Nick Cave on the Art of Growing Older
"We’re often led to believe that getting older is in itself somehow a betrayal of our idealistic younger self, but sometimes I think it might be the other way around."
"We’re often led to believe that getting older is in itself somehow a betrayal of our idealistic younger self, but sometimes I think it might be the other way around."
How does a selective competition fit with the contemporary art world’s aspirations toward greater inclusivity?
"In a sport plagued by issues of representation, Howard University coach Nic Askew isn’t just building a strong program; he’s building something bigger."
Critical race theory, which has been attacked by conservative lawmakers, is conspicuously absent, as are many contemporary and living Black artists.
“Dignity of Earth and Sky,” unveiled in 2016, raises questions about who should depict Native people and how they should be portrayed.
In this online exhibition, Indigenous artists reclaim realities long denied them by US and Canadian federal governments — including moments of collective reverie.
At this year’s Sundance International Film Festival, more than half the feature-length movies were made by directors who identify as women.
In her novel Tell Me I’m an Artist , Chelsea Martin questions whether art offers a refuge from the world.
"In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake."
The US government has lifted a Trump-era ban that kept formerly imprisoned people from accessing their works.
A work of art will be on the line when the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday.
With two exhibitions at SoFi Stadium, the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection seeks to engage a different art audience.
What if QWERTY wasn’t the standard keyboard layout? A forthcoming book by Chicago-based designer and writer Marcin Wichary examines the now-ubiquitous format and how it came to dominate modern technology. Fully funded a few hours after launching on Kickstarter , Shift Happens
"The boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects."
For much of the nearly 25-year lifespan of kottke.org, the site’s tagline has been “home of fine hypertext products”. I always liked that it felt olde timey and futuristic at the same time, although hypertext itself has become antiquated — no one talks of hypertextual media
Open one of Isobelle Ouzman ’s books, and you’ll be transported to a whimsical world of flora and fauna. The Bratislava-based artist ( previously ) carves pages of found novels and other tomes into intricate paper labyrinths of forests and meadows. Often occupied by a lone hare
"You will do it humanely. That means quickly, painlessly, and compassionately."
I’d missed that the USPS released a set of stamps commemorating Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day back in 2017. From the Smithsonian National Postal Museum : It was the first full-color picture book to have an African American protagonist. Keats received the 1963 Caldecott Medal
Known as silent predators of the night, owls possess the beguiling ability to swoop within inches of their prey undetected due to specialized feathers that make their flight almost completely inaudible. It’s no wonder that for millennia, the enigmatic creatures have represented
All images here by David Romero From the humblest home renovator to the mightiest auteur of skyscrapers, every architect shares the common experience of not building their projects. This is true even of Frank Lloyd Wright himself: in his lifetime he created 1,171 architectural
Why ‘panspermia theory’ – the wild idea of microbes ‘hitchhiking’ on meteoroids through the cosmos – is now taken seriously - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
When I returned to Kenya, where I grew up, I found biomedicine and traditional medicine in conversation about mental health - by Priya Basil Read at Aeon
It’s not hypocritical to help yourself at a buffet at the same time you counsel the owner of the restaurant to limit the number of trips that people take so that the restaurant can become sustainable. It’s possible to argue for systemic changes to cultural systems while also
Back in April 2020, animator Henning M. Lederer launched his “Books & Sleeves” project where he turns abstract geometric patterns, all featured on vintage book and record covers, into mesmerizing moving images. Above, you can watch the second installment of the project, which
2022 wasn’t exactly a chill year for Netflix. With its stock price down and subscriber losses piling up, the streamer ventured into new territories — doubling down on games, …
Amazon wants you to know it’s just as serious about movies as it is about two-day shipping. In 2020, the company spent $11B on original and licensed video and music content. In …
You may not realize it since the material is heavy, and sits still, but the production of concrete accounts for ~3x the amount of carbon emissions as aviation. That figure is …
Plus: Google just hold-my-beer’d ChatGPT, an oddly specific tweet, $555k flying motorbikes, tzatziki news, movie prices, and more. View Online It’s Tuesday, …