Roberta Gentry is interested in the relationship between the constructed and the natural, cultivating abstract, biomorphic forms. 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
His elaborate tableaux vivants blend elements of mythology, the Bible, and art history to express compassion for the marginalized.
Neat little prototype demo of a Bluesky reader that uses the UI of the long-retired Paper app. I loved the design of Paper.
“Sometimes it's infinite folding and binding, and I just spend the day or weekend doing that.”
Anstis' solo show 'Pastels' just opened at Olney Gleason in New York City. 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 Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon
A late 90s guide to Super Metroid was written in monospaced type, fully justified with no double spaces or hyphens . “I just chose words carefully so that everything lined up on the right hand side.”
Top-ranked, tuition-free MFA program at University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design supports interdisciplinary, research-based practices
A collection of his works on paper at the Drawing Center typifies his frantic and sometimes opaque renderings of thought.
The first full survey of the Southern California photographer’s four-decade career is opening this fall at UCR ARTS in downtown Riverside.
The 2025 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin.
The project began in 1989 under Scottish activist Ally Van Tillo, who died on August 30.
Back when I went on sabbatical in 2022 , I told the story of the fiddle leaf fig tree I bought shortly after my ex-wife and I separated and I’d moved into my own apartment. I’d recently moved into my own apartment after separating from my wife and figured a large plant in my
“In almost every [US] county, extreme heat is at least as bad as it was 30 years ago. In most counties, it’s much worse.” It’s Not Just You. America Has Gotten Much Hotter. (Not a fan of articles like this being in the “opinion” section…)
Ever imagined a pear or an apple with a personality? 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 Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper Pal
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and more recount their experiences, Rabkin Prize winners announced, and introducing pocket reviews.
In this edition: ㆍBefore/after ㆍMany/one ㆍAthlete/human ㆍSilent/spoken ㆍGame/mystery
The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way - by Mariam Sabri Read on Aeon
Image by Fakhri “Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth” may sound like odd headline language, at least by the traditional standards of the New York Times. But then, the teeth in question are, indeed, really old. “Archaeologists have pushed
Before the Japanese fell completely, one hundred percent in love with anything and everything Disney (I mean, seriously, they love it), Mickey Mouse represented something completely different: Pure American imperialist evil. At least he did in this 1934 animated propaganda
VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital . “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.”
At the beginning of a clip from this podcast episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend with Matt Groening, Conan talks about one of his favorite things they did on The Simpsons: It’s a phenomenon that the Simpsons did so beautifully, which is — and we did this with Homer a lot —
“ Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of multi-chromatic and variable display typefaces…” This is bonkers…letters made from Battleship pieces, Connect Four boards, playing cards, wooden railroad tracks, etc.
Bring Blockbuster Video back to your town/city by setting up a little free library of VHS tapes & DVDs . “Take a movie, leave a movie.” Love this.
Gloria Steinem’s final essay , posthumously published by the New Yorker. “When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come.”
TIL that my iPhone has a tiny bit of water in i t (for cooling).
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and others share stories from the day of the attack and the vicious campaign of Islamophobia, racism, and surveillance in its wake.
Teaser trailer for Musk , a 3h45m-long documentary film on fascist businessman Elon Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. “He’s chaotic, random, capricious. He is manifestly cruel and selfish. In a science fiction novel, he would not be a hero.”
The New Museum's new board members, Alison Rossiter works acquired by The Met, a record-breaking David Hockney show, and more in Art Movements.
"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
Michael Richards’s 1997 sculpture “Free F’All” commemorates the historic African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the discrimination they experienced during service.
“I Want Your Sex” is a caricature of the art world more than an actually incisive critique, but it’s funner that way.
Self said the figure is “not an idol to venerate or a historical figure to commemorate,” but rather “an everyday woman like the many who occupy the square daily.”
