Checking in with Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, kinetic machine sculptures that move under their own power along the beach. Some of the most recent versions are quick fast and can even tow humans along behind them.
Shortly after I began the year with some blessings, a friend sent me Lucille Clifton’s spare, splendid poem “blessing the boats.” We had met at a poetry workshop and shared a resolution to write more poetry in the coming year, so we began taking turns each week choosing a line
“Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not.
We all want longevity without compromising on quality of life. This 87-year-old achieves both with a daily running habit - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
A sneak peek and honest impressions of the newly expanded Lower East Side institution, an Iranian artist's view of the war from the diaspora, and Asia Week highlights.
As the 18th-century war between mechanism and romanticism returns, we face a new question: can we build artificial souls? - by Peter Wolfendale Read on Aeon
"A deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral, bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william."
Tonight, when you’re off the clock, what will you listen to, watch or read? I imagine that most of us would agree that this is a free choice. To watch a silly video on YouTube, read a book on Greek philosophy from the library or scroll your feeds. We have time (surprisingly
Jim Jarmusch—the director of Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and Dead Man—recently stepped into The Criterion Collection closet to share the films that shaped his aesthetic sensibility. In the next three minutes, Jarmusch pays tribute to a box set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s
"Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought."
Hyperallergic’s editors sit down for an earnest conversation about the institution’s expanded building and inaugural exhibition.
This is maybe the best baseball catch you’ll ever see. Or the most fun one anyway.
Miuccia Prada is worth $4.8 billion. How good of a person do you expect her to be? “I got to thinking about all this the other day while mulling the curious, oft-repeated fact that Miuccia Prada was, in her 1960s youth, a Communist.”
This week, we honor a pioneering composer, Indigenous muralist, and Upper East Side gallerist.
Across the city, exhibitions, auctions, and lectures converge to celebrate art history, material culture, and centuries-old traditions spanning from Persia to Japan.
“Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster , especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research.”
Since the war began, I feel as if I am living inside a shadow. It has no physical form, yet it follows me everywhere.
A man allegedly broke into an exhibition space in Seattle, shattered a Dale Chihuly installation, and tried to stab a guard with a glass shard.
A playable CSS-only Super Mario Bros game . Wow.
Moore's solo exhibition 'Theater' continues at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta through March 21. 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 Nostalgia and Decay
A generator for VHS slipcovers, cassette tape inserts, CD labels & inserts. You can paste in Spotify URLs, search for movies, etc. Really cool and fun.
The chess program available on Delta Air Lines’ seatback screens is an ELO monster that can beat almost all opponents on easy mode. This guy used a series of increasingly powerful bots to see just how good the Delta chess bot is. Can it beat a grandmaster-level bot? (via clive
It is in relationships that we discover both our depths and our limits, there that we anneal ourselves and transcend ourselves, there that we are hurt the most and there that we find the most healing. But despite what a crucible of our emotional and spiritual lives
"If you can fall in love again and again ... if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you've got it half licked."
What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? “Some have to relearn simple things, things they’ve done their whole life — how to read, how to sing, how to ride a bike.”
Pejac challenges our sense of space and the possibilities of the "blank slate." 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 Pejac Transforms Basic Graph Paper
Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day . I like that Tom Holland. I’m into it.
The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built . “Issues of the journal The Engineer published between 1909 and 1911 contain detailed photographs of the construction of both the Titanic and Olympic…”
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years . “Ms. Murguia and another woman, Debra Rojas, say that Mr. Chavez sexually abused them for years when they were girls, from around 1972 to 1977.”
Pratt Fine Arts is delighted to invite visitors to a two-part show curated by Alessandra Gómez at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
"Israel’s new international college programs offer American students an escape from campus activism while training them as state cheerleaders."