Here is the mathematical logic of the spirit: If love is the quality of attention we pay something other than ourselves and hate is the veil of not understanding ourselves, then loving the world more — the other word for which is kindness — is largely a matter of deepening our
The video shows how the thieves made it in and out of the museum's Apollo Gallery almost seamlessly with the nation's crown jewels.
"Inside, The Valley Sings" is a devastating look at solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. 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 A Rotoscoped Film
Art history departments often fail to embed disability studies into their curricula when engaging with art, politics, and identity.
The institution set up a task force to evaluate the controversial new brand identity as it parts ways with its chief marketing officer.
"Guy Bradley gave his life to save South Florida’s tropical birds, becoming one of the environmental movement’s first martyrs."
Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes. Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals
The sculpture's authors told Hyperallergic that they erected the piece after the government failed to release the complete Epstein files.
The Brooklyn-based artist's compositions teeter between representation and the imaginary. 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 Clouds Billow and Caverns
Art-related features at the film festival run the gamut from niche subjects to crowd pleasers.
Incredible drone footage of a pileup of 100+ cars, trucks, and semis in winter conditions in Michigan .
"Divided" is a part of the artist's 'Earth' trilogy. 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 A Monumental Bisected Orb by SpY Glows Amid Scaffolding in
In 1983 Steve Dyer created the Usenet group soc.motss, possibly the first-ever online LGBT community .
The Met has a union, John Wilson has a message, Ana Mendieta’s traces, and other happenings around the city this week.
By inviting viewers to participate in her work, she has consistently framed collective hope amid a cultural backdrop of suffering and pain.
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. “We can’t count on change being brought about by elections when we can’t count on elections. We can’t count on the freedoms & resources we enjoy today to still be available to us tomorrow.”
Lydia Polgreen: In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War . “Good’s killing was emblematic of [the occupation’s] true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance against Trump’s dark vision of America.”
A report from occupied Minneapolis: So, How’s the Occupation Going for You? “The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections…”
Margaret Sullivan: With Democracy in Free Fall, the Media Must (Finally) Wake Up . “It’s as if a five-alarm fire is consuming a city and the mainstream outlets are saying they might smell something burning…”
Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States, this major loan exhibition at the Fairfield University Art Museum explores more than a century of artists taking on the American flag.
Reporting on Homeland Security’s seige of Minneapolis . “No one…is even really bothering with the pretext that they’re here to make the city safer. This is Donald Trump’s revenge campaign, and they’re the foot soldiers.”
“Scientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undocumented – knack for tool use.” And: “We don’t believe that Veronika is the Einstein of cows…”
The national myth of Grandma Moses, Lotty Rosenfeld's radical linework, and how will art institutions evolve in 2026?
The life of Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose illuminates how scientific genius can emerge from the most unexpected quarters - by Somaditya (Soma) Banerjee Read on Aeon
"Rebecca Solnit considers the photographer’s recent work tracing histories of shipping routes and their impact on the natural environment."
Though it’s easily forgotten in our age of air travel and instantaneous global communication, many a great city is located where it is because of a river. That holds true everywhere from London to Buenos Aires to Tokyo to New York — and even to Los Angeles, despite its own
It’s difficult to write directions. A user interface, a map or a recipe all require empathy. That’s because the person writing it knows something the reader doesn’t. In fact, that’s the only reason to do it. But because instructions exist to bridge this gap, we benefit by
The story, the many stories, of Miles Davis as an opening act for several rock bands in the 1970s makes for fascinating reading. Before he blew the Grateful Dead’s minds as their opening act at the Fillmore West in April 1970 (hear both bands’ sets here), Davis and his all-star