Chris Kraus, Venice Pavilions, Rina Banerjee
Our favorite national pavilions at the Venice Biennale, Shirley Tse and Dana Berman Duff’s breathing moons, and Dean Millien’s aluminum-foil animal world.
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Don’t eat if you’re not hungry
That’s not only good dieting advice. It works in just about every endeavor we sign up for. The system would like us to be insatiable on its behalf, but that’s not an invitation we’re required to accept.
The Loveliness of Letting Go: An Illustrated Ode to Life’s Lasts
The great cruelty of life, and also its great mercy, is that only hindsight ever knows each last — the last time your lover put their hand on the small of your back, the last sip of the last cup at your favorite coffee shop before it vanished overnight, the last living note of
How to Be Un-Dead: Notes on Waking Up from the Trance of Near-Living
"Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death."
Art Problems: How Do I Get the Guggenheim Fellowship?
Tired of getting rejected year after year? Don't despair. Paddy Johnson is here to help.
At This Year's Rencontres d'Arles, Photography Rethinks Its Centers
The art world at times imagines itself outside politics, or at least agrees on them; the latest edition of the annual festival reveals otherwise.
Miles Greenberg Rehearses Myths for the Future
The artist’s performance videos invoke the wild, inestimable human spirit and make Black people the characters of universal stories.
Maya Lin to Build Otherworldly “Floating Landscape” at UT Austin
The architect and artist’s first public artwork in Texas will open in April 2027.
The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom
"While we weaken friendships by expecting too little of them, we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them."
The End of the European Summer
"As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand."
Walking the Length of Manhattan . I did this, solo,...
Walking the Length of Manhattan . I did this, solo, right before I moved out of NYC. Loved it. Will do it again someday.
An Inflatable Pool Party by Craig & Karl Fills a Dubai Atrium with Summer Fun
Craig & Karl's expressive inflatables infuse oft-overlooked architecture with play and whimsy. 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 An Inflatable Pool
“When Jason Ganos was asked to help sell an old box full...
“When Jason Ganos was asked to help sell an old box full of NES cartridges…” How 97 Copies of an Unreleased Version of Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt Were Discovered in a Wisconsin Warehouse .
Artists Commit to the Bit at This Year’s Vulva Gala
Over two dozen artists from the LA area were given homemade costumes to decorate as they pleased as part of the School of Sexuality Project’s community-centered celebration.
A View From the Easel
“A ritual I have is to always scribble a line or word, or poem that stayed with me while listening to an audiobook or song, onto the wall in my studio.”
UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center Provides Funded Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities
The humanities library and museum will award up to 50 fellowships to support scholars, artists, and writers conducting on-site archival research.
What a great idea for a book: Cookbooking: A Fan’s...
What a great idea for a book: Cookbooking: A Fan’s Guide . “An eclectic, visually stunning pop-history, Cookbooking explores the most influential and beloved cookbooks through photographs, listicles, graphics, and snappy writing.”
On Vintage Boards, Lou Benesch Conjures the Fantastic World of The Magician
Lou Benesch translates the Magician's inclination for action and mysticism into a collection of works on found and antique materials. 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