Decoding Ediacaran fossils
Ancient specimens reveal how animals began to move half a billion years ago – and even the first known example of ‘handedness’ - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
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My 99-Year-Old Grandmother Built a Hidden Empire Around Flannel. Then She Lost It All.
"After hearing tales of his family’s former textile business in postwar South Korea, writer Yoon Kim traced his grandmother’s pathway from a war refugee to an industrial innovator. The research helped Kim understand his own place in the outdoor world."
A New Home for Native Art in New York
Inside the Gochman Family Collection’s Katonah space, artist Miles Greenberg takes us behind the scenes of his latest performance, and celebrating 10 years of Mrs. gallery.
The creep fades
The uncanny valley is the place where an image that’s almost human creeps us out: Sorry to share that. Human beings evolved to have a distaste for things that are almost, but not quite, the usual thing. It takes a while for someone who wasn’t raised with cilantro to like it–the
Watch Seoul’s 6,500-Year Evolution in a Mesmerizing 3D Animated Time Lapse
In this century, few countries have been as visibly successful as South Korea. China’s vertiginous economic rise once absorbed vast amounts of news-media attention, but its soft power has comparatively little reach across the wider world, at least in English-speaking countries.
Inspiration from Charles Bukowski: You Might Be Old, Your Life May Be “Crappy,” But You Can Still Make Good Art
Now more than ever, there’s tremendous pressure to make it big while you’re young. Pity the 31-year-old who fails to make it onto a 30-under-30 list… The soon-to-graduate high schooler passed over for YouTube stardom… The great hordes who creep into middle age without so much
Limited-Edition Screenprints for the Budding Collector
A special collection curated for Colossal readers. 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 Limited-Edition Screenprints for the Budding Collector appeared
Brokies, This Met Gala Is for You
T-shirts revolutionize the Costume Institute’s programming, the sociability of MoMA’s Brancusi exhibit, and the curators of the 2028 Whitney Biennial announced.
A short history of Lego instructions from 1955 to the...
A short history of Lego instructions from 1955 to the present . “Prior to [1955] the only ‘guidance’ for products containing plastic bricks were drawings on the packaging to serve as inspiration for consumers.”
Gochman Collection Builds a Home for Native Art in Westchester
The private collection opened its Branchline location in Katonah as a way to bring Native art into public view, though questions linger about its engagement with the local Lenape community.
Mamdani Begins Reconstruction of Historic Chinatown Building Decimated in 2020 Fire
Some $184 million will go toward the revival of 70 Mulberry Street, which once housed community-based organizations.
Mrs. Gallery Marks 10 Years of Getting Art Collectors to Queens
A decade since Sara Maria Salamone and Tyler Lafreniere found their storefront space on Craigslist, the gallery presents a rotating anniversary show that channels its evolving nature.
Mexican Duo RojoNegro Installs Colossal Work on UC San Diego Campus
María Sosa and Noé Martínez, the Michoacán artists representing Mexico at the Venice Biennale, hand-painted 260 ceramic tiles for the installation.
Satellite images of sand dunes migrating in Egypt. They...
Satellite images of sand dunes migrating in Egypt . They move about 13 meters a year.
Trump Proclaims Gold-Studded Oval Office a National Monument
"It will not be allowed to be touched by anybody,” Trump said, which is flatly not true, as anyone can reverse the proclamation.
Susan Silton's Loud and Proud Whistle
A Los Angeles exhibition surveys the groundbreaking queer artist's multi-decade career, including her memorable work on the politics of vocal expression.
USPS Announces Mythical Creatures Stamps for 2027
The US Postal Service recently released a partial list of the stamps it’s putting out in 2027. One of the sets is Mythical Creatures , featuring five cryptids. 1 The legend of Mothman has endured for more than six decades, but of the creatures encountered on these stamps, this
How to Build a Police State. “Bukele didn’t declare a...
How to Build a Police State . “Bukele didn’t declare a dictatorship on day one. He built toward it incrementally, each step framed in the language of anti-corruption, public safety or efficiency.”
Bats, Spiders, and Slime Molds Make the Close-Up Photographer of the Year Shortlist
The competition saw its highest-ever number of entries this year. 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 Bats, Spiders, and Slime Molds Make the Close-Up
How Much Wealth Does It Take to be Safe in the United States?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and illustrator Mona Chalabi’s new book is about wealth inequality in America. Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are ( Amazon ) follows ten people with ten different incomes, from the bottom 10% to the top 10% and everything
Pablo Neruda on How to Hold Time
“Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am a river,” Borges wrote. “Time is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” Most of us are not Borges. Most of us are drowning in bewilderment at where the time goes, burning with the urgency of being alive while waiting to
Great title for an article about London’s invasive...
Great title for an article about London’s invasive parakeet population: The Pollycrisis . “Do we want tens of thousands of Himalayan parrots squabbling all over our cities?”
Amy Genser’s Elaborate Mulberry Paper Assemblages Undulate Like the Sea
Genser's undulating abstractions evoke marine swells, reefs, and the topography of the sea floor. 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 Amy Genser’s
In search of a bargain
The ebook of The Knot is on sale today for less than $5 in the US. Thanks for checking it out. Also, here’s a preview of the three-book holiday bundle. It’s limited to the first 170 folks.
Call for Proposals: Roman Witt Residency at the University of Michigan
This residency at the U-M Stamps School, in partnership with the U-M Museum of Art (UMMA), offers artists a $20,000 honorarium, housing, studio space, and a culminating exhibition in UMMA’s prominent Stenn Gallery.
100 Big Unanswered Scientific Questions
The NY Times recently asked 100 scientists from across dozens of disciplines: “What is a big unanswered question in your field?” Here are some of their questions that caught my eye: 4. When and where did the cognitive capacities that made language, mathematics and complex
Fall 2026 Art and Architecture Books from Yale University Press
The Bayeux tapestry, a new biography of Edward Hopper, The Met's exhibition catalogue on Krasner and Pollock, what architecture is, and more
How Miles Greenberg Got “WAR” Past the Censors
“There was not a single outlet, institution, or gallery that wanted to get behind this thing,” the artist told Hyperallergic about his new, six-hour performance piece.
Another banger from neal.fun: Battle Draw. Sort of an...
Another banger from neal.fun: Battle Draw . Sort of an open world tower defense “game”?
Pinot Noir: Inside the Criminal Gangs Making Fake Wine
"Fraudsters have long counterfeited high-end wine. Now they are coming for the bottles on your supermarket shelves."
Inside the Trial of Russell Brand
"Tom Lee sat through all 18 days of the would-be guru’s trial."