Marian Spore Bush Was Nobody’s “Visionary Artist”
When “rediscovered” women artists are lumped together, we might ask: Who acts as the discoverer, who tells the story, and how do they tell it?
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The Art Crossword: Museum-Lover’s Edition
Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Manhattan rotunda, The Met’s Medieval outpost, and more in this month’s themed puzzle.
Argentine Couple Placed on House Arrest in Nazi-Looted Art Probe
Police raided the home of Patricia Kadgien after an 18th-century painting plundered from a Dutch-Jewish art collector was spotted in a real estate listing.
Decades After “Heartbreaking” Thefts, Santa Ana Pueblo Recovers Stolen Artifacts
The repatriation effort is significant not just for the amount of time that has elapsed, but also because it is completely organized and funded by the Pueblo itself.
Museum of Color
"From ochre to lapis lazuli, Stephanie Krzywonos opens a door into the entangled histories of our most iconic pigments, revealing how colors hold stories of both lightness and darkness."
Yoshitoshi Kanemaki’s Sculptures Sport Kaleidoscopic Expressions in Their Search for a ‘True Self’
What might the form of searching for one's "true self" look like? 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 Yoshitoshi Kanemaki’s Sculptures Sport
An Insider Artist’s Outsider Alter-Ego
A recurring lack of nuance plagues Grayson Perry’s exhibition at the Wallace Collection, which explores history, gender, class, and mental illness.
This video features a number of scientists who were working on stuff...
This video features a number of scientists who were working on stuff like HIV treatments and life-saving cancer research but whose work has been shut down or curtailed by the Trump regime cutting their funding.
André Breton After the Surrealist Manifesto
In the French poet’s later writings, now available in an English translation, his ideas about the movement he founded begin to mingle with our own.
A Contemporary Art Exhibition in an 18th-Century Home
Through paper works set within period interiors, Rejin Leys makes visible the nested layers of Jamaica, Queens.
When One Door Opens, Another Transports Us
Christian Marclay’s most recent assemblage-style film splices together cinematic clips of doors and the various comings and goings they usher.
We’re All in the Network of Time
The Network of Time is a project that links people together, in the style of six degrees of separation, by appearance together in photographs . Every photo you take with someone else links you into the vast network of people caught together in images. It’s a collage millions
Saving a New Orleans Banksy
"How a truck driver, a hotelier, and an art conservator brought a beloved street mural back into public view."
“New York City is marking its 400th birthday this year and almost...
“New York City is marking its 400th birthday this year and almost no one gives a damn .” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Opportunities in September 2025
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Tate Papers, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Apply for a 2026–2027 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide scholars with access to collections, community, and professional advancement.
Glowing Plastic Spores Spring from Invasive Vines in Mika Rottenberg’s ‘Vibrant Matter’
Mika Rottenberg likens invasive species to the proliferation of plastics in a vivid series of functional fungi. 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 tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, a choir of 7000+ people sang Black...
In tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, a choir of 7000+ people sang Black Sabbath’s Paranoid . Lovely. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Hamnet
For her newest film, director Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) has adapted Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet ; both book and movie are about William Shakespeare and his wife in the aftermath of the death of their 11-year-old son, Hamnet. Paul Mescal stars as William Shakespeare and
The First Magazines Written for Career Women Reveal a Portrait of Immense Creativity and Hope
Publications including "Mademoiselle," "Glamour" and the long-forgortten "Charm" first emerged in the 1930s to satisfy an emergent force in the workplace
In ‘Aqueous Renaissance,’ Christy Lee Rogers Conjures Beauty and Interconnectivity Under Water
"For me, water has always been both chaos and freedom," the artist says. 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 ‘Aqueous Renaissance,’ Christy Lee
Scientists Have Found the First Branch on the Tree of Life. “The...
Scientists Have Found the First Branch on the Tree of Life . “The sister to all other animals, the first to branch off, and the most genetically isolated animal is … drumroll please … the comb jelly!” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Alexander Chee: How Can I Write At A Time Like This? “We...
Alexander Chee: How Can I Write At A Time Like This? “We are being hit with what I would call advanced resilience targeting, an attack on our ability to be in community, to be healthy, to make a living, to know our rights, to have a government.”
We Already Know a Way to Save a Bunch of Lives. (Giving...
We Already Know a Way to Save a Bunch of Lives . (Giving wounded people blood earlier, in ambulances, increases their chance of survival. But insurance won’t pay for it so we don’t do it in the US. 🤬)
Eels Shouldn’t be Able to Exist
I didn’t know this about eels : No one has ever seen an eel reproduce naturally. Not in the wild, not in captivity, not even once. And yet, eels are everywhere. In rivers, in lakes, in oceans, slippery, ancient, and inexplicably present. For centuries, the world’s greatest
Techno-pipe dreams
Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking - by Philip Ball Read on Psyche
Bringing goodwill to the conversation
Education is distinct from learning. Organized education is a form of indoctrination and certification. Sometimes it leads to learning, but not always. You can win at education by figuring out what’s on the test (or what the boss wants) and parroting it back. In fact, that’s
How Raphael Became A Master: Watch the Evolution of the Artist Through His Madonna Paintings
No artist became a Renaissance master through a single piece of work, though now, half a millennium later, that may be how most of us identify them. Leonardo? Painter of the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo? Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling (or, perhaps, the sculptor of the most
A Massive Choir Sings “Paranoid” to Honor Ozzy Osbourne
In Toronto, 7,000 singers participated in Choir Choir Choir’s tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, all taking part in a giant sing-along of “Paranoid.” The first single on Black Sabbath’s second album (1970), “Paranoid” reached #4 in the UK market and put Sabbath on the map. The song