Simone Forti in Her Own Words
A never-before-published interview with the late performance artist, police arrest anti-ICE protesters in DC, and an artist’s scented toilets for Frieze London.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
War stories, new colors, and the joy in getting hands on in art and gardening.
Sasquatch science
The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists - by Andrew Bartlett & Jamie Lewis Read on Aeon
As the crow flies
You’re not a crow, neither is your project. To get from a village in rural France to Los Angeles, the trip to London might be a tiny fraction of the distance from London to LA, but it takes more than half the time. It’s easy to imagine that every step in our journey proceeds at
Europa or Frying Pan?
This image was tweeted out by the NASA Europa Mission account the other day: One of these images is of Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, and the other eight are frying pans. Can you pick Europa out? Hint: frying pans tend not to have impact craters. Update: The photos of the
New York City’s Last Standing Wood Column Company Closes After 110 Years
"Like anything else, everything changes," says owner Thomas Lupo. "Time goes on." 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 New York City’s Last Standing
The video rental store as “third place” . “Decades...
The video rental store as “third place” . “Decades before recommendation algorithms, video stores served as social hubs where conversation and camaraderie became a form of taste-making.”
An Artist Reimagines Frieze London's Loos
Gray Wielebinski's scented artworks for the fair's bathrooms, Michelle Grabner’s gift to a Wisconsin museum, Gagosian's real estate footprint shrinks, and other news.
Required Reading
This week: a Renaissance altarpiece returns home, Yoko Ono at the Broad, the anti-AI writing movement, an uncertain future for butterfly collectors, the harp is hot again, and more.
Simone Forti Talks Yoko Ono, Dance, and Aging in Never-Before-Published Interview
“I remember sitting with Yoko on a ledge on the PS1 roof and talking together comfortably,” said the late performance artist. “It was restful.”
The End of Google Search . The internet giant is...
The End of Google Search . The internet giant is “changing the formula” of its products and media folks are beginning to assume that there will be no search traffic in the future…and fretting about their survival.
Media Matters : “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a...
Media Matters : “ABC, CBS, and NBC aired a combined 194 segments about the three major heat events” that hit the US this summer and not a single one of them mentioned climate change . Not one!
The Winners of the 2026 Pure Street Photography Awards Invoke Happenstance and Commotion
Eight winners were selected from nearly 1,600 entries submitted by photographers in 50 countries. 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 The Winners of
Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying...
Fun little review by Marcin Wichary of a 1984 flying video game called Sopwith , which was never supposed to be released to the public (an event that the game’s creator didn’t learn about until years later).
16 Arrested for Showing Portraits of People Killed by ICE in DC Senate Building
The action by members of the Women’s March used artist Gianluca Costantini’s drawings of Alex Pretti, Renée Good, and other victims of ICE violence.
Cooling System Malfunction Shutters Seven Smithsonian Museums
Washington, DC, is experiencing yet another swampy summer, with heat index values reaching near 100 degrees.
I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces...
I love this little video of burbling pasta sauces (sound on). Wish there was a 10-hour YT version for work background noise…
How Ancient Greek Warships Worked: The Engineering of the Trireme Explained in 3D Animation
Recall, if you will, the first time you read Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad. The section likely to have given you the most trouble — unless, of course, you’re blessed with an obsessive interest in ancient naval warfare — is the much-remarked-upon Catalogue of Ships, a rundown of not
I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for...
I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires . “I’m just telling you that it’s getting hard out there for us blue-collar Nantucket lads when all the ships’ owners are catching the Abolitionist Mind Virus.”
How War Has Redefined Marriage in Gaza
"Celebrating the bond between two lives is a declaration that life itself, however diminished, is still worth living."
25 things that explain America , including personal...
25 things that explain America , including personal injury lawyer advertisements, Crest Whitestrips, Costco rotisserie chicken, and the Pizza Hut lamp. “The T-shirt cannon merges three American obsessions: guns, sports and freebie giveaways.”
Anna Boghiguian on Weaving Armenia
“The gift of being alive is developing a garden in oneself,” the Armenian-Egyptian artist told Hyperallergic, “and to move towards heaven.”
Ani Boghiguian on Weaving Armenia
“The gift of being alive is developing a garden in oneself,” the Armenian-Egyptian artist told Hyperallergic, “and to move towards heaven.”
How Does an Enigma Machine Work?
This is a completely fantastic look at how the Enigma Machine works . Jared Owen constructed a 3D model of the German cipher device and clearly walks the viewer through how the electricity flows through the machine to scramble and unscramble secret messages. When electricity
How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood ....
How Wildfire Smoke Is Reshaping Childhood . “Repeated smoke events are changing children’s daily routines, limiting opportunities for outdoor play and social interaction and reshaping how many families experience summer.”
A Short Film Sheds Light on the Garfield Phones Washing Up on a French Beach Since the ’80s
Breton coastal residents grew up collecting parts of a 1984 Garfield-themed plastic telephone on the beach—and still do. 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
This guy hooked his hamster’s wheel up to Strava —...
This guy hooked his hamster’s wheel up to Strava — Mollie is logging 5-6 miles per day.