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"A private company has cleared dozens of homeless encampments in Venice—with persistence, cash payments, and a team that includes former gang members. Clients love them. The people they move do not."
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Mud below, sun above
Meet Bể, part of Vietnam’s vital but overlooked network of recyclers – a workforce predominantly made up of elderly women - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
How to Get Canceled in the Art World
Study respondents reacted more negatively toward artists committing sexual assault than murder. Plus, an unexpected pairing with Picasso’s “Guernica.”
How art invented humanity
When early humans first painted cave walls, they began to find out who they really were: our minds emerged from our images - by J F Martel Read on Aeon
Organizations that need you
“How few people can we get away with?” That’s a question many bosses think hard about. Automate. Streamline. Improve productivity and take humans out of as many tasks as possible. It’s a time-tested way to create profits and to increase a certain kind of reliability. Claude
A Guide to Every Major Film Adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey Before Christopher Nolan’s Movie
If you plan on shooting your own adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, bear in mind how much rests on your choice of leading man. In order to play Odysseus, an actor must summon a real gravitas, but also a still-smoldering vitality: here is a man who led the Greek army to defeat Troy,
The Visionary Mystical Art of Carl Jung: See Illustrated Pages from The Red Book
Carl Jung’s Liber Novus, better known as The Red Book, has come to light in a complete English translation, published by Norton in a 2009 facsimile edition and a smaller “reader’s edition” in 2012. The years since have seen several exhibitions of the book, which “could pass for
August 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
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It’s Cool to Be Weird
I really like what Razaak Eniola has to say here about human difference. Before Prince was Prince, Prince was weird . And that goes the same for probably any of your favorite artists. Before Erykah Badu was Erykah Badu, Erykah Badu was weird. Before Marc Rebillet was Marc
In the Age of AI, the Analog Restaurant Feels Radical
"Some restaurants are leaning into handmade touches, as AI-generated food photos and flyers become commonplace."
Madrid Museum Puts Picasso in Dialogue With "African Guernica"
Dumile Feni’s monumental drawing is part of the Museo Reina Sofía's new program "History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme."
Walmart is busy building out their fast EV charger...
Walmart is busy building out their fast EV charger network in the US …currently 73 locations in 17 states. Their eventual goal is install chargers at “thousands of its locations by 2030”.
Sexual Assault Allegations Get Artists Canceled More Than Murder, Study Finds
Though they considered murder morally worse, survey participants deemed artists accused of sexual abuse more deserving of censure.
The Shakers Weren’t Minimalists
An exhibition posits that the sect happened upon the ideals of modern design, overlooking the contradictions and vitality of its culture.
Remembering Betelhem Makonnen, Betye Saar, and Keith A. Morrison
This week, we honor an explorer of diasporic consciousness, a revolutionary assemblage artist, and the first Black dean of art in the US.
A terrarium iPhone case that houses actual growing...
A terrarium iPhone case that houses actual growing plants and moss .
A Precious Garden Grows at MoMA PS1
Precious Okoyomon’s new work transforms the concrete corner of the museum courtyard into a place of joy, exploration, and, dare I say, tranquility.
“ Zugunruhe is a German term describing the...
“ Zugunruhe is a German term describing the restless, twitching urge migratory birds feel when caged — and the same primal restlessness humans feel when trapped.”
Some Interesting Apples
Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one. This is a lovely short documentary about a project called Some Interesting Apples , which aims to find apples growing in unusual places (i.e. not commercial orchards but in
Widline Cadet’s Doubled Diaspora
The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
Participants in a recently published study spoke 28%...
Participants in a recently published study spoke 28% fewer words per day in 2019 than they did in 2005 . (People are spending more time alone and more time digitally communicating.)
Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles
'New African Masquerades: Artistic Innovations and Collaborations' celebrates contemporary creations by artists in Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts
The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring...
The Thomas Crown Affair? Directed by and starring Michael B. Jordan? Ok, I’m in.
OnlyMarms: Funding Science Research on OnlyFans
This is an extremely 2026 story (derogatory): because of the Trump regime’s assualt on scientific funding , a group of scientists who has been studying marmot populations in Colorado since 1962 turned to OnlyFans to fund their research this year . From The NY Times : In
Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
"In much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."
Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact...
Study: Dinosaurs Were Charbroiled After Chicxulub Impact . “The impact would have produced an immense cloud of dust that superheated the upper atmosphere, charbroiling living organisms unable to take shelter and igniting widespread wildfires.”