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“Here’s a pillow the cat didn’t pee on”
Highlighting the non-existent negative is confusing. “Don’t be late,” isn’t as useful as, “We’re going to leave on time.” “I don’t want to be rude, but…” can easily be replaced by simply saying something that isn’t rude. And of course, “with all due respect…” is often the
Independent Art Fair Trades Downtown for the World
As it settles into a sprawling new venue on the Lower East Side waterfront, the fair feels older, glossier, and increasingly global.
Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read...
Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read books about physics . “The question of ‘What is space-time?’ doesn’t belong only to scientists. It belongs to everyone who has ever wondered about the bigger picture.”
Inside TEFAF New York’s Annual Wealth Pageant
There was plenty to dazzle the patrons of the Nouveau Gilded Age at this year’s edition of the Park Avenue Armory fair.
Future Fair Is a Big Artist Party
Instead of presenting a series of segmented gallery booths, the New York show fosters connections between them.
My NADA Sketchbook
I found myself wanting to draw all the three-dimensional pieces at the New York art fair.
Quaker principles line up quite well with modern...
Quaker principles line up quite well with modern parenting research . “Infused in all of these practices is the conviction that children are not lesser proto-adults, but fellow beings worthy of respect and agency regardless of their behavior.”
The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses…...
The Revolt Against the Girl Bosses… “Empowerment won’t fix the mess we’re in. Women know it now. They’re mad as hell. Anyone trying to sell them advice instead of a way to use that anger to build a better world for women deserves to be fired.”
The Night Witches: The Female Nazi Hunters of WWII
The Night Witches were an all-female Soviet bomber regiment that attacked Nazi forces during World War II. An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their
The Joy of Discovery at 1-54 Art Fair
Though smaller than previous editions, the contemporary African art fair draws our attention to works that are tactile, surprising, and alive with material expression.
Artist Valie Export, Who Saw Right Through the Male Gaze, Dies at 85
Her performances and filmed media works reclaimed the female body through guerrilla modes of delivery that bypassed institutional restrictions.
Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits
Arghavan Khosravi grapples with the structures and ideological strictures that shape our lives. 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 Arghavan Khosravi
25 Books That Capture This American Moment . They...
25 Books That Capture This American Moment . They include Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Toni Morrison’s A Mercy , Make the Impossible Possible by Bill Strickland, and Rabbit Redux by John Updike.
Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains ....
Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains . “[Some] developers who use AI at work report that they feel like they are de-skilling themselves and losing their ability to do their jobs as well as they used to.”
Frieze New York Is an Assembly-Line Salad
On finding a reprieve from the monotonous rhythm and the art that made me forget I was at a trade show.
A View From the Easel
“The Barbies belong to my six-year-old granddaughter, who sometimes joins me in the studio to paint.”
On “rich guy has an opinion” journalism ,...
On “rich guy has an opinion” journalism , i.e. “entire news stories dedicated to the otherwise unremarkable opinion of a rich person, or news stories that fold the opinions of rich people into their otherwise neutral coverage”.
RISD Grad Show 2026
Graduate student work representing 19 advanced degree programs will be on view online and in person at the Rhode Island Convention Center starting May 21.
World History Timeline
This World History Timeline (2016) shows how nations, empires, and ruling groups shifted and evolved across the globe from 3000 BCE to the present. It takes a second to understand what you’re looking at — I thought it was a sort of stretched geographical map at first. Get your
Nasher Museum’s ‘Everything Now All At Once’ Celebrates Diversity, Resilience, and Joy
Duke University's art museum exhibits dozens of works from Nick Cave, Ai Weiwei, Nina Chanel Abney, Wangechi Mutu, and many others. 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