There’s an upside-down “H” on the...
There’s an upside-down “H” on the facade of a Frank Lloyd Wright building in Illinois. Here’s a deep dive into how it got there .
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Pat Steir, Painter of Cascading Infinities, Dies at 87
Through works like her celebrated “Waterfalls” series, she leaves a legacy of artistic surrender and reverence for the gesture.
Required Reading
This week: what art conservators and novelists have in common, Toni Morrison and canonization, celebrating Eid in Gaza, the Lindy West drama, “girl games,” and more.
Remembering Asher Remy-Toledo, Media Art Luminary
The Colombian-born cultural producer, who died in February at age 62, cultivated community and experimentation for New York City artists, including me.
A Short Film Joins In the Timeless Swiss Masked Tradition of Silvesterchlausen
Writer and director Andrew Norman Wilson highlights a unique tradition with enigmatic origins that unfolds around the New 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.
A comparison of different sorting algorithms (bubble,...
A comparison of different sorting algorithms (bubble, merge, heap, timsort). You can run them one at a time or race all seven.
How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James
"It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything."
How American Camouflage Conquered the World
"The world-famous MultiCam pattern was designed for the military by two Brooklyn hipsters. Now everyone—from babies to ICE agents—is suited up for battle."
‘Get Down! Get Down! They’re Gonna See Us!’: Six Months of Hiding From ICE
"A family in Chicago has been terrified to leave their apartment. Agents could be anywhere."
She never dances alone
Broadcast at Times Square, this kaleidoscopic reimagining of a powwow dance celebrates the strength of Indigenous women - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Tracey Emin’s Therapy Art
The founder of Art in Odd Places talks about the co-opting of social practice art. Plus, Tracey Emin’s cult of the self, Frank O’Hara’s international world, and more.
One China, one world
China’s regime insists on national unity and international harmony. Is this anything more than an imperial posture? - by Peter C Perdue Read on Aeon
The end of the content shortage
You can be fashionable without reading Vogue. You can be informed without watching the nightly news. You can be smart about science without going to MIT. It’s possible to be a great chef without buying a cookbook. In fact, you can probably thrive without reading this blog.
An Introduction to Brutalism: The Iconic Postwar Architectural Style That Combined Utopianism and Concrete
The artificial language of Esperanto was conceived with high ideals in mind. In the eighteen-eighties, its creator L. L. Zamenhof envisioned it as the universal second language of humanity, and if it hasn’t achieved that status by now, it at least remains the world’s most
Meet the “Telharmonium,” the First Synthesizer (and Predecessor to Muzak), Invented in 1897
Before the New Year, we brought you footage of Russian polymathic inventor Léon Theremin demonstrating the strange instrument that bears his surname, and we noted that the Theremin was the first electronic instrument. This is not strictly true, though it is the first electronic
Stephen Colbert is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie...
Stephen Colbert is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie . “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past is set 14 years after the passing of Frodo. Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure…”
Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise
"Can you plant a garden to stop a war? It depends how you think about time. It depends what you think a seed does, if it’s tossed into fertile soil."
Women Are Being Abandoned by Their Partners on Hiking Trails. What’s Behind ‘Alpine Divorce’?
"As stories of men leaving their dates in ‘sketchy situations’ go viral, experts say these incidents could stem from big egos and poor communication."
Tracey Emin’s Cult of the Self
The YBA artist spearheaded contemporary art's trend of coupling extreme self-introspection with relentless self-promotion.
Field Notes from a Body
"As I watched I had felt a nameless churn in my gut, some tremor of feeling I couldn’t describe."
Lebanese Artist Ali Sbeity Reportedly Killed in Israeli Strike
Sbeity painted vibrant portraits and landscapes of his rural hometown in Southern Lebanon.
