Name of the Father
"A wiseguy's son steps out of his father's shadow—and into the boxing ring. But the legacy of organized crime isn't so easy to leave behind."
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Commodore (you know, the 64 folks) is releasing a flip...
Commodore (you know, the 64 folks) is releasing a flip phone . “No social media, no browser. Runs 99% of Android apps (without Android). T9-style texting adds mindful friction. Audiophile grade HD Audio.”
What If It All Came Out?
"We’re each attached to years of texts, searches, and photos, an archive of humiliation that could detonate at any time."
The Astounding True Story of America's Comic Book Creators, From 'The Yellow Kid' to Superman to Webcomics
A groundbreaking cartoonist paired images with a running narrative in 1896 to create the first comic strip. They've mutated into books, blockbuster movies and Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novels
Julie Mehretu’s Advice to Young Artists
The artist's stirring commencement speech at RISD, the best art shows in NYC this summer, and can you really have friendships in the art world?
What is this rock?
Not natural, not quite unnatural, the strange new rocks of the Anthropocene stretch the boundaries of geology - by John MacDonald Read on Aeon
The Queen of Soap Operas Started Off By Telling Stories About the Drama She Was Missing in Her Own Life
Irna Phillips was a radio voice actor in Chicago when she was asked to create a serialized program. From that, she created a legacy that includes ‘Guiding Light’ and ‘As the World Turns’
The relentless math of the long tail
There are more than a million podcasts. The good news is that it’s easy to start one. The top 1% of all podcasts account for 99% of all downloads. That means that if your goal is reach, the long tail isn’t going to help much. The short head, even in a medium as wide open […]
Clare Torry’s Rare Live Performances of “Great Gig in the Sky” with Pink Floyd
When Clare Torry went into the studio to record her now-legendary vocals for Pink Floyd’s “Great Gig in the Sky,” the centerpiece of 1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, neither the singer nor the band was particularly impressed with each other. David Gilmour remembered the moment in
Simone de Beauvoir on How Chance and Choice Converge to Make Us Who We Are
"My life... runs back through time and space to the very beginnings of the world and to its utmost limits. In my being I sum up the earthly inheritance and the state of the world at this moment."
How The Heck Do Solar Panels Work? “Every hour,...
How The Heck Do Solar Panels Work? “Every hour, the Earth receives enough sunlight to power all of human civilization for a year. It arrives silently, from all directions, at no cost.”
Mad Max creator George Miller wants to make one more Mad...
Mad Max creator George Miller wants to make one more Mad Max movie and a TV series before calling it quits.
30 Must-See Art Shows in New York City This Summer
Pierre Huyghe’s brain activity-inspired dreamscapes, Orientalism at The Met, a menagerie of mystical animals, and so much more.
Randomly thought of Brendan Dassey today. He’s...
Randomly thought of Brendan Dassey today. He’s still serving out his life sentence for, IMO, having absolutely nothing to do with the murder at the center of Netflix’s Making a Murderer.
Celebrating the Knicks Win, One Stitch at a Time
The textile artist known as Cheeks embraced a wave of city pride at his now-viral Fort Greene embroidery pop-up.
‘You Killed the Car’
"A Ferrari and a distinctive Highland Park home combined for an iconic scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off."
The Obamas Unveil First-Ever Official Dual Portrait
The richly layered painting was created by artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby using her signature photo-transfer technique.
The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By...
The SpaceX IPO Is A Giant Unworkable Con Orchestrated By An Overt White Supremacist Huckster . “He’s endlessly mythologized by a shitty corporate press, eager to ignore his virulent racism & financial fraud bc he’s accumulated obscene amounts of money.”
Art Problems: Are My Friends Using Me to Get Shows?
When you’re constantly asked for things you can’t deliver, it can be hard to tell who your real friends are. Paddy Johnson has tips.
Historic Kyiv Cathedral Ablaze After Russian Strikes
Deadly bombardments across Ukraine sparked the fire in the UNESCO site, an 11th-century Christian monastery.
Telescope Ranchers
Rockwood, Texas is home to a unique business, Starfront Observatories . Owner/operator Bray Falls hosts hundreds of other people’s telescopes in perfect conditions — ultra-dark skies (Class 1 on the Bortle scale ), clear weather, and fast internet — so astrophotographers from
How to Live Fully: The Samurai Guide to Dying Every Day
The great paradox of human life is that our mortality is the fulcrum of our search for meaning — the yearning to make this brief lungful of life matter amid the breathless void of space and time — and yet we spend our lives obviating the fact that we are mortal. If we are lucky
How to Be More Alive: Hermann Hesse on Wonder and the Proper Aim of Education
"While wandering down the path of wonder, I briefly escape the world of separation and enter the world of unity."
How to get out of bed . “There is no 28 point shot...
How to get out of bed . “There is no 28 point shot in basketball. The only way to come back from a 27 point deficit is one shot at a time. Two points here. Two points there. A few three pointers sprinkled in.”
Tamara Dean Blurs the Boundary Between Bodies and Natural Landscapes
The photographer is driven by a desire to "explore the reality that humans are not separate from nature, but intrinsically part of it." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7
DJ Shadow and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be...
DJ Shadow and the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be performing a “collaborative reimagination for orchestra” of his seminal album Endtroducing… in December . Tickets are already sold out , but there will be a recording!
Lesbian Art Novels You Should Read
Sarah Schulman's fiction about lesbian artists, Vaginal Davis's new catalog, and more.
On Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”
Matthew Butterick is a lawyer, programmer, writer, and designer. He’s written a long, interesting piece about the inherent risks of AI called Extinction-Level Capitalism . It is well-worth a read; I’ve excerpted several passages here but urge you read the whole thing . In
Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2026 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series
Graduate candidates work with a roster of renowned visiting artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art.
The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent
"The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition."
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.
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
Paul McCartney on Song Exploder . I think he was with...
Paul McCartney on Song Exploder . I think he was with The Beatles at some point?
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
The Knicks Starting Five Painted on One Dollar Bills
Artist Claire Salvo has painted the starting five of the world champion NY Knicks on a set of US one dollar bills. If you’re in NYC, you may have seen these cheekily pasted up around the city . She’s selling a print of all five bills but is also auctioning off the
Sports but make it wealth inequality :...
Sports but make it wealth inequality : “Brunson…didn’t take an extra $113M so the Knicks could sign KAT, Mikal Bridges and keep OG long term… It’s almost as if sharing wealth leads to better outcomes for all…”