Utah Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Nine Mile Canyon Construction Project
The environmental organizations filed a suit against the Bureau of Land Management for approving the project that endangers centuries-old Indigenous petroglyphs.
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ArtCraft is building open source versions of what looks...
ArtCraft is building open source versions of what looks like most of Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps . Oh, and a word processor and a spreadsheet app because why not?
Karachi Biennale Cancels Fifth Edition Over “War Conditions”
The cancellation of the January 2027 event reportedly came without the input of the biennale’s curator, Noor Ahmed.
Reelizer: A Trove of Movie Art
Reelizer is a personal project by Roger Erik Tinch that is a collection of movie art: prints, posters, illustrations, albums, books, covers, etc. Careful, you can lose hours here…Tinch has a great eye. A few of my favorites: Tags: art · movie posters · movies · posters
Thing I am going to make time for in the next few days:...
Thing I am going to make time for in the next few days: Harry Styles and Thom Yorke in conversation . “My laptop has been dead for about 6 years. I don’t know where my charger is.” There’s an accompanying Rolling Stone cover story .
‘Arcana Borealis’ Summons the Power of Spirituality and Artist Communities
'Arcana Borealis—Northern Women and Esotericism' delves into a new perspective on modern art the Atenium Art Museum in Helsinki. 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
The People Holding Up the Internet. Amazing to see how...
The People Holding Up the Internet . Amazing to see how much of the modern internet still depends on the volunteer work of individual people. 4 billion phones rely on the time zone database, a text file edited by just two people in their spare time.
Jonathan Nez on Indigenous Perseverance
The former Navajo Nation president running for Congress in Arizona speaks to Hyperallergic about his upbringing, how Diné culture shapes his political thinking, and the importance of historical memory.
Overdose Offsets: Why Every Bag of Fentanyl I Sell Is Net...
Overdose Offsets: Why Every Bag of Fentanyl I Sell Is Net Life-Positive . “Every death on my corner is offset, with a third of a toddler left over, and I’d like that number in the conversation the next time somebody calls me a murderer…”
Meet the Lap Easel, a Portable Companion for Taking Creativity Anywhere
The ingenious device is an adjustable support that sits comfortably on your lap or tabletop. 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 Meet the Lap Easel, a
“I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser...
“I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: CE, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skate 3, and The Simpsons: Hit and Run actually seem to run very well .”
In Trump’s America, the Death Penalty Has Been Resurrected
"As prisoners in Louisiana, we watch on as executions return to death row."
Where the Forest Went
Hugh Maxwell’s walk transformed 2.6 million acres of wilderness into a grid for sale. A writer followed his trail to survey what remains.
Vermeer the Immortal
Tracing the Dutch painter’s enduring influence, free back-to-school art supplies for NYC teachers, and a glitch at a Pioneer Works exhibition is unexpectedly illuminating.
Deskilling the body
We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending - by Melanie Challenger Read on Aeon
The unreliable witness
It might be us. Even when there are photos, videos or tape recordings, people find that they can’t agree on what happened. Our vivid recollections can be vivid, but they might not be accurate. What would happen if, for a moment, we imagined that our version of what happened
The Names of Nearly 4 Million Enslaved People in Former British Colonies Are Now Searchable Online, Helping Descendants Find Lost Ancestors
A few years ago, we featured here on Open Culture the Freedmen’s Bureau Project database, which contains searchable information on formerly enslaved people in the United States after its Civil War. With nearly 1.8 million men, women, and children registered there when it first
The Bialetti Moka Express: The History of Italy’s Iconic Coffee Maker, and How to Use It the Right Way
I am sure that many an Open Culture reader has a Bialetti Moka Express in their kitchen. I know I do, but I must add that I knew little about its history and apparently even less about how to properly use one. Coffee expert and author of The World Atlas of Coffee James Hoffmann
Improving Conversation on KDO
I’ve been really pleased with how KDO comments are working lately — you folks have been lively, informative, fun, and pushing conversations beyond what I can individually manage. And the vibe of the threads are more closely matching the vibe of the community guidelines . All
Hermann Hesse on How to Read a Book and How to Read Yourself
Books show us what it is like to be another and at the same time return us to ourselves. We read to learn how to live — how to love and how to suffer, how to grieve and how to be glad. We read to clarify ourselves and to anneal our values. We read for the assurance that others
The Trafficker Who Furnished the Museums of LA
A team of researchers excavates the story of Earl Stendahl, a mid-century gallerist who shamelessly stole ancient Mesoamerican objects and marketed them to the institutional art world.
A Little Fantasy Goes a Long Way
In this photography exhibition, works vacillate between intimacy and unknowability, like a fractured peep show.
NYC to Provide Free Art Supplies to Grantees
Winners of the city's recently doubled grant for artists can also enjoy unlimited supplies from Materials for the Arts.
Beautiful Hand-Painted Globes
Bellerby & Co. Globemakers are one of the world’s last remaining makers of globes by hand. Their Instagram account is chock full of their handiwork. If I could afford it (£2000!), I’d get The Livingstone globe in Prussian blue . Beautiful and wonderful craftsmanship. [This
Finding Vermeer in Unexpected Places
Artists, filmmakers, poets, and the art market itself still bear traces of the Dutch painter’s influence, writes historian Ruth Bernard Yeazell in “Vermeer’s Afterlives.”
