Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
"How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel 'at war with an enemy that does not fight back.'”
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Long-Lost Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Goes to Auction
Her painting “Near Abiquiu, New Mexico I” was stashed in an East Village closet for decades. Now it might sell for up to $3 million.
Their eyes
In Kenya, the Philippines and Venezuela, low-paid labour fuels the driverless future of the Global North - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The Brain Injury That Made Edward Freytag A Musical Genius
"As his brain healed over the next six months, however, something remarkable happened, something that would land Edward in the annals of neuroscience case history."
Methodical/mercurial
I need order and routine – just as much as I crave excitement and variety. What’s life like with both autism and ADHD? - by Sarah Hendrickx Read on Aeon
Doris Salcedo Traces the Shape of Memory
The Colombian artist reflects on the state’s attempts to erase history, and the people’s continued refusal. Also: How should artists decide whether to participate in documenta 16?
The Generosity of Selfishness: C.S. Lewis on How to Be Interesting
Our lives are defined not by what we have but what we give — on what and whom we spend our energy and time, how we share our material possessions and our mental powers, what we do with our gifts. “Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you,” Annie
George Washington’s error
In his farewell address, he said, “Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.” It’s easy to fall in love with the idea that we live in a detached and distant situation. To imagine that culture and society and events out there have no
The Man Who Risked His Life Mocking the Nazis: Read 96 Issues of His Underground Magazine, Created in Hiding During WWII
The word zine, referring to a homemade magazine not distributed through the normal commercial channels, has a longer history than you might expect. Its earliest recorded uses date from 1946 in the world of pulp magazines, most often of the science-fiction variety. But just a
Burying the Evidence
The future doesn’t care about your time capsule, but don’t let that stop you.
Martin Scorsese Creates a List of 39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker
As a young man, filmmaker Colin Levy got an opportunity of a lifetime. He got a one-on-one meeting with Martin Scorsese. After spending much of his time in high school making a five-minute short, Levy won the national YoungArts award — and, with it, the chance to chat with the
Daniel Sikkema Sentenced to Life for Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema
The 56-year-old man is accountable for a "cold, calculated murder-for-hire plot," said US Attorney Jamie McDonald.
The Souls of Animals
“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning
Great Art Explained Traces the Incredible Story of Henri Matisse’s ‘The Red Studio’
The documentary short by art historian James Payne traces the history of the paradigm-shifting painting. 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 Great Art
So You’ve Been Invited to Documenta 16. Here’s Our Advice.
As two documenta 15 artists who were mercilessly vilified due to our support of Palestine, here’s what you need to consider when you make your choice.
The Prior Occupants of Westbeth Are Just Beyond Reach
A little more legibility would've benefited Alison Nguyen's fragmented short film about the famed NYC artists' housing complex.
France Opens War Crimes Investigation Into Israeli Airstrike That Killed Artist Ali Cherri's Parents
Amnesty International found that Israeli forces had no evidence of a verifiable military target at the site of the strike.
Mamdani's Five Ballot Questions Pass, But Arts Groups Remain Skeptical
Concerns over landmark sites and lack of public input have dampened trust in Proposal 3, in particular.
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
The case of the copyright history of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis is as convoluted as the history of its film print. Lang’s vision and his original almost-three-hour cut were doomed to censorship right from the start. The Nazis took out its more
Miquel Navarro, Sculptor of Cities Real and Imagined, Dies at 81
In this column honoring those we lost in the art community, we remember a leading Spanish sculptor, a Dutch museum leader, and an Indian modernist.
Claire Valdez Will Be Your Artist in Congress
The artist, former cultural worker, and union organizer won a seat in the US House of Representatives by nearly 70 percentage points.
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s Whimsical Books and Dolls Celebrate Black Community
Later this month, Fort Gansevoort presents 25 of the late Ohio artist's works in 'Beaded and Bound.' 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 Aminah Brenda
Doris Salcedo on Colombia's Refusal to Forget
“Works of art last much longer than their governments,” she told Hyperallergic in an interview following the far-right president’s removal of works from the National Museum.
In Praise of the Dilettante
"A wayfaring cosmopolitan who never gets stuck, the dilettante is the right anti-hero for our hyper-specialized age."
School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate Programs and Deadlines
Explore graduate study at the most influential art and design school in the United States.
Visible Brushstrokes Push on a Subtle Grid in Stelios Pupet’s Contemplative Scenes
From his studio in Athens, Stelios Pupet renders meditative paintings that place organic elements within a subtle grid. 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
See You Thursday
I’m taking the day off from the site today — feeling crispy from a little too much work lately. Besides, everyone’s gonna be too busy huffing US midterm election results to pay any attention to anything else. In the meantime, you can spend some time with my poorly timed