Sandcastles
A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
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How to Get Into the Whitney Biennial
Queens Museum leader quits, Gabrielle Goliath sues, vintage gay porn as political art, and more.
Dreams of the far Right
Young Europeans join far-Right movements less out of grievance than out of a profound yearning to believe and belong - by Agnieszka Pasieka Read on Aeon
The big splash
42 years ago, Apple’s 1984 ad ran on the Super Bowl. Once. It’s generally considered the most effective ad of its kind, creating a legend and also a trap. Was this ad the reason the Mac is still around? Or was it Regis McKenna’s work in getting Steve on the cover of more than
Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí’s Un Chien Andalou: The Short Surrealist Film That Revolutionized Cinema (1929)
Un Chien Andalou means “an Andalusian dog,” though the much-studied 1929 short film of that title contains no dogs at all, from Andalusia or anywhere else. In fact, it alludes to a Spanish expression about how the howling of an Andalusian signals that someone has died. And
Brazilian Musician Seu Jorge Performs 15 Iconic Bowie Songs in Portuguese to Mark the 10th Anniversary of Bowie’s Passing
In 2004, the Brazilian musician Seu Jorge recorded a series of Portuguese covers of David Bowie songs for Wes Anderson’s film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The next year, he released a full album of 13 Bowie classics, and in 2016–2017, he even took the songs on tour. Now,
The Most Important Thing to Remember About Your Mother
One of the hardest realizations in life, and one of the most liberating, is that our mothers are neither saints nor saviors — they are just people who, however messy or painful our childhood may have been, and however complicated the adult relationship, have loved us the best
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents....
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents . “Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old.”
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country. “What has...
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country . “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”
Gabrielle Goliath to Seek Legal Action After Axed Venice Biennale Pavilion
The artist reportedly alleges that South Africa’s minister of culture acted unconstitutionally in canceling her commission, which included references to Gaza.
Queens Museum Leader Sally Tallant to Step Down After Seven Years
Under Tallant, the museum secured a $26 million expansion allocation from the city, but also drew controversy and criticism.
Remembering Harvey Pratt, Roger Allers, and Robert Burleigh
This week, we honor the designer of the Native American Veterans Memorial, a Disney animator, a picture book illustrator, and others.
Falling in Love With Vintage Gay Films
What it’s like to “rediscover” vintage gay adult films from the 1970s and 1980s in a moment of state repression.
“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh...
“When South Morningside Primary School girls football team won the prestigious Edinburgh Schools cup last year, they were presented with a small plastic trophy. It paled into comparison with the large, grand trophy given to the winning boys team… ”
Art Problems: How Do I Get Into the Whitney Biennial?
Conventional wisdom says there isn’t much you can do, but Paddy Johnson knows that’s not the whole story.
Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses...
Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses more water than nature can reliably replace, and when the damage to the natural assets that store and filter that water, such as aquifers and wetlands, becomes hard to reverse”.
Playful, Enigmatic Narratives Shape Yuko Shimizu’s Action-Packed Illustrations
Playful idiosyncrasies and bouts of whimsy bubble up in the Brooklyn-based artist's works. 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 Playful, Enigmatic
Fra Angelico Etched the Divine in Stone
The veiled symbolism of the artist's marble and stones has largely flown under the radar, but these mystical depths are too profound to miss out on.
“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured...
“Most technologies are like guns. They tend to get aggregated and captured by those who already have a lot. Technology, in other words, generally exhibits preferential attachment to power .”
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is...
“The uncomfortable truth is that the president of the United States is a man with the mind of a spoiled child . His debilitating solipsism is a threat to the stability of the entire world. A functional Congress would impeach and remove him.”
Why Did the Rubber Chicken Cross the Road?
"At 38, I began to feel the creep of the millennial midlife crisis. So I decided to break the strangest world record I could find."
How to Become a Tree
"Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing?"
The Language of Flowers Meets Queer Desire in Kris Knight’s Tender Portraiture
In 'Green Carnation,' Kris Knight presents a collection of diptychs stemming from Victorian-era floriology. 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 The
Edward Zutrau Was a Chromatic Rebel
He combined the reductive strain of Abstract Expressionism with the principles and style of Japanese ink painting, for something uniquely his own.
The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: Watch Footage...
The First Animation That Hayao Miyazaki Directed on His Own: Watch Footage from the Pilot of Yuki’s Sun (1972) .
New York Academy of Art Presents “Chubb Fellows & Friends”
Featuring past fellows alongside a broader circle of artists linked to the Academy, the show brings together work by Danica Lundy, Dana Schutz, Tschabalala Self, Amy Sherald, and more.
“A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall...
“ A flock of ring-necked parakeets that were filmed feasting on the wall of a 19th Century barn were echoing Amazonian feeding habits…near Welwyn in Hertfordshire .”
How to Stop Waiting and Start Living: A Jolt from Henry James
"It wouldn't have been failure to be bankrupt, dishonoured, pilloried, hanged; it was failure not to be anything."
Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
"Self-hate is really the same thing as sheer egoism, and in the long run breeds the same cruel isolation and despair."