Per Betteridge’s law of headlines and also the map above, my answer is clearly no. You can try it yourself here …you draw them one at a time and it adds them to the map automagically. I’m going to blame my trackpad use a little, but I’m not sure I would have done much better
A new book by Jo Farb Hernández, featuring photos by Fred Scruton, highlights artist-built environments around the U.S. 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
The Center for Craft will award up to four $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic.
Recent advances in science have revolutionized our understanding of the Maya , e.g. there’s evidence that “more people lived in the classic-era Maya lowlands than on the Italian peninsula during the peak of the Roman empire…”
“ Boredom is the price we pay for a life rich with meaning . Recognizing this makes the feeling more endurable.”
"Two exhibitions in Los Angeles respond to the racist monuments to Confederate soldiers that have been erected all over the United States."
The best shows to see across the city this season, SVA shuts down curatorial practices program, Art Crossword, March opportunities, and more.
Whole regions of the world are now uninsurable, bringing radical uncertainty to the economy. How do we fix the problem? - by Gavin Evans Read on Aeon
"The paradox of Jason Lee . . . is that he is a celebrity who openly invites fans to come hang out with him on a regular basis, but who also has historically remained a notably private person."
This is where empathy lies, and it’s an easy chasm to fall into. “I can’t imagine eating durian ice cream,” is not the same as “no one likes durian ice cream.” We fail as marketers, editors and project managers when we can’t find the empathy to bridge the gap. It’s a lovely
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, or The Adventures of Prince Achmed, lays fair claim to being the earliest animated feature film in existence. If we do grant it that title, it beats the next contender by more than a decade. While Prince Achmed came out a century ago, in 1926,
Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it?
For almost two hundred years, English gentlemen could not consider their education complete until they had taken the “Grand Tour” of Europe, usually culminating in Naples, “ragamuffin capital of the Italian south,” writes Ian Thomson at The Spectator. Italy was usually the
The gleeful subversiveness of Duchamp at MoMA, the first major US show on Raphael at The Met, and exhibitions on spirituality, the body, fashion, and more.
"Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire."
We spoke to the fashion collective, who will be in the Whitney Biennial and shows at Pioneer Works and Amant, about collectivity and taking chances.
"From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everything I could."
Beneath the velvet upholstery of Amanda Kramer’s “By Design,” uncomfortable truths swell at the seams.
The 14-year-old program is no longer accepting applicants, the school said.
When lit up at night, this badminton academy in Bhubaneswar, India looks like a shuttlecock .
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Vermont Studio Center, the Japanese American National Museum, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
“My work is informed by the timeless wisdom, moral lessons, and magical elements found within Sestwana stories." 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
“Supercharged” solar activity and the equinox effect, which “doubles the chance of auroral activity around the spring and fall equinoxes”, could make March 2026 the best month for the northern lights until the mid-2030s.
The countercultural San Francisco artist specialized in antiwar art and the transcendent potential of sex in the era of flower power.
Last week, Nine Inch Nails released an album of remixes and unreleased session music from their Tron: Ares score called Tron Ares: Divergence . I’m listening to it now; pretty good so far. Tags: movies · music · Nine Inch Nails · Tron · video
“ A long dive into the features that make my ideal music app , and why nothing currently fulfills the brief.”
"In a long list of classic stories, the legendary magazine writer helped teach readers what masculinity looks like in the 21st century. To write his first book, he had to confront the man who first taught him: his father."
We’re less than a week away from the institution’s major biennial. How much do you know about its collections and controversies?
This is the most 2026 thing I’ve ever heard: Sigmund Freud’s great-granddaughter Bella Freud has a video podcast on YouTube where she interviews people (Cate Blanchette, Lorde, Graydon Carter) while they lie on a psychiatrist’s couch.
This essay is adapted from Traversal. We feel first and think second, then spend our lives contorting to invert the order, sublimating emotion to reason, only to find ourselves made smaller and less alive by the flight from feeling. The mind has peculiar way of protecting the
How a job at a remote biology research station transformed into a unique craft practice. 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 Dive into Wool Creature
A Boston man discovered a document passed down through his family: his ancestor’s freedom papers . “When he touched that paper he was touching the same place his relative touched in 1834.”
Lumière, Le Cinema! is a new documentary film by Thierry Frémaux about Auguste & Louis Lumière and the early days of motion pictures — and includes 100+ newly restored films. It’s playing at MoMA at the end of this month; here’s their description: Witness the birth of cinema