Clio Sze To paints impressionistic pieces that capture the feeling of a contemplative hour spent on foot. 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 Dappled
"The jury sentenced Pitchford to death."
The shared origins of Liberian and Gullah basketry, artists Z Behl and Kim Moloney’s 350-mile durational performance, and a massive zine library hidden in a Texas apartment.
“Why are you taking this class?” That seems like a fair question. After tenth grade or so, it’s a choice, after all. One honest answer is, “I have to get a good grade to get to where I want to go.” That means certification, compliance, regurgitation. It means enrollment in the
At the height of their productivity as Beatles, neither Paul McCartney nor John Lennon could read or write music notation. Clearly it didn’t keep them from making a cultural impact, and as with so much else in life, they regarded it humorously. As McCartney has said, they used
Would anyone in their right mind sign up for a job that had a high risk of mortality/disability? Or a job where red hot metal is being hurled directly at your face? Back in the 1920s this was the lot of the men who built New York’s skyline, the men who constructed the Chrysler
"If you look at zero you see nothing; but look through it and you will see the world."
"...only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never visited."
Jamelle Bouie : The details of what is happening here are important — that’s why I laid them out — but it’s also important to step back and make a more fundamental point: the president of the United States is engaged in a conspiracy against the voting rights of the American
Carmen Lomas Garza’s tender scenes of Chicanx community, Huguette Caland’s life in lines, Indigenous artists on fire and stewardship, photography of trans mutual aid, and more.
Gina Trapani: The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer . I’ve always been a little 3D printer-curious and this looks like a good resource to start with.
The Morgan Library & Museum presents “Hujar:Contact,” currently on view through October 25.
Ashley Percival imagines fanciful menagerie in which poodles, rotund birds, and boot-wearing insects try on a vast array of vibrant costumes. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as
"The intention of deep listening and loving speech is to restore communication, because once communication is restored, everything is possible."
"We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come... We live everything as it comes, without warning."
2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely retranslating The Odyssey . “It’s a complete retranslation. It’s not a revision of the old version.” This is the exact opposite of resting on one’s laurels.
As part of “Mule’s Passage,” artists Z Behl and Kim Moloney are paddling six hours a day and camping for five weeks.
The piece, which read “8647” in yellow corn kernels, was taken down at the artist’s request after she was threatened and doxxed by right-wing agitators.
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail . “The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils , I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils are Blackwings, made in Japan. Take a first-ever, in-depth look at the Blackwing pencil manufacturing process. This short film
"AI companion toys for neurodivergent children promise connection and therapy, but can they deliver for the long haul?"
Michelle Millette’s Sherwood Forest Zine Library in Austin is part of a growing culture and community surrounding the self-published, easy-to-distribute booklets.
Industry Standard Tools . “Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they’ve become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses.”
The five-volume tome features more than 625 illustrations from The Huntington's vast collection. 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 Twelve Centuries
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the Gulf Coast Journal, the Harry Ransom Center, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Vermont Studio Center, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On the Sperm Racing World Cup . “The cells then race through courses less than a half-centimeter long that are etched into microfluidic silicon chips.”
The best shows to see this season, The Met’s John Galliano exhibition is nixed, and why your City Bike might run slower in certain neighborhoods.