A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan's High Line
The inflatable cavatappi-shaped artwork, inspired by fashion house Bulgari’s serpent motif, will remain on view through New York Fashion Week.
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Madelon Vriesendorp’s Subconscious Cities
An exhibition explores the creativity and imagination of an artist whose way of seeing influences architects and artists.
Rocky Sleep, You Watch, Question?
Project Hail Mary is already on my list of movies that I can just throw on in the backround while I do a bit of work or puttering around. (Not sure whether that’s an endorsement or not…I like the movie!) Anyhoo, if you get tired of the movie, you can watch Rocky sleep for 2+
In ‘Ascent,’ Debra Baxter Explores the Power in Vulnerability, Mysticism, and Time
Baxter uses materials derived from the earth that are explicitly solid, evoking an intimate tension between vulnerability and strength. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7
Activists Protest Bayeux Tapestry Sponsor’s Ties to Israeli Settlements
Demonstrators at the British Museum decried billionaire Igor Tulchinsky’s financing of a community center in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Occupied West Bank.
Now open for business in Nyack, NY: Busman’s Holiday , a...
Now open for business in Nyack, NY: Busman’s Holiday , a stationary store run by (former?) graphic designer Sam Potts , who announced the shop back in March in a KDO open thread . Lots of nice touches here, including a used pencil exchanger .
Ok wait, the NES Tetris world record is now 40.26...
Ok wait, the NES Tetris world record is now 40.26 million ??! It took 2 hours and 20 minutes and the previous record was 29 million. At level 255, you hit “rebirth” and the pieces slow down to level 0 speeds again. Totally bonkers.
Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre
A wave of museum thefts is exposing the vulnerabilities of institutions struggling to protect irreplaceable collections after years of underfunding.
A Deep Dive Into the Full Bayeux Tapestry Story
From Deep Down History, an entertaining hour-long explainer video on the Bayeux Tapestry . This video tells the Tapestry’s story in full, using Charles Stothard’s early colour reproduction, presented here as a seamless scroll for the first time. We follow Harold Godwinson’s
Art History and Pop Culture Converge in Frederich Kunath’s ‘The Nearest Faraway Place’
The artist describes that he aims to make his paintings “feel like songs.” 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 Art History and Pop Culture Converge in
I’ve linked to Summoning Salt’s videos before (they make...
I’ve linked to Summoning Salt’s videos before (they make some of the best video game explainer videos out there — hell, some of the best YT videos period) and here’s their newest one: The Tournament That Changed Tetris Forever .
Six Decades of David Hockney on View in Gloucester, MA
“Hockney Reproduction(s)" explores the artist's innovation through reproductive media at the Manship Artists Residency. Opens September 11, 2026
In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod...
In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod fishing due to overfishing. It was devastating for Newfoundlanders. This year, for the first time since then, the govt has “upgraded the cod stock’s status from ‘critical’ to ‘healthy’” .
Two-Hour Mix of the Jazz in Haruki Murakami Novels
From NTS, this is a two-hour mix of jazz music featured in the books of Haruki Murakami. ‘Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys ....
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys . Today’s tech titans took all the wrong lessons from the science fiction of their youths and now they’re each building their version of the Torment Nexus .
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Silver Exhibition
The most reflective element on Earth, silver has transformed the ways in which humans perceive, record, and understand the world 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
Once upon a screen: explosive paradox
Decades after seeing ‘Platoon’, Kevin recalls how the film stirred generational trauma in his family and racism at school - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist
Artist Naeem Mohaiemen reflects on the day of the attacks, Channelle Chevelle Russel reviews Pope.L, and Brooklyn gets a craft supply library.
The bombarding of childhood
It’s not just screen time: the problem with children’s media is that it has become relentlessly hectic, loud and bright - by Natalia Kucirkova Read on Aeon
Canceling one flight
Let’s imagine the airline you run had to cancel just one flight a year. You have three days notice. How would you go about it? You might begin by considering the travelers with the tightest itineraries, and explore which options exist and prioritize them. Then, this being
How the Silk Road Actually Worked (and What Could Go Terribly Wrong On It)
You don’t have to spend a long time reading up on the Silk Road before you see the term itself (“Silk Road”) called a misnomer. In fact, what we refer to by that name comprises a whole network of trade routes connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe, whose traffic constantly shifted
How Martin Luther King, Jr. Used Nietzsche, Hegel & Kant to Overturn Segregation in America
Image by Dick DeMarsico, via Wikimedia Commons The influence of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel on the revolutionary philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is well known. Marx wrote a critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right and claimed to have turned the German idealist
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found , a piece...
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found , a piece written by Colson Whitehead just a month after 9/11. “The New York City you live in is not my New York City; how could it be? This place multiplies when you’re not looking.”
Seneca on True and False Friendship
"Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul."