This Is Class War
The latest on the student protests in France, the art world’s AI problem, one-on-one with Rosana Paulino, and Beer With a Painter featuring Melissa Brown.
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Caveman leadership and the CDO*
We don’t have written records, but I’m imagining that groups of cavemen made decisions around the fire in largely the same way we run sophisticated organizations today. About a hundred years ago, three disciplines helped create the modern world: Scientific management used a
Portrait of a Paris Art Week on Fire
On protest, business as usual, and the surreal experience of attending an art fair while smelling burning plastic.
How Art Can Deliver Justice for Refugees
In the legal system, art created by refugees and incarcerated people can serve both as a form of therapy and as evidence of mass atrocities.
The War on Art Is Repeating Itself
As an artist who lived through the Reagan-era Culture Wars, I recommend Isaac Butler’s “The Perfect Moment” for the stories that parallel our current fight to defend creative expression.
Kid Cudi to Write, Direct, and Star as Basquiat in New Biopic
The rapper called his forthcoming film, "JEAN," a “love letter” to the late artist and ’80s New York in his announcement on October 21.
The Center Cannot Hold at the Toronto Biennial
It’s a provocative and discursive exploration of how artists respond to our late-capitalist epoch, but its focus on “rupture” raises questions.
The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea...
The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants . “The idea of a restaurant I’d never been to using a dossier on me to decide, say, where I should sit, what I was likely to order, even whether I should be given a reservation at all, gave me chills.”
Scientists Contest Dating of Van Gogh’s "The Starry Night"
The researchers identified discrepancies between the celestial alignments in June 1889 and Vincent van Gogh’s painted night sky.
'Wildwood' Is the Longest Stop-Motion Animated Film Ever. Each Frame of the Movie Is a Marvel of Handcrafted World Building
Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a fantastical world set in the forests of Portland, Oregon
“US households are paying 62% more for drinking water...
“ US households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago — outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes.”
A View From the Easel: Gerardo Rosales
“I often say that my favorite material is the next one, the one I haven’t worked with yet.”
‘Street Photography Africa’ is a Colorful and Energetic Survey Across the Continent
The street becomes a stage. 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 ‘Street Photography Africa’ is a Colorful and Energetic Survey Across the Continent
Skirball Cultural Center presents “The 1960s — A Generation on Fire: Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles”
The exhibition shares two new sections of the public art mural on view for the first time, featuring moments from an era of collective action that still resonates today.
