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Waiting for Spring in the Bay Area
MoMA PS1 announces the artists for its Greater New York exhibition, Pride flag removed from Stonewall National Monument, Jennifer Sammet interviews Mary Lovelace O’Nealon for Beer With a Painter, and don't give up on the Bay Area's art scene.
Time well spent
What an admirable goal. Perhaps the overriding goal of all goals. How often do we measure this? Do we even know how? Do the systems we’re in push us from considering this? I wonder why.
How Brunelleschi Engineered Florence’s Iconic Dome
No one who travels to Florence can help seeing the dome of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower. That’s true not just because of its sheer looming physical presence over the rest of the city, but also because of its importance as an achievement in various kinds of history,
Jack Kerouac Lists 9 Essentials for Writing Spontaneous Prose
Image by Tom Palumbo, via Wikimedia Commons Jack Kerouac wants you to turn writing into “free deviation (association) of mind into limitless blow-on-subject seas of thought, swimming in sea of English with no discipline, other than rhythms of rhetorical exhalation and
Painted by Hand, a Stop-Motion Film Eulogizes a Lost Childhood Home
Panels of thick, gestural brushstrokes animate a story of loss, grief, and remembrance. 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 Painted by Hand, a
Virginia Woolf on Self-Knowledge and the Limits of Empathy
"We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others... There is a virgin forest in each."
10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Spring
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s vital scrolls, muralist Cece Carpio’s first solo show, the Matisse painting that launched Fauvism, the future of Japanese ceramic art, and more.
Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Monument at Trump’s Directive
The move comes a year after the National Park Service scrubbed mentions of queer and trans people from its website, prompting protests at the NYC landmark.
Amanda Ross-Ho Finds Herself in Her Parents' Art
The artist's current show is a moving reflection on the ways our identities are inexorably entangled with our relationships and surroundings.
Art and Power Collide in New York City
The Epstein files rip through the art world's elite, yet hope emerges in the work of Goya, Amazonian artists, and three millennia of storytellers.
The Great Blue Heron, Signs vs. Omens, and Our Search for Meaning
One September dawn on the verge of a significant life change, sitting on my poet friend’s dock, I watched a great blue heron rise slow and prehistoric through the morning mist, carrying the sky on her back. In the years since, the heron has become the closest thing I have to
Beer With a Painter: Mary Lovelace O'Neal
“At this marvelous hard-won age, the days of jumping and dancing with the paintings are over. But I don't feel limited,” says the artist, educator, and Civil Rights luminary.
America Isn’t Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs
"Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?"
Amoako Boafo Weaves His Portraiture into an Architectural Replica of His Accra Studio
Boafo is known for his stylized portraiture of Black people, whose skin the artist renders in swirling gestures made with his fingers. 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
These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show
On its 50th anniversary year, the Queens-based museum tapped 53 local artists for the sixth edition of its cross-borough survey.
Everyone Is Stealing TV
"Fed up with increasing subscription prices, viewers embrace rogue streaming boxes."
How We Grieve: Meghan O’Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss
"The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created."
In ‘Altai,’ Photographer Claire Thomas Chronicles a Time-Honored Way of Life in Mongolia
Thomas celebrates the nomadic lifeway and ancient customs of livestock herding and eagle hunting in the Altai Mountains. 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
The Biennale Certificate in Philosophy and Art
The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) invites creatives from all backgrounds to apply for this four-day summer program in Venice.
The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
"A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?"