A Chicago Artist-Run Gallery’s Last Hurrah Before Forced Closure
Roman Susan will host its last projects this month ahead of the demolition of its historic building by owner Loyola University Chicago.
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There’s Not Enough of Liverpool in the City’s Biennial
While the "Bedrock" theme suggests connections to the region, many works fail to engender meaningful dialogue with the area.
Rosalyn Drexler, Pop Artist and Polymath, Dies at 98
The painter, Emmy-winning screenwriter, and one-time wrestler probed gender and power in popular culture.
Required Reading
This week: rewriting the stories of two forgotten artists, how Jaws gave sharks a bad rep, Afghanistan earthquake aid, shady influencer funding, a radical history of boxing, and more.
“I almost admire the confidence it must take to tell people what...
“I almost admire the confidence it must take to tell people what to do online. But I long for the days when the internet wasn’t just lists of bossy self-optimisation plans .”
A View From the Easel
“I love the creaky floorboards and how they hold the memories of artists before me.”
Baltimore Museum of Art to Host Amy Sherald Show After Artist’s Smithsonian Withdrawal
Sherald canceled her touring exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that her painting of a trans woman would be censored.
Meet the Man Doing a 10-Day, Self-Supported Swim Across a 140-Mile Lake
Shane Schieffer is attempting to swim the entire 140-mile length of Lake Powell in 10 days, self-supported. Yeah, that means he’s dragging 215lbs of gear behind him on a paddle board while he swims. He’s documenting the whole thing on Instagram ; here’s a video where he
The Rise of the Traveling Third Space. “Traveling third spaces are not...
The Rise of the Traveling Third Space . “Traveling third spaces are not physically fixed; they move across cafes, malls, restaurants, and host various programming for a singular community in a particular city.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Twentieth Century Portrait Photography at the National Arts Club
Influence and Identity: Twentieth Century Portrait Photography from the Bank of America Collection is on view at the historic Gramercy Park arts institution this fall.
Yasuaki Onishi Suspends Thousands of Copper Foil Molds in an Undulating Framework
"Stone on Boundary" is installed less than an hour's drive from the world's largest open-pit copper mine. 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 Yasuaki
The Official Map of the Star Wars Galaxy
Lucasfilm recently released an official map of the galaxy that Star Wars takes place in . And it’s huge . The map is slightly interactive; you can zoom and scroll it, but you can’t search or, say, click to highlight all the star systems featured in Andor. But you can do
A Quirky and Joyous Social Movement Builds in Xinobi’s Music Video for ‘Strides’
Are you feeling "muy bien?" 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 Quirky and Joyous Social Movement Builds in Xinobi’s Music Video for ‘Strides’
A thoughtful essay about e-bikes as a metaphor for AI, augmentation vs...
A thoughtful essay about e-bikes as a metaphor for AI , augmentation vs amputation, and the bargain of innovation. “We often consider what technology promises to enable for us, without considering what it will almost certainly disable.”
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a “Culture of Fear”
"Those of us who’ve been very unsafe as children, we seek out the unsafe. We seek out the lack of security, and if you have security, you blow it up."
From Lewis Hine, a photograph of Clyde Bradford. Hine’s photos of child...
From Lewis Hine, a photograph of Clyde Bradford . Hine’s photos of child laborers resulted in some of the first laws in the US against child labor. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
PITR Highlights Storefronts, Signage, and Graffiti in Ultra-Detailed Portraits of Urban Streets
Drawn from real places around the country, PITR's detailed works read like portraits of one continuous city. 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 PITR
U2 and a Harlem Choir Sing ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’
In 1987, choir director Dennis Bell arranged a version of U2’s #1 hit I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For for his choir, the New Voices of Freedom. After hearing a recording of the arrangement, U2 asked Bell & the choir to join the band for an upcoming show at Madison
A list of 29 heroes and interesting people that few people have...
A list of 29 heroes and interesting people that few people have heard of . I’ve only heard of one or two of these folks. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Eight Arts Writers Awarded 2025 Rabkin Prizes
Tempestt Hazel, Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche Nation), and America Meredith (Cherokee Nation) are among this year’s recipients.
The Worst Air Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
"In the early days of flight, airships were hailed as the future of war. Then disaster struck the USS Akron."
Life thrums with music
Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning - by Jay Griffiths Read on Psyche
Rankings and flavors
Here’s a quick tactical riff about how we name things. It’s worth considering that: If you’ve got four initiatives going on, numbering or even lettering them can’t help but communicate a priority to others. Considering flavoring them instead. When there’s an orange, a blue and
How Egon Schiele Made Enduring Art from His Troubled Life and Times
“May you live in interesting times,” goes the apocryphal but nevertheless much-invoked “Chinese curse.” Egon Schiele, born in the Austria-Hungary of 1890, certainly did live in interesting times, and his work, as featured in the new Great Art Explained video above, can look
The Colorful, Scandalous, True History of the Machine That Created American Pop
The jukebox got its start earlier than you might think, but it truly became iconic when rock 'n' roll took over in the 1950s
Behold an Anatomically Correct Replica of the Human Brain, Knitted by a Psychiatrist
Our brains dictate our every move. They’re the ones who spur us to study hard, so we can make something of ourselves, in order to better our communities. They name our babies, choose our clothes, decide what we’re hungry for. They make and break laws, organize protests, fritter
The Baltimore Museum of Art is exhibiting Amy Sherald’s American Sublime show...
The Baltimore Museum of Art is exhibiting Amy Sherald’s American Sublime show after Sherald pulled it from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery due to attempted censorship . I saw this in NYC; it’s fantastic. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Elizabeth Foundation Makes Offer on Iconic Chelsea Artist Building
The Foundation wants to transform the complex into a residency program, a plan it says will keep longtime tenants in their studios amid concerns over the sale.
15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Fall
Radical Chicano printmaking, Trenton Doyle Hancock confronts Philip Guston, the LA and California biennials, American Artist on Octavia E. Butler, and more.
The Thousands of Atomic Bombs Exploded on Earth
From Orbital Mechanics , a visualization of the 2153 nuclear weapons exploded on Earth since 1945. 2153! I had no idea there had been that much testing. According to Wikipedia , the number is 2119 tests, with most of those coming from the US (1032) and the USSR (727). The
Four New York City Shows to See Right Now
Rejin Ley’s paper sculptures at a historic museum, Christian Marclay’s concept of doors as transformative spaces, Marian Spore Bush’s 1930s prophecies of WWII, and more.
How Art Deco Changed American Cinema
On the centennial of the movement, Film Forum is hosting a months-long retrospective of screenings.
Man Caught Smuggling Hundreds of Egyptian Antiquities Through JFK Airport
The 52-year-old Brooklyn resident allegedly falsified provenance documents to conceal the artifacts' illicit origins.
US Agencies Say They Have “No Records” of Tourist Flagged for JD Vance Meme
A lawyer for the Norwegian tourist who was denied entry at the US border told Hyperallergic that ICE and CBP’s response "raises concern about how his case was handled.”