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."
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The Turner Prize Wrestles With an Identity Crisis
How does a selective competition fit with the contemporary art world’s aspirations toward greater inclusivity?
How the Only All-Black Team in College Swimming Became the Sport’s Hottest Ticket
"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."
Where’s the Art in the AP African American Studies Curriculum?
Critical race theory, which has been attacked by conservative lawmakers, is conspicuously absent, as are many contemporary and living Black artists.
Who Gets to Honor Native Women in the US?
“Dignity of Earth and Sky,” unveiled in 2016, raises questions about who should depict Native people and how they should be portrayed.
Truth-Telling Confronts the Colonial Gaze
In this online exhibition, Indigenous artists reclaim realities long denied them by US and Canadian federal governments — including moments of collective reverie.
The Women Who Dominated This Year’s Sundance
At this year’s Sundance International Film Festival, more than half the feature-length movies were made by directors who identify as women.
Is Making Art a Way of Telling People to Go Away Forever?
In her novel Tell Me I’m an Artist , Chelsea Martin questions whether art offers a refuge from the world.
An Alleged $500 Million Ponzi Scheme Preyed on Mormons. It Ended with FBI Gunfire.
"In Las Vegas, a lawyer with huge gambling debts is accused of a financial fraud that left hundreds of victims in its wake."
Art by Guantánamo Detainees Can Now Be Released
The US government has lifted a Trump-era ban that kept formerly imprisoned people from accessing their works.
Philadelphia and Kansas City Museums Face Off in Super Bowl Wager
A work of art will be on the line when the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday.
How an LA Football Stadium Became a Home for Art
With two exhibitions at SoFi Stadium, the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection seeks to engage a different art audience.
Shift Happens: A Forthcoming Book Catalogs the 150-Year History of the Keyboard
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
Reality Check
"The boom — or glut — in streaming documentaries has sparked a reckoning among filmmakers and their subjects."
The Kottke.org T-shirt, a Fine Hypertext Product
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
Fairytale Scenes Nestle Between the Covers of Isobelle Ouzman’s Altered Books
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
Our Business Is Killing
"You will do it humanely. That means quickly, painlessly, and compassionately."
The Snowy Day Stamps
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
Anthony Theakston’s Elegant Sculptures Imbue Ceramics and Bronze with Avian Spirit
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
The Unrealized Projects of Frank Lloyd Wright Get Brought to Life with 3D Digital Reconstructions
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
The panspermia theory
Why ‘panspermia theory’ – the wild idea of microbes ‘hitchhiking’ on meteoroids through the cosmos – is now taken seriously - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Under the mkone tree
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
Self restaint vs systemic restraint
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
Vintage Book & Record Covers Come to Life in a Mesmerizing Animated Video
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
Can Netflix be a lifestyle brand?
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 says its media moves are working
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 …
Rock-solid news in the concrete industry
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 …
🎬 Amazon’s media bet
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, …