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MoMA Apologizes for Barring Visitors From Entering With Keffiyeh
Security staffers told Ju-Hyun Park that they could not enter with the white-and-black Palestinian headscarf.
The Marlins will energize their stadium this year by telling fans to...
The Marlins will energize their stadium this year by telling fans to bring their instruments. The notice forbids pots and pans, but doesn’t say shit about keytars. The team only wants instrument playing during certain moments, to which I say good luck. 💬 Join the discussion on
Meta’s New “Political Content” Limits Sow Concern Among Artists
The default feature comes ahead of the 2024 Presidential election and amid mounting international political crises.
At Age 81, Carole Harris Is Embracing Imperfection
Her creations have a beautiful economy, where even rusty old machine parts might become transformed into a gilded patina on one of her sensuous memory maps.
The Hotel Guest Who Wouldn’t Leave
"Mickey Barreto’s five-year stay cost him only $200.57. Now it might cost him his freedom."
What’s Lost When Activist Art Enters the Institution?
The institutionalization of radical history in Women in Revolt! inevitably blunts the message, and streamlines the complex whole into a concise lineage.
London’s Royal Academy Looks Critically at Its Past
The academic rigor of Entangled Pasts is counterbalanced by the poignant responses by contemporary artists and some astonishingly inspired curating.
Javier Arce’s Collaboration With the Spanish Wilderness
The artist considers his own place in the complex history of landscape painting through canvases stretched imperfectly on wood from trees around his home.
Francis Bacon’s Portrait of a Tragic Lover Goes to Auction for the First Time
Thought to be among his strongest works, "Portrait of George Dyer Crouching" (1966) will leave private collection for the first time since its debut.
Man Sues Australian Museum Over Women-Only Exhibition
Artist Kirsha Kaechele said the participatory experience is an “opportunity to gather in peace as women without men.”
NPR Tiny Desk Concert 2024 Submission of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra
The Boston Typewriter Orchestra is “a collective endeavor which engages in rhythmic typewriter manipulation combined with elements of performance, comedy and satire.” They recently submitted to be on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts with Selectric Funeral, their first piece to feature
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Celebrates 50 Years of Resiliency
The institution, which helps artists and arts organizations secure grants and hosts free public programming in New York City, hasn't been without challenges.
Writer Adam Sharp has made a list of how you’d say couch...
Writer Adam Sharp has made a list of how you’d say couch potato in 8 other languages including divine hag of the ashes (Irish), slipper guy (Italian), and armchair fungus (Flemish). Collect all 8! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
How Would You Turn This Dial To Make The Freezer Colder
Imagine you own an ice cream shop and the thermostat on your dipping cabinet, which is the freezer ice cream is dipped (scooped) out of, is set to 4, which is too warm, and you want to make the freezer colder. Are you setting this dial to 3 or to 5 to make the freezer colder? I
Densely Heaving Lines Meet at Mountainous Junctures in Lee Hyun Joung’s Paintings
In Ridge Lines , Lee Hyun Joung navigates along the roving meeting point of two adjoining bodies. The artist melds the artistic and aesthetic traditions of her native Korea with those of her adopted home in Paris, rendering intricately bisected landscapes where the two
The European Graduate School Announces Its 2024 Sessions
Expand your academic career and join distinguished professors and peers online or in person in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Valletta, Malta.
Announce Your Artistic Identity With .ART
More than a website address, .ART is a bold declaration of one’s dedication to art.
Bears in a Boat
A bear enclosure at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire flooded so the zookeepers gave the bears a swan boat to entertain them because as everyone knows, black bears are often mollified by large watercraft shaped like other animals, though you never want to give them a boat
We’ve Only Been Roasting Veggies Since the 80s
According to this 2014 article in Slate , roasting vegetables is a cooking technique popularized only in the 80s/90s. The concept of roasting as a general vegetable technique seems to have originated in a famous Italian restaurant: Johanne Killeen and George Germon’s Al Forno,
Individual Pinecone Scales Unfurl in Intricate Patterns in Amber Renaye’s Enchanting Reliefs
In regions where conifer trees are abundant, the humble pinecone has long held a symbolic role. For Amber Renaye , an interest in these small wonders of nature have led to a remarkable ongoing series of elaborately patterned tondos . Ancient architecture, coats of arms, and
Jalapeños are less spicy now because big pepper product producers procure alternate...
Jalapeños are less spicy now because big pepper product producers procure alternate heat for their products anyway and farmers generally produce what the big pepper product producers want. ( At least Brussels sprouts taste better, too .) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Rain Szeto’s Elaborate Ink and Watercolor Illustrations Illuminate the Pleasant Chaos of Daily Life
From a bustling cafe to the comfort of a family meal to the morning quietude of a specialty shop, Rain Szeto ’s illustrations ( previously ) capture inviting, everyday places in vibrant detail. The artist’s portraits of local places often radiate from a central vignette of a
Fire. Dog. Life. Ice
"The thing that always haunted me about explorers was that when they left, they never knew if they were coming back."
Powernapper’s paradise
Is a bit of shuteye on the job really such a big deal? A Swedish expat examines the Philippines’ sleep-at-work culture - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Anchor Your Artistic Identity Online With .ART
Artists are known for presenting themselves on their own terms, proving their passion, persistence, and talent through their work. Many also choose to define themselves online with a .ART domain . More than a website address, .ART is a bold declaration of one’s identity as an
Terrifying vistas of reality
H P Lovecraft, the master of cosmic horror stories, was a philosopher who believed in the total insignificance of humanity - by Sam Woodward Read at Aeon
The Evolution of Animation, 1833–2017: From the Phenakistiscope to Pixar
This year has given us occasion to revisit the 1928 Disney cartoon Steamboat Willie, what with its entry — and thus, that of an early version of a certain Mickey Mouse — into the public domain. Though it may look comparatively primitive today, that eight-minute black-and-white
Explaining yourself
The only reason we need to go into detail about our resume, the details of our new idea or the features of a product is to cause action to happen. And action is the result of tension, status or affiliation, and these are based on trust. There are many ways to build that trust,
The Cult of the Criterion Collection: The Company Dedicated to Gathering & Distributing the Greatest Films from Around the World
There was a time, not so very long ago, when many Americans watching movies at home neither knew nor cared who directed those movies. Nor did they feel particularly comfortable with dialogue that sometimes came subtitled, or with the “black bars” that appeared below the frame.
Learn to Become a Supply Chain Data Analyst with Unilever’s New Certificate Program
Supply chains—we never thought too much about them. That is, until the pandemic, when supply chains experienced severe disruptions worldwide, leaving us waiting for products for weeks, if not months. That’s when we started appreciating the importance of supply chains and their