Processing the Unbearable, Imagining the Radical

To RISD’s graduating class, I say: The most necessary work comes from the willingness to stay in the discomfort of the open question.

Culture • 22m

David Hockney, RIP: See the Evolution of His Pop-Art Swimming-Pool Masterpiece A Bigger Splash (1967)

In a way, it always made sense that one of the most memorable visual distillations of Southern California life would have been painted by an Englishman. The purest appreciation for the wide-open lifestyle choices, freestyle built environment, unrepentant private wealth, and

Culture • 41m

Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size Woodcuts Meld Nature, Memory, and Ukrainian Heritage

The artist's giant woodcuts are on view this month at Hecho a Mano in Santa Fe. 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 Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size

Culture • 56m

It Was Britain’s Most Expensive House. Why is its Only Resident a Homeless Man Who Lives on the Porch?

"With many people desperate for secure housing, what does the abandonment of this palace tell us about the UK?"

Culture • 2h

They Were Just Having a Back-to-School Party in an Apartment Rec Room. Little Did They Know They Were Creating Hip-Hop

The music genre that became a global sensation started with some creative teens just getting together and riffing rhymes to DJ Kool Herc’s curated beats

Culture • 4h

The .ART Award Honors the Story Behind the Artwork

The .ART Award includes a $15,000 Grand Prize, residencies at Château du Fresne in France and Anfitrion in Spain, and more. 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

Culture • 5h

Our neighbors, the peacocks

A portrait of the pristine suburb of Arcadia, where hundreds of feral peacocks are embraced by some, despised by others - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Culture • 5h

Remembering David Hockney

The British painter who transformed the everyday, and 25 art shows for America 250.

Culture • 5h

Therapy for billionaires

As my grandfather’s money taught, wealth can be a poison. The rich must reckon with its costs to recover their humanity - by Alexa Clay Read on Aeon

Culture • 5h

Degrees of freedom

When tech shows up, it offers a shortcut and convenience. You can use Google Maps to direct you somewhere without paying much attention to the surroundings. You can use Claude to write your marketing copy and get a better-than-mediocre result the first try. You can look for a

Culture • 6h

The Splendid Book Design of the 1946 Edition of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

In 1929, the book publisher George Macy founded The Limited Editions Club (LEC), an imprint tasked with publishing finely illustrated limited editions of classic books. In the years to come, Macy worked with artists like Matisse and Picasso, and photographers like Edward

Culture • 7h

A Spell Against Stagnation: John O’Donohue on Beginnings

"Our very life here depends directly on continuous acts of beginning."

Culture • 15h

The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence

"I armed myself with patience and courage, and only after several months managed to dissolve my doubts and see my research crowned with happy confirmation."

Culture • 21h

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