Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years . “Ms. Murguia and another woman, Debra Rojas, say that Mr. Chavez sexually abused them for years when they were girls, from around 1972 to 1977.”
Pratt Fine Arts is delighted to invite visitors to a two-part show curated by Alessandra Gómez at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Johnston's otherworldly cast seems both familiar and strange. 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 Folklore and Nature Converge in Cat Johnston’s
This is a mindblowing time capsule of ordinary life: video of a group of friends taking the NYC subway to Coney Island in 1987. Because it was before mobile phones, they had to arrange to meet one of the group members in the first car of the train along the way. The film was
Jamelle Bouie says the SAVE Act will take us back to Jim Crow South : “a one-party state, backed by the threat of violence, where the law ensures that most people cannot hope for meaningful political representation.”
"The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan—and uncovered much more than a name."
"Once violently defended from extinction, Welsh is still a part of daily life. By learning my family’s language, I hoped to join their conversation."
The future of Islamic art, boycott calls at the Venice Biennale, a guide to New York's spring art fairs, and a different kind of Frida Kahlo exhibition.
The authors of the new book Good Writing share their insights on reading, writing, and their day-to-day life.
It’s tempting but useless. The skin is unblemished and the perfect color. It’s well displayed, promoted widely and on sale. But there’s nothing inside. It’s not worth eating and certainly not worth sharing. This is the streaming series with great lighting and talented actors,
For many of us, Jane Goodall was one of those cultural figures who seemed always to have been around, and on some level, made us feel like she always would be. But of course, no human being lives forever, no matter how widely admired. Goodall made her own departure last fall,
Leonard Muellner (Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Brandeis University) and Belisi Gillespie (who now teaches classics at Agnes Scott College) have posted 118 videos on YouTube, which, when taken together, “present all the content covered in two semesters of a
“This is an interactive story about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) told from two perspectives: Parent and Child. Select one to continue.”
From art-market darlings at Frieze to a show billed “The Art Fair Mamdani Would Love,” there’s something for everyone this season.
The Mysterious Redditor Who’s Changing the Way We Do Laundry . “Most of the world uses powdered laundry detergent, which allows for more enzyme flexibility; Americans generally prefer liquid, which doesn’t always contain these precious enzymes.”
The Manhattan institution reopens this week! Plus, the sari in NYC, Gainsborough, Carol Bove, and a tiny haven for experimental art in Brooklyn.
An exhibition blasts apart any crystallized conception of the artist until no easily digestible singular figure emerges.
Islamic visual traditions have long made space for realities beyond direct perception, and these artists work in calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making to carry them forward.
Basma al-Sharif’s screening at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf was met with threats and a smear campaign, proving the point of her films on separation and displacement.
Am I a sucker for these kinds of ultra-detailed images by Richard Nadler because I am a fan of Richard Scarry books and Wes Anderson movies or am I a fan of Scarry & Anderson because I’m a sucker for these kinds of ultra-detailed images? (Or is it because I’m aphantasic and
"How techno’s most vaunted architect is still building sonic futures."
"22 bikes a day are stolen in Melbourne. I decided to buy one to return it to its rightful owner."
Artists Yto Barrada, Carolina Caycedo, Gala Porras-Kim, and Alfredo Jaar are among the nearly 200 signatories of a new missive.
"The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?"
Twin adventurers are cleverly testing modern vs. historic gear . “If they went on an expedition, and Ross wore modern kit while Hugo wore historic replicas, any difference in performance…could be attributed solely to the gear, not genetics.”
The teaser trailer for Dune: Part Three . I am nonplussed by this trailer, both in the traditional and modern senses.
Extreme Macro Photos of Insect Wings . Hundreds of images are stacked to create a deep depth of field that’s impossible to do optically, ensuring everything is in focus.
Thousands of black LEGO bricks transform into fantastical Afrofuturistic forms. 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 Myth, Masks, and LEGO: Ekow
Eight artists pushing boundaries in design and materials find support through mentorship and an unrestricted grant award.
I love this planet & stars chart from XKCD because it’s technically correct but also completely useless. Tags: astronomy · infoviz · science · xkcd
For years, NYU’s administrators have casualized the school’s teaching force, many of them artists, by creating a second tier of full-time contract faculty.
This year’s edition brings together over 80 exhibitors presenting works from Francisco Goya to Kara Walker. April 9–12 at Park Avenue Armory.
"We want to believe that love is singular and exclusive, and it unnerves us to think that it might actually be renewable..."
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity . “You can’t write a compelling narrative about the thing you didn’t build. Nobody gets promoted for the complexity they avoided.”
"I felt I was looking at something remarkable: a real-time record of the encounter between a patient and a therapist. It was an encounter that started off well before veering profoundly off course."