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Mary Heilmann Dies at 86
Plus: Dean Millien's aluminum-foil animal world, another museum heist in Europe, and the architect leading a new Chinese vernacular.
In praise of zealotry
Early feminists like Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay refused their male peers’ advice to remain polite in debate. Why? - by Geertje Bol Read on Aeon
Bucking Expectations: A Conversation with Rachel Hartigan
Oh, the places you'll go when you say yes.
The Amazon tax
It’s not technically a tax. Taxes produce valuable public benefits, like medical research and parks. This is simply legal theft. Amazon makes nearly a billion dollars in profit from search ads. Every week. Each week, they sell merchants and publishers enough search-distorting
5,000 Classic Movie Posters Digitized & Put Online: Free to Browse & Download
Who hasn’t pinned one of Saul Bass’ elegant film posters on their wall—either with thumbtacks above the dorm room bed or in frame and glass in grown-up environs? Or maybe it’s 70s kitsch you prefer—the art of the grindhouse and sensationalist drive-in exploitation film? Or 20s
Mary Heilmann, Painter of Irreverent Abstractions, Dies at 86
“My inspiration for art doesn’t really come from the history of painting,” the artist told Hyperallergic in a 2013 interview, “it comes from the community of art as it is now.”
NYC Names Bryan Joseph Lee as New Deputy Culture Commissioner
The cultural strategist and producer will work alongside curator and commissioner Diya Vij at the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Dean Millien’s Aluminum-Foil Animal World
A highlight of “Greater New York” at MoMA PS1, the artist’s remarkable sculptures made from the humble household material continue a practice he began as a child in Brooklyn.
“ Sand temperatures above 29°C now produce 95–99%...
“ Sand temperatures above 29°C now produce 95–99% female sea turtles instead of the historical 50–50 ratio, creating a reproductive bottleneck that could collapse populations within two generations.”
Milk Cartons and Bottle Gourds Form Sipho Mabona’s Tribute to His Late Father
Mabona's sculptures highlight how the personal and cultural intersect alongside the distinctly South African sense of resilience. 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
A.J. Jacobs recently interviewed “the Papa Bear of...
A.J. Jacobs recently interviewed “the Papa Bear of Puzzling”, Will Shortz and came away with seven lessons he learned from him . “Creativity is usually more about evolution than revolution.”
RISD MFA Students Paint Through the Heartbreak
Each painting is like an island awash with yearning, sending out a lighthouse signal into a fractured world.
Priceless Renaissance Paintings Stolen From Italian Museum
Authorities say thieves made off with four artworks by Sicilian master Antonello da Messina in under five minutes.
The Architect Shaping a New Chinese Vernacular
Pritzker-winner Wang Shu’s design for the Ningbo Historic Museum reconciles China’s nostalgia with its desire for a shiny, avant-garde future.
Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab . “If tech seeks to...
Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab . “If tech seeks to replace democratic governance itself, then the response has to be more democracy, not less.” Lots of related links in this piece too.
In Jewel-Like Paintings, Wiley Wallace Conjures Enchantment in the Desert
Wallace's glowing acrylic paintings feature crystals, enigmatic energy forces, starlight, and specters. 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 In
We live in a world of ordinary abundance & luxuries...
We live in a world of ordinary abundance & luxuries only dreamed of in centuries past: music on demand, photographs, books, eyeglasses, refrigeration, vaccination, bicycles, and the washing machine.
Deepen Your Creative Practice at Vermont Studio Center
Full and partial fellowships available for artists and writers
Ozu in Color (Every Frame a Painting)
For TCM, Every Frame a Painting’s Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou tell us how legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu made the transition to color filmmaking. His first color film was Equinox Flower in 1958 and it took a couple of films for Ozu to work out how to best employ color.
Two new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary...
Two new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary series New York will soon air on PBS . “Produced by the same team that created the original NEW YORK series, The Future of Cities presents a sweeping and dramatic portrait of New York since Sept 11th.”
Clay Transforms into Vibrant and Funky ‘Habibti’ Sculptures by Maryam Yousif
"Clay, as a medium, has a way of connecting us to the past," Yousif says. 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 Clay Transforms into Vibrant and Funky
Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing
“The use of music,” Richard Powers wrote, “is to remind us how short a time we have a body” — a truth nowhere more bittersweet than in the creature whose body is the oldest unchanged musical instrument on Earth: a tiny mandolin silent for most of its existence, then sonorous
Yale study : “A single-payer universal health care...
Yale study : “A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace.”