It’s a myth that starving artists don’t eat. They do, just not often or well. Their meals rarely rate recipes, let alone cookbooks. Those cookbooks do exist though.… The mostly conceptual Starving Artist Cookbook put together by EIDIA (aka artists Paul Lamarre and Melissa Wolf)
Despite a tightly controlled narrative, for some workers and artists, the mega-gallery’s downsizing has left more questions than answers.
Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler has led the fight to bring resale royalties to artists in the US. With his retirement, it could all go away.
“The Violet Hour” is a dreamy chronicle of fame, greed, and ambition, full of cartoonish personalities you’ve likely had the misfortune of encountering firsthand.
The sublime enigmas of nature form the basis of the physicist-photographer's explorations of landscape and light. 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
Not surprising to KDO readers and I don’t really know who still needs to hear this in June 2026 but: the US is in the middle of a “rolling coup” by ultra-conservatives who are “well along the path of destroying our democracy”.
Nan Goldin, Molly Crabapple, and Laurie Simmons are among the artists urging Mayor Mamdani to “protect New York City’s creative future.”
Yet another unsurprising article about how bigger SUVs and trucks have resulted in more pedestrian deaths in the US over the past two decades.
“I remember taking a plaid dress, tearing it up, and using it as paint rags,” the 83-year-old painter tells me in a knee-to-knee interview at her studio.
Giant Banana Pulled Over in Montana: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Of Times . “The reason I pulled you over, that light back there, you peeled out.”
Amazon is doing their Prime Day sale again this summer and for those with Prime memberships , it’s a chance to upgrade some tech items at rarely seen prices. Here are a few items I’ve got my eye on: The AirPods Pro 3 are still my daily headphones; I really do love them so
"There is only connection in life," the artist says, "and my work is just looking at those connections, so that we can create a shared experience." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
The art institution is accepting applications from June 22 through August 15 for artists and designers considering graduate study.
"Even in a boom time for games, the decidedly old-fashioned puzzles are more popular than ever. I went to the best place on Earth to understand why."
Brexit vote: 10 years on . “‘Absolute nightmare, shambles, and still is to this day,’ says Tony Rutherford a decade after he voted leave to save the British fishing industry.”
"Everything depends on the individual human being, regardless of how small a number of like-minded people there is... on each person... creatively making the meaning of life a reality in his or her own being."
“His pursuit of knowledge knew no bounds, and he represented the very best of what might be considered the true collector’s spirit,” says artist Man Bartlett.
I posted a video earlier today of a Super Cub airplane landing on the side of a mountain . Super Cubs are ideal for that undertaking because of their low stall speed and short take-off and landing distances. But I had no idea you could land and take off in one in the space of
The new book from David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka of Zupagrafika highlights a wide range of futuristic arenas. 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
I love this playable 3D-rendered reel-to-reel player made by Dunstan Orchard and Kristina Dutton . Despite their virtuality, the buttons are delightfully clicky and the attention to detail is impressive.
Step into a virtual Criterion Closet . “A walk-in closet of 1,327 real Criterion editions, shelved in spine-number order — exactly as a true collector keeps them. Look around, read the spines, and pull any one off the shelf to inspect the case.”
"It is not easy to give closeness and freedom, safety plus danger."
An interview with Flavia Rando, Danielle De Jesus at the Knicks parade, and the great Reflecting Pool fiasco.
Five stories that make Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel feel like nonfiction.
At one time or another, we all feel twinges of anxiety about what will constitute the legacy we leave behind. Jerry Gretzinger may well be subject to just the same discomfort, but at least he can point to the Map: an enormous representation, made of thousands and thousands of
Promotion, activation, and conversation come together when the early adopters have a tool to share a new idea. My new book is out a few months, and it’s a chance to create a share package with swag. There are only 1,000 sets. Each includes 10 first-printing copies of The Knot