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Great Unreleased Track From Kendrick Lamar: Bloody Murder
This has been out in the world for a while, but I just ran across it the other day: Bloody Murder is an unreleased track recorded during the studio sessions for Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. It samples Radiohead’s Everything In Its Right Place and it’s gooood. Available on YouTube
Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation?
A new bipartisan bill could help enshrine intellectual property rights and expand healthcare access for cultural workers.
Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid
Rather than deconstruct Western modernism or reinsert Islamic visual idioms, the artist loosens the grip of the grid.
From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is...
From Heatmap News & MIT, the Electricity Price Hub is “a new public data platform that provides monthly, utility-level estimates of residential electricity rates and bills across the United States going back to 2021…”
The Best April Fools’ Jokes in the Art World This Year
In addition to our own fresh and feral stock of jokes, we wanted to show some love to a few other examples of shenanigans across the arts and humanities.
Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards
This week, we honor an absurdist cartoonist, a trailblazing feminist artist, and a sculptor who probed the history of violence in the US.
Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to...
Scientists have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds , including psilocybin, DMT, and psychedelic compounds secreted by the Sonoran Desert toad.
On Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything
I was thankful to read Marcin Wichary’s review of Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything . I first heard about the book months and months ago; it sounded potentially interesting but I was afraid it was going to suffer from a now-familiar myopia of the “tech” old guard.
A Palestinian-American Photographer’s Intimate Gaze
Dean Majd captured images of his inner circle for a decade, deconstructing performances of masculinity in the process.
Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note...
Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note today’s date), but this is supposedly a fully functional compass that only points to the Olive Garden in Times Square .
The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 ....
The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 . “In Oxford, ‘runners’ would go from coffee house to coffee house, picking up all the best news and delivering it back to customers, said Garner. You’re talking human wi-fi.”
Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life.
"For months, lone vibe coder Rafael Concepcion has obsessively built tools to counter the federal immigration crackdown—pivoting as he’s been outmatched. He’s also lost his job and become a target."
After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new...
After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new YouTube series : “I took a road trip through every county in England, and filmed something interesting in each of them.”
Gillian Welch: This Land is Her Land
"You don’t need to shout it for the entire world, but you need to give hope to the people who need it, who you can speak to."
Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in ‘Impossible’ Photos
Joseph Ford's ongoing series 'Impossible Street Art' invites street artists to imagine their work in inaccessible sites. 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
How James Cameron Shot Titanic’s Hugely Complex Sinking Scene
The dark arts of “Hollywood accounting” make it difficult to determine film budgets with precision. But according to reasonable reckonings, James Cameron may have directed not just one but several of the most expensive movies of all time. The underwater sci-fi spectacle that
“All of Humanity’s Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen’s Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”
Tech investor and billionaire Marc Andreessen has many bad opinions (as evidenced by his investment portfolio). On a recent podcast, he shared a real boner : that he isn’t introspective, that people 400 years ago weren’t at all introspective, and that introspection was a
Why Are We Not Better Than We Are: How Poetry Saves Lives
"...a stillness in which the germ of what is not yet palpable pauses and gathers to begin one more time."
The Three Elements of the Good Life
To be a true person is to be entirely oneself in every circumstance, with all the courage and vulnerability this requires. And yet because a person is a confederacy of parts often at odds and sometimes at war with each other, being true is not a pledge to be a paragon of
The California Novel No One Can Find
"Collectors have been tracking an 1854 outlaw tale from gold rush San Francisco to the alleys of Mexico City—and beyond. We join the hunt."
Stitch Your Favorite Destinations with Jake Henzler’s ‘Knit the City’
Stitch a blanket or a pillow cover that reminds you of Copenhagen, Paris, or New York. 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 Stitch Your Favorite
The Medici’s lost garden of wonders
The rise and fall of the Medici’s ingeniously engineered ‘Garden of Wonders’: the Pratolino ‘proto-theme park’ in Tuscany - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
51% of Men Say Mona Lisa "Should Smile More"
Also, JD Vance's incel monument, the Louvre's new security upgrade, and a secretive art fair in the US Virgin Islands ...
The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring R. O. Kwon
The author of The Incendiaries and Exhibit on the bed as refuge, the power of movement and exercise, a life of writing, and more.
A persistent sense of being correctly located in time
Word salad is actually nutritious when consumed in small amounts. Placebos are real, they’re effective and they often help us find solace or perhaps to heal. If they do no harm, there’s no problem. “Placebo” isn’t an insult. It’s a category, one to live up to and improve.
Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)
From the 18th century onward, the genres of Gothic horror and fantasy have flourished, and with them the sensually visceral images now commonplace in film, TV, and comic books. These genres perhaps reached their aesthetic peak in the 19th century with writers like Edgar Allan
Louvre Museum to Install Locks on Doors After Heist
Visitors will be checked for bobby pins and paper clips, which pose the greatest threat to the new "state-of-the-art entry inhibition protocol," the security director said.
Spirit Halloween to Temporarily Take Over Kennedy Center
The institution is looking into alternative forms of revenue to supplement funding for its multi-million dollar renovation, a source said.
Woman With Her Back to the Viewer in Gallery Photos Speaks Out
“I like to think of myself as a modern-day Rückenfigur,” she said in an exclusive interview with Hyperallergic.
New Mysterious Art Fair “The Island” Seeks the Opposite of Buzz
Dozens of mega-collectors are reputed to be attending the super-secretive fair slated to take place in the US Virgin Islands.
List of Failed Business Ideas Found Beneath Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”
An X-ray analysis revealed plans for backup careers in face painting and other pursuits beneath layers of paint in the Dutch Master’s magnum opus.
Survey Finds 51% of Men Think Mona Lisa “Should Smile More"
A new visitor experience survey reveals a surprising amount of criticism lobbed at Lisa del Giocondo.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Rebrands Again as "PhArt"
The institution renamed itself in honor of a readymade whoopee cushion by Marcel Duchamp discovered in its archives.
5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative
Qualifications include a malleable moral compass, and compensation is sometimes guaranteed.
Curator’s Shoes Steal the Show at MoMA Reception
“It is rare to see something so marvelous in a gallery,” said one of the VIP guests.
Ancient Statues at The Met to Receive Patrons' Noses
Thanks to the inaugural Smellowship program, your nose could end up on a marble sculpture in the museum's Greek and Roman Art wing.
JD Vance Unveils Incel Statue at the White House
"Ich bin ein Incel," said the vice president in the presence of manosphere influencers, UFC fighters, and crypto bros.
Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism ....
Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism . “Trump is objectively bad at running the government, but he’s objectively good at running a Klan rally, and his supporters value the latter so much that they forgive the former.”
The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual...
The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web”.