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Remembering Ursula von Rydingsvard, an Epstein survivor’s message for MoMA, interviews with Paul Pfeiffer and Layli Long Soldier, and the best costumes of our artsy Halloween party.
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The Hallmark dilemma
The slogan is “when you care enough to send the very best.” But more accurately, it’s “when you don’t care enough to be on the hook.” For a low-stakes social interaction, the Hallmark card is a convenient and safe solution. Low-risk, it gets the job done. People don’t blame you
The Greatest Art Costumes From Hyperallergic's Halloween Party
From “Las Dos Fridas” to a walking Eva Hesse sculpture, Hyperallergic members, readers, friends, and artists brought the spirit of the season to our second annual costume contest.
10 Years Later, Magenta Plains Is Still Embracing the Unexpected
An anniversary exhibition spotlights the artists who’ve made the gallery one of Lower Manhattan’s most adventurous success stories.
MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and M+ Announce Novel Collection Alliance
The partnership between the museums will include intermuseum loans and joint exhibitions.
Pipo Nguyen-duy, Beloved Photography Professor, Murdered at 64
"He took a lot of joy in his everyday life. He sought to make really beautiful photos, and strove to make the world a more beautiful place," said his former student.
Great Art Explained: Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio....
Great Art Explained: Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio . “Even Matisse wasn’t entirely sure what he had created and nobody wanted to buy it.”
The top 10 paintings of Judith beheading Holofernes. “I...
The top 10 paintings of Judith beheading Holofernes . “I feel like Artemisia has actually thought through the logistics of overpowering a grown man and hacking his head off.”
Timothy Boomer Captures the Uncanny World of Insect Galls
Gall wasps produce some of the remarkable natural "nurseries." 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 Timothy Boomer Captures the Uncanny World of Insect
Three-Body Orbits
There are no generalized solutions to the three-body problem . Say you have three planets orbiting each other: it’s impossible to calculate how they will move using Newton’s laws of motion and gravity. Unlike the two-body problem, the three-body problem has no general
James Bridle on making chairs with LLMs. “What we have...
James Bridle on making chairs with LLMs . “What we have here is, quite literally, a chair designed by someone who has read a lot about chairs but never actually sat in one.”
Halloween’s Lost Heroes: Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends
"For most of their history... gardens have been more concerned with the power of plants than with their beauty — with the power, that is, to change us in various ways, for good and for ill."
Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World
The great myth is that truth is an emergent property of fact, that it bubbles up from the bottom of reality once the mind attains enough fathoms of factuality. But objective reality — all those things like gravity and light and the fossil of the Archaeopteryx that exist whether
A Rare Disease and Analog Photography Merge in a Portrait of Self-Discovery
"Everything Twice" is a quiet meditation on disability and the ways we orient ourselves in the world 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 A Rare Disease
In South Carolina, Artistic Freedom Is on the Ballot This November
A governor-appointed arts commission has denied funding from two LGBTQ+ organizations and an artist focused on immigration issues.
Surprise! US Pavilion Needs More Cash to Ship Works Home
Commissioner Jenni Parido sent a letter to donors pleading for "urgent funding" for deinstallation and shipping as the Venice Biennale comes to an end.
In a late-stage trial, personalized mRNA vaccines for...
In a late-stage trial, personalized mRNA vaccines for melanoma “reduced the risk of death or recurrence by 42 percent compared to standard treatment” .
17th-Century Embroidery Meets Hand-Carved Wooden Vessels by Aspen Golann
Golann creates uniquely sculptural, contemporary iterations of furniture and vessels in a nod to early American craft traditions. 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
A View From the Easel: Anna Pajak
“I wanted it to feel like a chapel, a place for everything I believe in. My painting chapel.”
Otis College of Art and Design in LA Offers a Two-Year MFA Fine Arts Degree Program
Refine your artistic vision and join a diverse community at the first professional school of the arts in Los Angeles.
Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?
"Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia."
Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Site Search!
After years in the making (or more accurately, years in the wanting), I finally figured out how I wanted to do search for KDO posts. I’ve been tinkering with this specific implementation since the beginning of the summer and it finally all came together. If you’re a member ,
Listen to a Long-Lost Daft Punk Mix From 1997
A DJ named Ralph Lawson, who hosted a radio show called Trans Europe Express, found an incredible time capsule in his collection: an hour-long mixtape sent to him by Daft Punk in 1997, shortly after the release of their debut album, Homework. The tape was badly damaged, but he