15 Outdoor Art Shows to See in NYC This Summer
Slide through a teddy bear, get weird with a neural network’s hallucinations, play ping-pong on an artist-made table, and so much more.
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Long-Contested Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Gets Opening Date
Activists have called on artists to boycott the new museum, citing inhumane treatment of workers.
How a Former Military Settlement in Taipei Became an Artist Residency
Treasure Hill served as a Japanese ammunition depot and Kuomintang squatter settlement prior to its reopening as an artist village in 2010.
V&A Storehouse Workers Vote to Strike Over “Amazon-Style” Conditions
Staff members allege they were “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”
The Top Photos in the CWAS David Malin Awards Highlight Astronomical Wonders
The Central West Astronomical Society of New South Wales marks its annual AstroFest with an amateur photography competition. 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.
Was My Teacher Murdered?
"In 2002, Leslie Buck died under mysterious circumstances in Mystic, Connecticut. Two decades later, I went back to find out who she was — and what really happened."
Reflections Dazzle in the Hyperrealistic Chrome Faces of Kip Omolade’s Vivid Portraits
Set against uninterrupted backgrounds, metallic portraits float almost deity-like amid vibrant color. 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 Reflections
Gaza’s Deadly Soil
"Amid tight Israeli restrictions, new remote research is starting to make visible the scale of toxic fallout across the Gaza Strip."
Simone Forti’s Dance of Life
Remembering the pioneering performance artist, who died on Wednesday at 91. Plus: Trump gives two gilded statues in DC a makeover.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: in a pickle; gut feeling; king of pain; life (or something like it); for those about to rock.
Resist the technocrats
Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them - by Jan Eijking Read on Aeon
“That doesn’t work”
We transferred an idea from engineering to culture, but it’s incomplete. If you build a watch that doesn’t tell time, it’s fair to say it doesn’t work. But when a critic says, “that joke didn’t work,” after seeing a comic perform to a raucous audience, what they probably mean
Why Mapmakers Put Fake Towns on Their Maps in the 1920s — and the One That Became Real
Open Culture readers may know John Green best for Crash Course, the YouTube channel that teaches everything you need to know about subjects like world history, U.S. history, big history, literature, and philosophy. Or at least it teaches everything a teenage student facing down
Blackie & Co.: A Blackbird’s Lesson in Friendship
In the middle of my bleakest winter, my friend Andrea gave me a battered copy of a forgotten book from her elderly father’s used bookshop in rural Texas, by a man named Hockley Clarke. I inhaled it in a day. Born in England in the final year of the nineteenth century, Hockley
No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on the Most Devastating of Losses and the Meaning of Life
"We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other."
The Onion: Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem...
The Onion: Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation. The actual Wilson on Bluesky : “No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this.” Most fun movie discourse since Barbenheimer.
Simone Forti, Artist of Movement and Chance, Dies at 91
The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome.
What Are the Most Untouchable Records in Sports?
I ran across this post on Threads the other day: “What’s the hardest record in sports history to ever break?” A sampling of the replies: “Bill Russell’s 11 NBA championships including 8 in a row.” “Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in the 2012 calendar year.” “Cy Young 749
The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular
"Everything impinges on everything else... Everything is potentially everywhere."
Trump Regilds DC Statues Mar-a-Lago Style
The sprucing up of the "Arts of War" and "Arts of Peace" equestrian statues cost the public $5 million in a no-bid contract.
A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head...
A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head and My Heart . “On Boxing Day, I rang my father and told him my news. He was momentarily silent until his delayed shock was so great that he dropped his favourite coffee cup and I heard it smash.”
Why Did Rembrandt Die Poor?
Rembrandt pioneered the saleable self, but unlike his rival, Gerard Van Honthorst, failed to reconcile his personal vision with the market.
