The Jewish Sisters in Renoir’s “Pink and Blue”
Author Catherine Ostler follows the lives of the two cherubic girls, whose rarefied lives in an elite, artistic French family would be toppled by the horrors of the Holocaust.
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They found a chunk of Mars in the Sahara Desert. A recent...
They found a chunk of Mars in the Sahara Desert . A recent reveals that a rock found a few years ago in Mali is more than 4.1 billion years old and “has a mix of igneous minerals that tells a story about how [Mars’] crust formed”.
Pablo Helguera to Helm the New School’s Vera List Center
Upon his appointment, the artist reflected on the urgency he feels to “make sense of rapidly unfolding events, question prevailing narratives, and imagine alternative futures.”
The Match Archive
The Match Archive is creating “the first research-grade, digital archive cataloging American matchbooks as primary sources for graphic design, commercial culture, and social history”. They haven’t launched a website yet (they’re working on it), but they’ve been sharing some of
An analysis of 59 studies (including a 24-year Danish...
An analysis of 59 studies (including a 24-year Danish study of 1.2 million children) found that the tiny amounts of aluminum in vaccines are not linked to “increased risk of asthma, autism, or autoimmune conditions such as type 1 diabetes” . Of course!
Abstract Wool Compositions Cascade from Weathered Metal in Amine El Gotaibi’s Sculptures
Amine El Gotaibi's new sculptures of metal and wool speak to the tensions between the land and the state and the ways we mark change. 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 Relationship Between Comedy, Democracy, and AI
“Humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation, even if only for a few seconds,” Viktor Frankl wrote in recalling the role of humor as a lifeline to sanity and survival in the Holocaust. Humor is a
“Are sperm counts declining? Are microplastics and...
“Are sperm counts declining? Are microplastics and pesticides affecting male fertility? Does a low sperm count mean you’ll struggle to have children? Howtown investigates the science behind male infertility… ”
Meg Onli and Zack Winokur to Curate 2028 Whitney Biennial
Having co-curated the 2024 Biennial, Onli returns to the next edition with Winokur, who founded the American Modern Opera Company.
DC Protesters Slam Trump's Fascist Triumphal Arch
A group of 50 used puppets and a fake arch to deliver the point that Americans are against the "Arc de Trump."
We Have Star Wars at Home
This is cool: Evan Puschak looks at the rush of cheapo knockoff space operas that came out in the wake of Star Wars, a once-in-a-generation film that refashioned the entire movie business. Even the names are kooky: Starcrash, War of the Planets, Battle of the Stars, The
Arkivism Is an Accessible Antidote to AI with 4 Million+ Public Domain Images
No bots needed. 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 Arkivism Is an Accessible Antidote to AI with 4 Million+ Public Domain Images appeared first on
From filmmaker Kevin B. Lee, a story about seeing Platoon...
From filmmaker Kevin B. Lee, a story about seeing Platoon as a child in 1986 . What age-inappropriate movies did you see as a kid?
Jordan Poorman Cocker’s Vision of Global Indigeneity
The curator, who just organized a major rehang of Indigenous art at Crystal Bridges, reflects on the ways institutions can create space for Native artists to flourish.
A call for more “mindful underparenting” from...
A call for more “mindful underparenting” from psychologist Darby Saxbe . “If you want to raise empathetic, imaginative children who can figure out how to entertain themselves, don’t keep their brains too occupied.” 💯
A View From the Easel: Natali Bravo-Barbee
“As a mother, there are so many spaces in my life that are organized around other people’s needs. The studio is a space where I get to return to myself.”
Intermedia + Digital Arts MFA Program at UMBC Now Accepting Applications
Funding for tuition, healthcare, and stipends is available. Apply to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County program by Feb 1 to be considered for financial support.
What Else Could It Mean? A Book Surveys the Playful, Iconoclastic Works of James Wines
A new book dives into the strange, witty world of James Wines and SITE. 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 What Else Could It Mean? A Book Surveys the
Marianne Moore on the Three Elements of Persuasive Writing
Several years ago, rummaging through the archives of the Academy of American Poets, I came upon a box labeled “Ballots 1950” — the record of the secret vote by the chancellors the year the Academy’s prestigious fellowship was awarded to E.E. Cummings, catapulting him into
KDO Search Now Available to Everyone
Ok, after a week of testing, I’ve opened up KDO search to everyone. You can read more about it in my post from last week : For now, the search only looks at posts from 2014 to the present. You can search by keyword, describe what you remember (“the guy who walks in Japan”), or
Bain Capital Acquires Tibetan Buddhism For $35 Million....
Bain Capital Acquires Tibetan Buddhism For $35 Million . “For centuries, this organization has been guided by outdated principles that are antithetical to investor and shareholder concerns, prioritizing incentives like wisdom, mental discipline…”
Met Gala’s New Theme Is So Basic
Brancusi at MoMA, trouble at Pace, a rediscovered Georgia O'Keeffe painting, and The Met presents the biggest rescission indicator yet.
Celestial nuisance
The cosmos has become a lab for the Big Questions in physics. Along the way, we’ve lost sight of its glorious messiness - by Dylan Jow Read on Aeon
Reviewing the game tapes
A long time ago, football coaches realized that watching previous games was a good way to help players learn to do better. Alas, the only thing we do with “this call may be recorded…” is use it as a cudgel for unempowered shift workers. If we actually want to improve our
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories by Francisco Cantú, Tom Bartlett, Jessica Lucas, Nigel Warburton, and Sadie Dingfelder.
Was Homer’s Ithaca Really an Island?: New Research Challenges a 2,000-Year-Old Assumption
Even if we didn’t make it to a screening of Christopher Nolan’s big-screen adaptation this past summer — and indeed, even if we’ve never read Homer’s original epic at all — we know that the Odyssey tells the story of a ten-year-long journey back to Ithaca. The narrative’s
Anthropic has new rules for its Opus 5.5 model to “steer...
Anthropic has new rules for its Opus 5.5 model to “steer it away from recreating someone else’s specific [video] game” . (From a few days ago but I just saw it…)
And in other news, the NY Times is trying to buy...
And in other news, the NY Times is trying to buy Letterboxd for a reported price of $330 million.
Salon, one of the last OG general interest web...
Salon, one of the last OG general interest web publications, is shutting down . “When Salon launched in November 1995, the web was a very different place.” And: “We have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable.”