For many of us in the industrialized world, happiness is directly related to how big the container is. Overflowing vs. skimpy. Adequate vs. generous. Overloaded vs. slack to spare. We know that making the plate smaller helps us appreciate what we’re served. Get the bucket size
For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate and survive nature. The closeness produced a keen appreciation for animal
Thinking of taking a trip abroad? Or maybe relocating for good? Americans would do well, even 150 years hence, to attend to Mark Twain’s satirical account of U.S. travelers journeying through Europe and Palestine, The Innocents Abroad. The “Americans who are painted to peculiar
This is a lovely & thoughtful essay on the messiness of teaching and learning , an alchemy endangered by efficiency & automation. “What A.I. can’t do is feel the shape of silence after someone says something so honest we forget we’re here to learn.” 💬 Join the discussion on
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas’s dignified storytelling, Ceijia Stojka’s triumphant paintings, Gabi Jiménez’s expressive portraits, and so much more.
Jeremy Frey and Gala Porras-Kim are among this year’s fellows, who receive an $800,000 award.
Join us for spooky cocktails, a fun costume competition, and more at the Francis Kite Club.
A monumental project by the artist behind the wildly popular series is now on view at the Manhattan train station, both above and below ground.
The artists profiled in Grand Finales refused to consign themselves to what the author calls “Little-Old-Lady-Land,” and opted to keep searching, pushing, and trying new things.
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry ( Amazon ) by Ned & Constance Sublette is a book which offers an alternate view of slavery in the United States. Instead of treating slavery as a source of unpaid labor, as it is typically understood, they focus
Taking its script from a 1974 recording of the artist talking to writer Linda Rosenkrantz, a new film offers a tender portrait of Hujar’s life before art-world fame.
The truth of Frederick Baker’s life was long obscured by a whitewashed history perpetuated by the Longwood mansion in Mississippi, new research says.
The Oatmeal’s take on AI art . “When I consume Al art, it also evokes a feeling…until I find out that it’s Al art. Then I feel deflated, grossed out, and maybe a little bit bored. This feeling isn’t a choice.”
"What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease."
There’s more software available for free than ever before, and a lot of it is really good. Handmade by real people, for real people. If we’re going to pay for it, it needs to be extraordinary. For the last few years, I’ve been using Superhuman, which costs me about a dollar a
The Family of Migrants is a new book & museum exhibition that tells the story of the past 120 years of human movement in photographs. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War."
The new book by Amber Creswell-Bell, highlights an array of practices exploring fashion, Indigenous culture, nature, and more. 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.
As they labor to fight off the slop bots, Wikipedia maintains a fairly extensive list of signs & tells that text was written by AI . “This list is descriptive, not prescriptive; it consists of observations, not rules.”
Celebrate Rauchenberg’s 100th birthday by visiting a new exhibition of his photographs at the Museum of the City of New York.
MassArt’s graduate gallery doesn’t just create professional exhibition and curatorial opportunities — it’s an extended community for MFA students and alumni.
Yen Yen Chou renders a dainty, dreamlike environment in which pastel hues and subtle gradients rule. 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 Yen Yen Chou
Muhammad al-Zaqzouq writes about using his books for cooking fuel . “Let’s use one or two for now, and when the war’s over you can replace them. The kids need food more than they need to be read to.”
Designer Rüdiger Schlömer has created a new typeface for beginning knitters called Knit Hello . Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type. You may remember Schlömer from his Futura-based Knit Grotesk . And
Handbags, purses, and helmets are part of costumes that glimpse a wonderfully weird world. 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 Paolo Puck Imagines a
A list of laws, theories, principles and patterns that software developers might find useful , including the 1% Rule and “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
"WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices."
The Movies That Defined Gen X . Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Do the Right Thing, Clerks, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Before Sunrise. “Not galaxies far away, not fairy tales. Parking lots, parade floats, dead ends, second chances.” 💬 Join the discussion on
Take a tour of Haiti’s contemporary arts scene in this short documentary, led by some of its most celebrated artists - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon