“Norman Rockwell was antifa” , says Daisy Rockwell, Norman’s granddaughter. “So you’ll understand her indignation when President Trump began hijacking her grandfather’s legacy to promote what she considers modern-day fascism.”
Her decorated 40-year career included serving as a US Commissioner for the 50th Venice Biennale.
The French director and photographer’s work will be on view at three special performances in January and February.
'Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury' continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum. 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
"A visual archive of Jan. 6, 2021, through the lenses of those who were there."
A couple of weeks ago, someone uploaded to YouTube and Google Drive eleven unreleased tracks from Boards of Canada (made from 1985-1996). This seems to be a legit, high-quality leak, judging from the excitement in the YT comments and on Reddit . I’ve heard a couple of these
Digital content creators are reportedly adapting their metrics to apply for the O-1B visa for “extraordinary” abilities in the arts.
From Faith Ringgold’s story quilts to Mayor Mamdani, 2026 in New York starts off interesting.
This sucks: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is no more . “Its board of directors chose Monday to shutter CPB completely instead of keeping it in existence as a shell.” GOP ghouls finally killed it.
Without didacticism, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra makes visible the connection between the exploitation of the natural world and the subordination of women.
A scientist imprisoned at a remote Soviet Gulag corresponds with his daughter in Moscow. 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 Hope and Love Prevail
An ecologist in Wales uses tracking dogs to help track & protect the endangered wild otter population; meet The Detectorists . Set against the serene backdrop of rural Wales, this short documentary follows wildlife ecologist Lee Jenkins and his two German Pointers — Neo and
Is there any real rivalry in Tate Britain’s Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals, or is it a PR exercise to lure us through the door?
Tiled.art : “Discover great tessellation art, understand how it works, and create your own.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Anna’s Archive (“the largest truly open library in human history”) is backing up the entirety of Spotify . “We have archived around 86 million songs from Spotify. While this only represents 37% of songs, it represents around 99.6% of listens.”
Emily Carr took her brushes out of the gardens and into the rainforest to capture her local landscape in ways “beloved and also fraught”
Responses from Venezuelan Artists to the US attacks, shows to see in Los Angeles and Upstate New York, and someone stole Joan of Arc's sword in Paris.
Consider the role of status in just about all human interactions. It begins at a primal level–every species cares about access to food and resources. We share a prehistoric history of status based on strength. But civilization is about awarding status on something other than
It was long ago that polytheism, as the story comes down to us, gave way to monotheism. Humanity used to have many gods, and now almost every religious believer acknowledges just one — though which god, exactly, does vary. Some popular theories of “big history” hold that, as
The people of Wilcox County, Alabama, remember a longtime sheriff as a god or a monster—it just depends on who you ask.
Are we truly in the midst of a human-caused sixth mass extinction, an era of “biological annihilation”? Many scientists and popular science writers say yes, using terms like “Holocene” or “Anthropocene” to describe what follows the Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic, and
"Billy Barr has braved the fourth season deep in the Rocky Mountains for more than 50 years, amassing an unrivaled record of climate data."
When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie — and One of Them Is Werner Herzog . A comparison of the two 2022 documentaries about volcanologists Maurice & Katia Krafft, Herzog’s The Fire Within, and Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Forthcoming from Princeton University Press, the volume celebrates the global history of a timeless fiber art. 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 ‘The
Artists and art workers in the diaspora shared a mix of emotions, from hope of a better future to anger over the unsanctioned intervention and fear of what’s to come.
Though it offers little in the way of Sargent’s artistic engagement with the city he called home for a decade, “Dazzling Paris” is a reminder of his uncommonly skillful brushwork.
From Book Riot’s Zero to Well-Read podcast: How to Read More (and Better) in 2026 . “They dig into when to push through, when to quit a book, how to choose books outside the algorithm, and how small shifts in attention can enrich your reading life.” 💬 Join the discussion on
This funded industrial residency enables artists to produce ambitious new works in vitreous china, cast iron, and brass. 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
Until the late 19th century, Japan’s relations with Europe were relatively limited. So when a pair of letters written by a Japanese man in the early 1600s were discovered in Venice, a mystery was born. Who was this man, why was he in Italy, and why was there little previous