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Nolen Royalty : “My latest project is Marc Andreessen Egg Game - a game about drawing on eggs to make them look like venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.”
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Historic Strike Disrupts Venice Biennale
Dozens of national pavilions were partially or fully shut down in a strike for Palestine and for workers' rights.
The 2025 Alaskan Tsunami That Measured 1578 Feet Tall
Last year in an Alaskan fjord, a surprise landslide triggered a tsunami 1578 feet tall . That’s not a typo…the wave was taller than all but 13 of the world’s tallest buildings. In the early hours of August 10, 2025, an enormous landslide triggered a massive tsunami down the
Prophecy At 1420 MHz is the first single from Boards of...
Prophecy At 1420 MHz is the first single from Boards of Canada’s upcoming album. (It’s paired with a short intro track, so we’re basically getting the first five and a half minutes of the album here.)
It’s David Attenborough’s 100th birthday...
It’s David Attenborough’s 100th birthday today ! One of my few genuine heroes.
In ‘Reverence,’ Three Decades of Paul Nicklen’s Remarkable Photographs Exalt Nature
The conservationist and wildlife photographer has traveled the globe to highlight our planet's phenomenal biodiversity. 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
ISpyForGood
"On any given day I was seen as both valuable and disposable, sometimes oscillating between these in the same hour."
Alma Allen Flops in Venice
Plus, a peek into the Biennale's main exhibition, a poetic procession for Koyo Kouoh, a film about a painter and an art forger, and more.
The eye in your pocket
Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move - by Carissa Véliz Read on Aeon
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
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Kinds of fast
There’s the fast of a drag racer. Purpose-built, difficult to steer, expensive and fragile. There’s the fast of the marathon runner. Beat by a sprinter every time, but able to keep it up for hours. And the fast of a well-integrated team. Communications, clarity, and respect
"In Minor Keys" Hits All the Right Notes
The Venice Biennale’s international art exhibition is an unexpected symphony that asks us to ponder what may otherwise be overlooked.
“In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants,...
“In nine experiments involving 1,800 participants, researchers found that people consistently underestimated how interesting and enjoyable conversations about boring topics would be .”
Rogue One: The Andor Cut
David Kaylor is re-editing Rogue One into what he calls “The Andor Cut”; the trailer seems pretty compelling and well-done. He says this is Rogue One if it was produced after Andor: The original version is the events of Rogue One as seen through Jyn’s perspective, and this is
Artists Pay Tribute to Koyo Kouoh in Poetry Caravan at Venice Biennale
The late curator's 1999 voyage with nine African poets inspired a moving procession led by María Magdalena Campos-Pons, writers, and musicians.
Keith Haring Before the End of the World
The artist's free-handed style, on view in works at the Brant Foundation, feels prescient in light of the upcoming AI cataclysm.
Explore 25 Incredible Photos of the Milky Way Captured Around the World
Organized by Capture the Atlas, the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year saw a record number of submissions from around the globe. 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 brief history: lessons from the rise and fall of...
A brief history: lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction . “Must America be forever defined by strict hierarchies of race, gender, religion, and wealth – or can the nation finally realize its promise of egalitarian pluralism?”
Art Movements: New Museum Names Its First Artist Studio Residents
Plus, Forge Project's 2026 fellows, the Robert Therrien Estate leaves Gagosian for Zwirner, and this year's Frieze uniform.
Required Reading
This week: Mamdani honors garment workers, a fake exchange with Sophie Calle, the first Black American tattoo artist, RIP Spirit Airlines, and more.
The Neurophysiology of Enchantment: How Music Casts Its Spell on Us
"Music so readily transports us from the present to the past, or from what is actual to what is possible."
The Abolitionist Map of NYC
The website for the Abolitionist Guide to NYC is just getting started, but the site does house an Abolitionist Map of NYC . The Abolitionist Map of NYC offers a geographic survey of incarceration and anti-carceral resistance in Manahatta from the Dutch colonization of
The Life and Times of an American Tween
"In some ways, the world is cooked. But being a twelve-year-old still kind of eats."
American Folk Art Museum Workers Picket Gala, Calling for Higher Wages
Staffers say they were forced to take action after negotiations for a new contract remained stalled for nearly two years.
Chess Peace is an iOS puzzle game where you have to...
Chess Peace is an iOS puzzle game where you have to place chess pieces on a board so that none of them attack each other. Simple + clever!
An Unlikely Friendship Between Artist and Forger
“The Christophers” is a twisty, delightful yet profound comedy that encouraged me to question my own relationship to art.
One of the coolest things about honey is its...
One of the coolest things about honey is its theoretically infinite shelf-life. 3000-year-old jars of still-edible honey have been found in Egyptian tombs — they used it medicinally for all sorts of things.
Jake Messing’s Hyperrealistic Paintings Celebrate the Abundance of Nature
The Northern California-based artist explores nature as a reflection of our inner lives. 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 Jake Messing’s
The Third Thing: Poet Donald Hall on the Secret to Lasting Love
"Third things are essential to marriages, objects or practices or habits or arts or institutions or games or human beings that provide a site of joint rapture or contentment."
A Whole Lot of Nothing at the US Pavilion
After the last two Biennales searched the soul and history of this nation, how did we end up with this art from the land of the bland?
