Set against uninterrupted backgrounds, metallic portraits float almost deity-like amid vibrant color. 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 Reflections
"Amid tight Israeli restrictions, new remote research is starting to make visible the scale of toxic fallout across the Gaza Strip."
Remembering the pioneering performance artist, who died on Wednesday at 91. Plus: Trump gives two gilded statues in DC a makeover.
In this edition: in a pickle; gut feeling; king of pain; life (or something like it); for those about to rock.
Through international organisations, they wield power under the pretence of simply following the experts. Don’t believe them - by Jan Eijking Read on Aeon
We transferred an idea from engineering to culture, but it’s incomplete. If you build a watch that doesn’t tell time, it’s fair to say it doesn’t work. But when a critic says, “that joke didn’t work,” after seeing a comic perform to a raucous audience, what they probably mean
Open Culture readers may know John Green best for Crash Course, the YouTube channel that teaches everything you need to know about subjects like world history, U.S. history, big history, literature, and philosophy. Or at least it teaches everything a teenage student facing down
The Onion: Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation. The actual Wilson on Bluesky : “No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this.” Most fun movie discourse since Barbenheimer.
The Italian-born choreographer and performance artist mixed boundless curiosity with a formal rigor across a broad creative spectrum that spanned New York, Los Angeles, and Rome.
I ran across this post on Threads the other day: “What’s the hardest record in sports history to ever break?” A sampling of the replies: “Bill Russell’s 11 NBA championships including 8 in a row.” “Lionel Messi scored 91 goals in the 2012 calendar year.” “Cy Young 749
The sprucing up of the "Arts of War" and "Arts of Peace" equestrian statues cost the public $5 million in a no-bid contract.
A Telegram Arrived — And I Had to Choose Between My Head and My Heart . “On Boxing Day, I rang my father and told him my news. He was momentarily silent until his delayed shock was so great that he dropped his favourite coffee cup and I heard it smash.”
Rembrandt pioneered the saleable self, but unlike his rival, Gerard Van Honthorst, failed to reconcile his personal vision with the market.
“ A new Airbus passenger jet completed an ultra-long test flight between Australia and France lasting more than 24 hours —paving the way for the world’s longest nonstop commercial flights starting up next year.” Wow.
Comedian Mo Welch has a new show on PBS called The Drawing Room , where she interviews people while she draws them (and her guests draw her). What a great idea for a show. The first three episodes are live already: Brett Goldstein , Sarah Silverman , and violinist Vijay Gupta
"A growing number of young Brits are withdrawing from society. Some don't leave the house for months. We met their families."
The Osage museum professional steps into a new leadership role. Plus, curators named for the Aichi Triennale and Biennale of Sydney in our weekly roundup of industry news.
This week: remembering Betye Saar on her 100th birthday, saving a women’s sculpture garden, Emily Wilson breaks the internet, climate scientists on OnlyFans, and more.
The Beauty of Doing Nothing Together . “What you’re doing hardly matters. What matters is inviting someone into the ordinary parts of your life instead of waiting for an occasion that feels worthy of an invitation.”
The federal government announced on Monday that the Texan portion of the US-Mexico border wall will be exempt from environment preservation laws.
The duo aims to raise awareness of biodiversity and conservation by evoking a sense of wonder similar to what we feel in nature. 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
“The biologist Michael Levin has spent his life trying to prove that minds show up in places we’d never think to look.”
Henderson also captures the changing light and the otherworldly textures and ochres of the iconic rock. 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 Zac
Volcanologist Laszlo Kestay took this photo of a lava skylight in 1996 while conducting field work at Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi. The hardened lava flows strongly resemble doomed souls being sucked into hell or the damned escaping the underworld. Tags: geology · hawaii · hell ·
The Mount Amel Castles and the archaeological ruins of Sebastia are among six new heritage sites considered to be in danger.
"Our guts have never been more optimized—but have the scat chats gone too far?"
The legacy of the Luddite movement changes when you zoom out a bit . “The development of cooperatives around the world is another story that should not end too abruptly. We could still be weaving it today.”