hit With Prison Sentence
The activists doused Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in orange paint as part of a demonstration against the use of fossil fuels in September.
Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Could Fetch Over $12M at Auction
The dreamlike work blends references to Hieronymus Bosch, Irish mythology, the kabbalah, and Mexican Indigenous cosmologies.
Outrage After Actor Chris Pratt Destroys Iconic Mid-Century Home in LA
Advocates decried Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger’s decision to raze an architecturally significant home for yet another “McMansion.”
Cool Art: Naja Tepe’s Pottery
In the spirit of recommending things I truly love, I wanted to highlight the pottery of Northern California artist Naja Tepe . I’ve ordered from her twice now, and her work is fabulous. I love her strawberry-themed items , but the crescent moon on the plate in her most recent
Okay, here’s a toy car for actually cleaning floors. You load it...
Okay, here’s a toy car for actually cleaning floors . You load it up with paper towels and set the kids loose. It’s probably not something I need, but the reviews are strangely compelling. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Music for Programming, a collection of “the most compelling music for sustained...
Music for Programming , a collection of “the most compelling music for sustained concentration”. I love the interface. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
"The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex."
MassArt’s 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in Boston’s SoWa Arts District
Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design showcase their thesis work on campus and at the MassArt x SoWa Gallery, with public artist talks and screening on May 10.
Fascinated by this “WTF Notebook” post because 1) it’s a really good...
Fascinated by this “WTF Notebook” post because 1) it’s a really good listening/note-taking idea for new team members 2) applied for weirdly Machiavellian ends, e.g. wanting ppl to think they’re helpful rather than wanting to be helpful. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
In Ernesto Neto’s Largest Installation to Date, the World Is a Crocheted Ship Moving to a Single Rhythm
An enormous, cascading installation of crocheted fabric strips stretches across a cavernous gallery in Ernesto Neto ’s newest exhibition. At MAAT in Lisbon, the Brazilian artist ( previously ) presents Nosso Barco Tambor Terra, which translates to “our boat drum Earth,” a solo
Mountain Bike Advice?
Ok mountain bike nerds, I need your advice. Here’s my situation: I’ve been riding for 3.5 years now on a Kona Honzo hardtail (which I really love) and am pondering a full-suspension bike purchase. They are $$$, but I want to do more riding this summer & fall — including some
Scientists have repurposed a 50-year-old drug to revolutionize bone marrow transplants. “Today,...
Scientists have repurposed a 50-year-old drug to revolutionize bone marrow transplants . “Today, agonizing searches for a matched donor are largely a thing of the past” and “the drug cut rates of acute and severe complications by upwards of 80%”. 💬 Join the discussion on
Happy to announce that thanks to folks buying The Process Tee, we’ve...
Happy to announce that thanks to folks buying The Process Tee , we’ve donated a total of more than $4,700 to the National Network of Abortion Funds to aid them in their goal of “abortion access for all”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Sharks: “the scary triangles of the sea”. (What are the scary triangles...
Sharks: “the scary triangles of the sea” . (What are the scary triangles of other places?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
What Are you Starting Right Now?
The NY Times Style Magazine recently published an entire issue dedicated to “what it means start an artistic life” . I have only scratched the surface of this multi-article package, but I locked into this one immediately: We asked 80 artists and other creative people to tell us
Why earthquakes on the East Coast are felt farther away than ones...
Why earthquakes on the East Coast are felt farther away than ones on the West Coast . It’s the age of the rock and the faults. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Max Naylor Rambles Through Mystical Woodlands in Ethereal Oil and Ink Paintings
Through ancient wooded glens and along rugged sea coasts, Max Naylor invites us to wander along shady passageways, squeeze between lichen-cloaked boulders, and inhale the fragrance of wildflowers. His detailed landscapes in ink and oil paint ( previously ) capture petals,
Return of the descendants
I migrated to my ancestral homeland in a search for identity. It proved to be a humbling experience in (un)belonging - by Jessica Buchleitner Read at Aeon