What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Selfhood in Literature and Life
"It is the intentions, the capacities for choice rather than the total configuration of traits which defines the person."
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Sliman Mansour, Painter of Palestinian Hope and Humanity, Dies at 79
"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people in the world.”
Photo Books for Summer’s End
Ten tomes on photography to tide you over this month. Also, a new book begs the question: Why won’t Britain return looted gold to Ghana?
At Joy Machine, Emmy Star Brown and Danym Kwon Revel in Memory and Childlike Wonder
'The Peace of Wild Things' is a harmonic dialogue about the ways experiences linger long after a moment has passed. 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
The Vocabulary of Vulnerability: 10 Words from Around the World for Complex and Difficult Emotions
Language is the chalice we lift to our lips to taste our own experience — a vessel that constrains what it contains by giving it its own shape. The more complex our experience, the more muddled the emotions that comprise it, the more it spills outside what language can hold.
Maria Martins Was More Than Just Duchamp’s Lover
A new book by leading Duchamp scholar Francis M. Naumann chronicles the artist’s affair with the Brazilian sculptor, but frequently reduces her influence and career to sexual allure.
Detroit Institute of Art Unveils Neighhh-borly Display of Love
The Lisa Frank-hued tribute was commissioned for the exterior of a barn in Hess-Hathaway Park as part of the institute’s longstanding public art program.
Amid Trump’s Threats, a Potential Home for Smithsonian Latino Museum
The Smithsonian board will reportedly vote on housing the fledgling institution in the recently reopened Arts & Industries Building — a move that would allow it to bypass Congressional approval.
The Moomin Strategy for Living with Uncertainty
"All things are so very uncertain, and that’s exactly what makes me feel reassured."
Meet with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online
Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all of your questions answered.
How AIDS Activists Turned Graphic Design Into a Weapon
In the 1980s, a band of fed-up young men wheat-pasted New York with graphically stark flyers, posters, and stickers, demanding action.
Homing pigeons may sense the Earth’s magnetic field...
Homing pigeons may sense the Earth’s magnetic field using superparamagnetic macrophages in their livers . So metal! 🤘
Melon’s Odyssey On The Black Market For Life-Saving Cat Medicine
"While Melon lay dying under my bed, I contacted the Facebook group."
Europe’s Carousels Eternally Whirl in Luca Battaglia’s Nostalgic Photos
'Ticket non remboursable' takes a spin down memory lane. 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 Europe’s Carousels Eternally Whirl in Luca Battaglia’s
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things...
Just quickly reupping this post to remind you things might be slower than usual around here for the next few weeks…moving crunch time is here. (I’ll still be posting though…it’s nice to sit down and flow state through some links occasionally.)
Grounded in Grain, Washed in the Water
Black Southern traditions are not relics to be preserved behind glass, but dynamic systems of knowledge that continue to evolve.
Meat proxy (noun) : “A person who forwards...
Meat proxy (noun) : “A person who forwards AI-generated text, code, or other output without reading, understanding, or validating it. The person acts only as a relay between the AI system and the intended recipient.”
NYC Arts Nonprofits Benefit from Mamdani's $8.4 Million in Grants
From the Red Hook Art Project in Brooklyn to a citywide initiative from Fourth Arts Block, arts organizations and small businesses will receive support from Mamdani's latest investment.
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? “Any stream, from the...
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? “Any stream, from the littlest brook to the mightiest river, has a length that’s proportional to its drainage area raised to the power of 0.6.”
Nosheen Iqbal Translates Islamic Ornament into Meticulous Wood-and-Thread Patterns
The Dallas-based artist draws on her background in product design and illustration. 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 Nosheen Iqbal Translates
Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration...
Opinion columnist Karen Attiah won her arbitration against the Washington Post . They are ordered to reinstate her and pay full back pay. The Post fired her almost a year ago for her remarks in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder.
What if America Went Completely Dark?
"The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years."
The Children a Scientist Took Home
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took from the field to the US—many of whom he sexually molested, with the knowledge and, in some cases, approval of his professional peers and
Should You Apply for the Guggenheim Fellowship?
Paddy Johnson answers your burning questions about one of the art world’s most competitive prizes.
“Thanks for your quick response”
That’s pretty new. Letters sent by Thomas Jefferson from France often took months to get a response. No points for shaving a day off a 90-day correspondence lag. The 800 toll-free number shifted the dynamic we expected from marketers. If we call you, we expect you to answer.
The Daily Routine of Marcus Aurelius: How to Live Like a Stoic
Marcus Aurelius did not have a smartphone. In fact, he didn’t have a phone of any kind, owing to the fact that he lived in the second century, though we can be reasonably certain that he commanded more than enough messengers to keep himself informed around the clock. That’s
The Women of the Bauhaus: See Hip, Avant-Garde Photographs of Female Students & Instructors at the Famous Art School
Take a look at photos of Bush Tetras — a three-girl-one-guy No Wave/Post-Punk band from the early 1980s downtown Manhattan scene. Now, look at the photograph above, “Marcel Breuer and His Harem,” by Bauhaus photographer Erich Consemüller, taken sometime around 1927. Except for