It’s the Music You Hear All Day, Without Ever Noticing
“Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not.
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Running against time
We all want longevity without compromising on quality of life. This 87-year-old achieves both with a daily running habit - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
We Have Thoughts About the New Museum
A sneak peek and honest impressions of the newly expanded Lower East Side institution, an Iranian artist's view of the war from the diaspora, and Asia Week highlights.
Geist in the machine
As the 18th-century war between mechanism and romanticism returns, we face a new question: can we build artificial souls? - by Peter Wolfendale Read on Aeon
Defining Color
"A deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral, bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william."
Freedom of focus
Tonight, when you’re off the clock, what will you listen to, watch or read? I imagine that most of us would agree that this is a free choice. To watch a silly video on YouTube, read a book on Greek philosophy from the library or scroll your feeds. We have time (surprisingly
Jim Jarmusch Picks His Favorite Films from the The Criterion Collection
Jim Jarmusch—the director of Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and Dead Man—recently stepped into The Criterion Collection closet to share the films that shaped his aesthetic sensibility. In the next three minutes, Jarmusch pays tribute to a box set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s
The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
"Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought."
What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?
Hyperallergic’s editors sit down for an earnest conversation about the institution’s expanded building and inaugural exhibition.
This is maybe the best baseball catch you’ll ever...
This is maybe the best baseball catch you’ll ever see. Or the most fun one anyway.
Miuccia Prada is worth $4.8 billion. How good of a...
Miuccia Prada is worth $4.8 billion. How good of a person do you expect her to be? “I got to thinking about all this the other day while mulling the curious, oft-repeated fact that Miuccia Prada was, in her 1960s youth, a Communist.”
Remembering Axel Burrough, Kazumasa Nagai, and Éliane Radigue
This week, we honor a pioneering composer, Indigenous muralist, and Upper East Side gallerist.
What to See During New York's Asia Art Week
Across the city, exhibitions, auctions, and lectures converge to celebrate art history, material culture, and centuries-old traditions spanning from Persia to Japan.
“Birds in the United States are not only declining,...
“Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster , especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research.”
Flying Back With the Birds to My Hometown of Tehran
Since the war began, I feel as if I am living inside a shadow. It has no physical form, yet it follows me everywhere.
Suspect Arrested for $240,000 Damage to Chihuly Glass Artworks
A man allegedly broke into an exhibition space in Seattle, shattered a Dale Chihuly installation, and tried to stab a guard with a glass shard.
A playable CSS-only Super Mario Bros game . Wow.
A playable CSS-only Super Mario Bros game . Wow.
Nostalgia and Decay Meet Theatricality in Andrew Moore’s Dramatic Photos
Moore's solo exhibition 'Theater' continues at Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta through March 21. 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 Nostalgia and Decay
A generator for VHS slipcovers, cassette tape inserts,...
A generator for VHS slipcovers, cassette tape inserts, CD labels & inserts. You can paste in Spotify URLs, search for movies, etc. Really cool and fun.
The Delta Air Lines Seatback Chess Bot Will Destroy You
The chess program available on Delta Air Lines’ seatback screens is an ELO monster that can beat almost all opponents on easy mode. This guy used a series of increasingly powerful bots to see just how good the Delta chess bot is. Can it beat a grandmaster-level bot? (via clive
How Two Souls Can Interact with One Another: Simone de Beauvoir on Love and Friendship
It is in relationships that we discover both our depths and our limits, there that we anneal ourselves and transcend ourselves, there that we are hurt the most and there that we find the most healing. But despite what a crucible of our emotional and spiritual lives
The Measure of a Life Well Lived: Henry Miller on How to Grow Old and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart
"If you can fall in love again and again ... if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical, man you've got it half licked."
What does it feel like to be struck by lightning?...
What does it feel like to be struck by lightning? “Some have to relearn simple things, things they’ve done their whole life — how to read, how to sing, how to ride a bike.”
Pejac Transforms Basic Graph Paper into Detailed, Trompe-L’œil Tableaux
Pejac challenges our sense of space and the possibilities of the "blank slate." 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 Pejac Transforms Basic Graph Paper
Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day . I like that Tom...
Trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day . I like that Tom Holland. I’m into it.
The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the...
The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built . “Issues of the journal The Engineer published between 1909 and 1911 contain detailed photographs of the construction of both the Titanic and Olympic…”
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing...
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years . “Ms. Murguia and another woman, Debra Rojas, say that Mr. Chavez sexually abused them for years when they were girls, from around 1972 to 1977.”
Pratt’s 2026 Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions, on View This Spring
Pratt Fine Arts is delighted to invite visitors to a two-part show curated by Alessandra Gómez at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Degrees of Separation
"Israel’s new international college programs offer American students an escape from campus activism while training them as state cheerleaders."
Folklore and Nature Converge in Cat Johnston’s Expressive, Eccentric Puppets
Johnston's otherworldly cast seems both familiar and strange. 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 Folklore and Nature Converge in Cat Johnston’s
Riding the Subway to Coney Island in 1987
This is a mindblowing time capsule of ordinary life: video of a group of friends taking the NYC subway to Coney Island in 1987. Because it was before mobile phones, they had to arrange to meet one of the group members in the first car of the train along the way. The film was
Jamelle Bouie says the SAVE Act will take us back to Jim...
Jamelle Bouie says the SAVE Act will take us back to Jim Crow South : “a one-party state, backed by the threat of violence, where the law ensures that most people cannot hope for meaningful political representation.”
In Search of Banksy
"The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan—and uncovered much more than a name."