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
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 . “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…”
"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."
"As stories of men leaving their dates in ‘sketchy situations’ go viral, experts say these incidents could stem from big egos and poor communication."
The YBA artist spearheaded contemporary art's trend of coupling extreme self-introspection with relentless self-promotion.
"As I watched I had felt a nameless churn in my gut, some tremor of feeling I couldn’t describe."
Sbeity painted vibrant portraits and landscapes of his rural hometown in Southern Lebanon.
The Scotland-based artist is creating hundreds of paper models based on Japanese designer Sanzo Wada's color combinations. 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
A pervasive sense of self-containment, isolation, and miscommunication flows through the Norwegian artist’s work.
What happens when the language of social practice becomes a tool of the very systems it once hoped to challenge?
The artist, who represented Ghana in its first Venice Biennale pavilion, said he is considering suing his home country’s notorious police force.
This week, we honor a celebrated art writer, a champion of First Nations culture, a downtown NYC performance artist and activist, and others.
Though best remembered for his poetry, O’Hara championed artists like Helen Frankenthaler and organized several shows at the Museum of Modern Art during the Cold War.
Atmospheric images capture steel gray clouds, gnarled trees, and clusters of purple heather. 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 Camille Lemoine’s
"Motherhood reshaped how I see shame, art, and the female body."
Engage with leading contemporary faculty, access exceptional studios, and develop your practice in Banff’s inspiring mountain setting.
Nothing magnifies life — in the proper sense of the word, rooted in the Latin for “to make greater, to glorify” — more than the act of noticing its details, and nothing sanctifies it more: Kneeling to look at a lichen is a devotional act. We bless our own lives by recognizing
"Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it."
Hu Yuehua's "Weaving Nature" is a large-scale composition of indigo and ochre botanicals. 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 A Lush Textile
"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."
"Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. One prosecutor called Prager 'the last of the great amateurs.' This is his story."
If technology threatens to flatten our humanity, artists can deepen it. Hear how, from a flamenco musician and a juggler - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Tip on how to create a powerful No Kings sign, art to see in Chicago this spring, DHS uses a Japanese artist’s painting to promote its racist agenda, the baby Jesus painting that went viral.