America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani . “…a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Twitter…”
Decision Desk HQ calls the NYC mayoral race for Zohran Mamdani . (Eric Adams: 0.3% of the vote. Worst mayor ever.)
Tender strands of fiber envelop twigs and collaged panels. 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 In ‘Nesting’ and ‘Wrapped,’ Natalie Ciccoricco Collages
“ Stone Simulator is a meditative idle game where you live as a rock enduring endless seasons and absurd events. Survive storms, unlock quirky achievements, and observe a serene, ever-changing world…” Includes a multi-player mode. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
What’s more gay or queer than pushing that which is marginalized into the spotlight?
A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.
By incorporating the colonial archive in his works, Baloji shows how the sinister apparatus of the “civilizing mission” led to the negation and erasure of Congo's past.
Our recommendations this week delve into colonialism, war, feminism, and more, from artists such as Sarah K. Khan and Lisa Yuskavage.
Pebbling : sending little links and memes to the people that you love. Derived from the behavior of gentoo penguins, who “pick up pebbles in their beak and carry them to their partners or potential partners as a gift”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Papers is a 3-minute animated short film made by Yoshinao Satoh from what must be thousands of newspaper scans. The animation set to Different Trains by Steve Reich & Kronos Quartet. I love this style of collage animation. Tags: animation · Kronos Quartet · Steve Reich ·
Specializing in the arts of the Americas, students in this program receive free tuition and access to a dynamic arts ecosystem, thanks to a partnership with Crystal Bridges.
"The education and reeducation of a Mongolian reporter."
When a vibrant, balanced ecosystem is threatened by outside forces, the result is beyond imagining. Or is it? 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 ‘Au
Conde Nast is watering down Teen Vogue by folding it into the Vogue website . “Management plans to lay off six of our members, most of whom are BIPOC women or trans…” Teen Vogue’s political reporting has been excellent: direct & courageous.
“Originally released in 1982, the Vectrex was a truly unique console, featuring its own built-in vector display and colorful screen overlays. Forty-three years after its creation, this iconic console is reborn in a brand-new miniature edition .” 💬 Join the discussion on
"Whether I am working on a small weaving or a large-scale installation, I am always asking what materials remember and who gets remembered through them," Temba says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts
"There’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool."
Thanks to Great Wave Today , I was able to see an original woodblock print of Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa at the Creative Museum here in Tokyo. My first time seeing an original IRL! And an amazing exhibition as well. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever - by Dagomar Degroot Read on Aeon
The city's art community played an outsized role in the young candidate's historic victory.
Marlon Brando has now been gone for more than two decades, and so thoroughgoing was his impact on the art of film acting that younger generations of movie-lovers may have trouble pinning down what, exactly, he did so differently on screen. In the new video above, Evan
"The Social Register was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful—the heirs of robber barons, scions of political dynasties, and descendants of Mayflower passengers. It was also the perfect hit list for the country’s hardest-working art thief."
The second time you install vacuum tubes into a handmade 2A3 stereo amplifier, you’ll know that two of the four pins are slightly larger than the other two. And you’ll know that the tubes go in pretty easily, you don’t have to force them. You may know these things because the
Look up the word architecture in the dictionary, and though you won’t actually find a picture of Frank Lloyd Wright, it may feel as if you should. Or at least it will feel that way if you’re looking in an American dictionary, given that Wright has been regarded as the