10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This May
Remembering Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Yoko Ono’s first museum show in LA, Richard Mayhew’s “mindscapes,” Gordon Parks’s musical output, and more.
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Rosy Simas on Creating a Space for Peace in Minneapolis
Hyperallergic sat down with the Minnesota-based Seneca artist to discuss her exhibition at the Walker Art Center.
This is nuts: Fred Again has uploaded a video of every...
This is nuts: Fred Again has uploaded a video of every single show he did during his USB002 tour (except Mexico City) — it’s four and a half days long. “im told this is the longest video on YouTube ever?”
Movie Posters by Eric Rohman
Some nice work here from Swedish designer Eric Rohman, who designed thousands of movie posters in the early-to-mid 20th century. (via meanwhile ) Tags: design · Eric Rohman · movie posters · movies
At 90, Printmaker Mohammad Omer Khalil Gets His Due
The New York-based Sudanese artist looks back on a lifetime of experimentation in a multi-city retrospective.
Must-See May Shows in NYC
Venice is great, but we’ve got amazing art at home. Plus, a celebration of NY’s first Arabic-speaking community, Duchamp, Édouard Glissant, and more.
The official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The...
The official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was just released. Really looking forward to this.
Rare Keith Haring Self-Portrait and Intimate Works Go on View in NYC
Paintings, furniture, and photos that the artist gifted to his childhood best friend are being exhibited ahead of an auction at Sotheby's.
Janusz Jurek Embraces the Weirdness of Everyday Life in Captivating Street Photographs
"For me, street photography is the antithesis of all the technical perfection and imperfection that's everywhere on the internet these days." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as
What now-familiar domain names looked like before they...
What now-familiar domain names looked like before they were bought by big-time companies , e.g. openai.com was “the personal homepage of a guy named glenn”, doordash.com was a porn site, threads.com sold spools of thread.
Pocket forests . “The Miyawaki method of...
Pocket forests . “The Miyawaki method of reforestation inserts small, densely packed wild acreage into urban environs. It’s proving wildly successful.” The key is densely planting diverse & native species…this isn’t just planting some trees.
Could This Fish Be a Notebook? “David Byrne...
Could This Fish Be a Notebook? “David Byrne learns how fisheries from Iceland to the Great Lakes are using 100% of their catch — and shares his tips for making fish head soup.”
Wander through Adrienna Matzeg’s Embroidered, Late-Night City Explorations
The Toronto-based artist chronicles a midsummer trip to Kyoto, Tokyo, and Seoul. 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 Wander through Adrienna Matzeg’s
All My Dad’s Sons
"At a very young age, I learned a lot about how life can go wrong. It put things into perspective, even if that perspective was a little warped."
A24’s Young Anthony Bourdain Movie
Huh. A24 is coming out with an Anthony Bourdain biopic that focuses on the time period around the chef/writer’s college years, when he first started working in kitchens. Directed by Matt Johnson, who co-created Nirvana the Band the Show and directed BlackBerry. Could be good.
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in black & white with the...
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in black & white with the Japanese audio track “becomes the best ‘Space Kurosawa’ movie ever made” .
Microshifting . “From a creativity standpoint,...
Microshifting . “From a creativity standpoint, it’s good to take breaks. When you stop thinking about a task is when your best ideas come to you.” This is how I’ve worked for the past decade+…bursts of work throughout the day & week.
Maxwell Mustardo Sculpts Ancient Ornamentation in Brilliant Glazed Forms
The shapes of Maxwell Mustardo’s ceramic works evoke ancient forms, although their surfaces feel distinctly organic. 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
‘It’s Super Weird, Super Odd, Super Rare’: Meet The Twins Who Have Different Dads
" Family ‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: meet the twins who have different dads When DNA test results shattered everything Lavinia and Michelle thought they knew about their family history, they also revealed something never before documented in the UK."
The Carnegie International Makes Its Mark
Artists protest the Met Gala, Iran exits the Venice Biennale, and MoMA’s Duchamp survey leaves us feeling blue.
The Secret Door
"When we read, we make believe. We aren’t duped or ensorcelled. Deep down we decide. We make ourselves believe."
Embrace the edge!
Brilliance and kindness shine brightest when far from the comfortable centre. Even nature is more generative there too - by Charles Foster Read on Aeon
The best year
Here’s an interesting thought experiment. Imagine that you would be reincarnated into the soul and body of someone on Earth, 25 years old, at random. You won’t know what you know now, you’ll simply live their life. What year would you choose? Since it’s random, it’s not about
Why Ancient Egyptian Honey Remains Edible After 3,000 Years
The global bee population comes up in the news every now and again. Sometimes we’re assured that the number is stable or rising; more often, we’re warned about collapsing colonies and the large-scale ecological disaster that could result. As with most high-stakes issues, it can
When Francis Bacon Shocked the Art World: Viewers Were Horrified by His Paintings, But Couldn’t Look Away
A difficult childhood and adolescence, saturated with the feeling of being an outsider, may or may not contribute to becoming a great artist. Experiencing the social and cultural ferment of Berlin and Paris in the nineteen-twenties probably wouldn’t hurt one’s chances. Nor,
Simone de Beauvoir on Marriage and the Freedom to Change
A self is a story we tell to bridge who we are and who we have been, turning the fluidity of personhood into a resin of narrative that hardens with each retelling. “If we are creatures of time, then we had better know it,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, “to act responsibly.” And yet
Arundhati Roy on the Deepest Measure of Success
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance... To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple."
Trying Not to Try: Finding Freedom from Striving in the Ancient Chinese Concept of Wu-Wei
"Our modern conception of human excellence is too often impoverished, cold, and bloodless. Success does not always come from thinking more rigorously or striving harder."
Rollicking Protest Against Bezos's Met Gala Erupts in Manhattan
The small but joyful action drew dozens of concerned, costumed citizens in a show of defiance against the Amazon billionaire.
The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film...
The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film about antiquarian and rare book dealers; you can watch the whole movie for free on YouTube .
The Carnegie International Looks Back at Itself
The 59th iteration captures some of the excitement of earlier exhibitions, providing vital commentary on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.
