Whitney Museum Union Sets Strike Date Ahead of Major Roy Lichtenstein Show
“We’d rather be working and doing our jobs, but our wages are untenable for making ends meet in New York City,” said the union's chairperson.
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A Broomstick in a Man's World
In Emily Mae Smith's surreal paintings, a symbol of women’s work becomes a weapon.
At a ‘Molecular Level,’ Mu Pan Composes Meticulous Mandalas in Acrylic
The Brooklyn-based artist's solo show 'Micro MUniverse' runs through October 10 at Hashimoto Contemporary. 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 At a
Ruby City Presents "Generative Disruption: Feminist Art from the Collection"
This latest exhibition traces the enduring influence of feminist artistic practice on contemporary art. On view Sept 26 - Aug 29, 2027
Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates New Activism Center
Two exhibitions at the Puffin Foundation Center chronicle 250 years of organizing, social movements, and civic engagement in the city.
Announcing the 2026 Center for Craft Archive Fellows
The Center for Craft selected four fellows researching Indigenous artistry, Black stonework, Middle Eastern embroidery and weaving, and craft practices implemented by blind individuals for the 2026 cohort.
A Graveyard Shift with Britain’s Gen Z Undertakers
"Could apprentice undertakers solve youth unemployment?"
Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness
"Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile."
Affect theory
In the mid-1990s, thinkers pushed back against the idea we’re built by language, turning to feeling and the body instead - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Arthur Jafa’s Elegy to America
Stephanie Wambugu on “I Am Tony” at the New Museum; plus, catch up on last week’s NYC fairs.
Paternity is poetical
The notion that fatherhood and creativity are at odds is plain wrong, as both poetry and neuroscience are showing us - by Daniel Swift Read on Aeon
Two ways to use lock-in/loyalty
Organizations invest to create an audience that sticks with them, either because they have no choice or because of an emotional connection. When this occurs, most then take profits. They decrease service, increase pricing and generally seek payback for the work they did to get
Read the CIA’s Manual of Trickery and Deception, Written by a Professional Stage Magician
The idea of a youngster vacillating between whether to become a magician or join the Central Intelligence Agency may sound implausible, but those two working environments have deeper commonalities than it would seem. So, in any case, believes John McLaughlin, whose more than 30
The Little Albert Experiment: The Perverse 1920 Study That Made a Baby Afraid of Santa Claus & Bunnies
The field of psychology is very different than it used to be. Nowadays, the American Psychological Association has a code of conduct for experiments that ensures a subject’s confidentiality, consent,and general mental well-being. In the old days, it wasn’t the case. Back then,