Met Museum Announces Free Memberships for NY SNAP Recipients
Millions of residents across New York State are now eligible for the "Explorer" program, which offers perks like streamlined entry and special previews.
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Life With Locked-in Syndrome: ‘Despite Everything, You Are Alive’
"Matt Rudd has remarkable conversations with three Britons who, after life-changing accidents, have fully active minds but cannot move or speak, and can communicate only via the blink of an eye."
Celia Paul Makes Her Own Way
Plus, Frank Stella’s collection of Navajo weavings and Martha Cooper’s iconic New York.
The Best Thing About The Satanic Panic . “There’s...
The Best Thing About The Satanic Panic . “There’s a phenomenon called the rhyme-as-reason effect that says people are more likely to believe something is true if it rhymes.”
JS Crossword . “This crossword uses some...
JS Crossword . “This crossword uses some lesser-known and cursed JS features, so I’d recommend it for people already somewhat familiar with JavaScript.” Diabolical.
Jongjin Park Layers Slip-Soaked Paper into Patchwork Sculptures
From paper towel drenched in ceramic slip, Jongjin Park sculpts these layered forms. 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 Jongjin Park Layers
Daft Punk, Medieval-Style
Watch and listen to bardcore trio Courseval play a cover version of Daft Punk’s Veridis Quo, a track from Discovery. This is lovely. And a banger. Courseval have covered other popular music in medieval style, including Rihanna’s Umbrella , Take On Me by A-Ha , Bad Romance by
Frozen To -22 Degrees, BYD’s New EV Just Charged To 97%...
Frozen To -22 Degrees, BYD’s New EV Just Charged To 97% In Only 12 Minutes . This is genuinely impressive — charging and driving an EV in subzero winter weather is just brutal (ask me how I know).
They’re doing a film adaptation of Tomorrow, and...
They’re doing a film adaptation of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow . Daisy Edgar-Jones will play Sadie (perfect choice) and the director is Oscar-winner Siân Heder (Coda).
The Small Miracle of Greenpoint Open Studios
The annual festival, which went on hiatus during the pandemic, welcomed visitors into the workspaces of over 250 artists in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
Spectral Fronds and Flowers Comprise Elegant Animals in Molly Devlin’s Paintings
Part fauna and part flora, each elegant animal is a reminder of nature's interconnectedness. 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 Spectral Fronds and
The Birds of Palestine
Illustrator John Rooney has teamed up with the Middle East Children’s Alliance to produce and sell this Birds of Palestine print . Rooney on Instagram : “All profits will be going towards providing emergency assistance to children and families in what is still a dire situation
TIL that Andreessen Horowitz owns/runs the NYC Tech Week...
TIL that Andreessen Horowitz owns/runs the NYC Tech Week event . Among other things, A16Z made Daniel Penny a partner in the firm despite no investing experience after he killed a homeless Black man on the NYC subway.
If You Take the Weasel Job Then You Must Be the Weasel ....
If You Take the Weasel Job Then You Must Be the Weasel . “Bilton reveals himself as a goon, a soft-peddler, a PR man, an obfuscator; the opposite of everything that 60 Minutes is supposed to be”.
Re the Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia case : the company...
Re the Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia case : the company should sponsor her environmental efforts and part of that is a trademark agreement where each side compromises a little bit; Pattie can keep doing her thing and Patagonia is seen as an ally again.
Jerry Gogosian Dies at 40
News about Hilde Lynn Helphenstein’s sudden death shocked the art world.
Living in an Alive World
Soft eyes, deep listening, and other ways to extend human perception beyond our limits.
Stop ruining it
Paul McGowan makes stereos. To paraphrase his insight: The musicality isn’t a feature you add to an amplifier. It’s what’s left when you stop ruining it. To expand: Customer delight isn’t something we add to our projects. It’s what’s left if we don’t ruin it. Curiosity isn’t
An Introduction to the Islamic World: 1,000 Years of History in 19 Minutes
References to Islam in major media can make it sound monolithic and eternal. But it’s actually a much younger and less unified phenomenon than many of us imagine, especially if we happen to live outside the Middle East. As a religion, it dates back “only” to the seventh
The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
It’s almost 35 years ago now that Nirvana’s video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” debuted on MTV’s 120 Minutes and, for better or worse, inaugurated the grunge era. The video (below) arrived as a shock and a thrill to a generation too young to remember punk and sick of the steady
The Only Three Distinctions Between People
It may be that consciousness evolved to sieve the relevant from the incomprehensible allness of all there is, to parse the world into concepts and find an organizing principle for the chaos of them. Our cognitive inheritance is a restless yearning to fathom how things cohere
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein of “Jerry Gogosian” Found Dead in Brazil
The curator and commentator built a following for her online persona and satirical memes of the art world.
Against Self-Criticism: Adam Phillips on How Our Internal Critics Enslave Us, the Stockholm Syndrome of the Superego, and the Power of Multiple Interpretations
"In broaching the possibility of being, in some way, against self-criticism, we have to imagine a world in which celebration is less suspect than criticism."
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s...
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season . “Key environmental indicators show that the nation is a tinderbox, gripped by widespread drought and with a light snowpack in the mountains.”
Kingston Locals Can't Stand City's “Soulless” New Signage
New site markers installed in the Hudson River Valley city last month have been decried as “bland,” “ugly,” and “sterile slop.”
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery
Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Celia Paul Transcends Her Own Mythology
She puts her own spin on autobiography, exceeding her own cult status as a monastic artist.
Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One
Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.
An Interactive Sculpture by Wade and Leta Celebrates the Sun-Bleached Australian Landscape
Visitors can hop on the teeter-totter and adjust the ecological soundscape of "There, Now, Here." 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 An Interactive
I’ve probably featured this before but always worth...
I’ve probably featured this before but always worth a re-up: “ A Books Unbanned library card gives teens across the United States free digital access to ebooks and digital resources, including banned and challenged books — no matter where they live.”