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Things That Are Good to Do. Including “admit what you...
Things That Are Good to Do . Including “admit what you don’t know”, “put the cart away”, “rest before you’re exhausted” (I often get this one wrong), and “walk home if you can”.
Ayé A. Aton Returns to His Earthly Roots
The former percussionist for Sun Ra's band has turned to art in a self-directed inquiry into the visual culture of West and Central Africa.
The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights...
The Ku Klux Klan is rebranding itself as The Knights Party , centered on “family and faith” along with proud & open white supremacy. 💩🖕
These Are the Artists in the 2027 New Museum Triennial
The show will feature 36 artists and collectives representing 34 nations, making it the most internationally focused edition to date.
Watch One of Radiohead’s Best Live Shows: Bonnaroo 2006
Back in ~2008, right on the cusp of stardom, Lady Gaga did a crate-digging video in a London record shop and named Radiohead’s set at Bonnaroo 2006 as her favorite show she’s ever been to. A post-fame Gaga reaffirmed her choice in this 2018 Vogue interview . Many share her
Building a second-wave AI business
A very long rant, riffing on the opportunity for bootstrapped startups who seek to create value using AI. I wrote it a while ago, thought it was too long, but in arguing with an AI today (everyone needs a hobby) I realized it was worth sharing: Most AI success stories to date
A Triumphant Tribute to Latine Visual Culture
Forty-six entities displayed zines, academic books, textiles, and artwork — some even made in real time — at the third edition of The Latinx Project’s La Feria.
Photographer Elizaveta Porodina Turns Her Luminous Lens to Insects
A radiant series of portraits highlights beetles, butterflies, and mantises in Elizaveta Porodina's signature ethereal style and saturated color. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
An interesting long profile of Mark Zuckerberg. “Mark is...
An interesting long profile of Mark Zuckerberg . “Mark is the fucking Terminator. He’s actually not an asshole, which is interesting. He’s not a miserable fuck. But his source of advantage is he’s never happy. He just doesn’t fucking stop.”
Orange Era
"First it was a fire, then it was a color, and before too long it became a regime unto itself."
The Best Sandwich Shop in America?
YouTuber Rob Martinez travelled to Columbus, Ohio to tell the story of what he calls the best sandwich shop in America, Wario’s Beef and Pork . Here’s part of the transcript of owner Stephan Madias talking about the restaurant: For the longest time, especially the first two
Independent Art Fair Purchased by British Conglomerate
News that the show was acquired by Informa in 2025 comes after the show’s controversial debut in the landmark Breuer building.
Discover Carl Sprinchorn at Two Maine Museums This Fall
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art and Bates College Museum of Art chronicle the life and work of under-recognized modern artist Carl Sprinchorn.
Richard Linklater is directing a film adaptation of the...
Richard Linklater is directing a film adaptation of the Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along . Shooting started in 2019 and will continue until 2040 to match the musical’s 20-year period. (Linklater’s Boyhood was shot over 12 years.)
Bold New Books in Art and Visual Culture from the MIT Press
From activist art and trans aesthetics to lowriders, global skateboarding culture, and Vilém Flusser’s prescient vision of the screen age.
Amok Island’s Geometric Murals Teem with Vibrant Local Flora and Fauna
The Fremantle-based artist shines a light on the continued importance of conservation. 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 Amok Island’s Geometric
Mapsnap is a program designed to take old Sanborn...
Mapsnap is a program designed to take old Sanborn insurance maps (block-by-block maps of every US city from 1870-1960) and aligning them with modern maps.
‘The Eels Were Climbing Out of the Water to Die ’: Why Did Every Fish in This Idyllic Lake Perish Overnight?
"Furnace Brook in East Sussex was home to carp, tench, bream, roach and trout—and 15 trailer-loads had to be buried."
The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris
"Behind the beloved game lies a struggle over mathematical ideas, erased collaborators, offshore millions, and copyright power."
Lee Krasner Gets the Last Word
Lucy Ives reviews The Met’s Krasner-Pollock show, Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara interviews outgoing Yaddo President Elaina Richardson, and Aruna D’Souza profiles artist Rana Begum.
The Unforeseen Something
When a little girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare incurable disease, her parents and their community came together to help her. They wound up making medical history.
How to assemble science
Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all - by Helen Pearson Read on Aeon
Lobby expertise
Someone who has seen a lot of movies but has never made one has a certain kind of knowledge. The same is true for clients, patients and students. They haven’t solved a problem, healed a patient or taught a class, but they’ve seen it done. They might have something helpful to
Discover the Lost Horror Series Deemed Too Shocking for BBC Television (1967)
High culture and new technology have never been a natural pairing. As our digital era has often underscored, media innovations tend to be adopted earliest to deliver the most puerile, sensation-driven content, with the more respectable stuff benefiting only later. When the BBC
In 1704, Isaac Newton Predicted That the World Will End in 2060
We have become quite used to pronouncements of doom, from scientists predicting the sixth mass extinction due to the measurable effects of climate change, and from religionists declaring the apocalypse due to a surfeit of sin. It’s almost impossible to imagine these two groups
JumpStar is the world’s strongest Chinese Checkers AI...
JumpStar is the world’s strongest Chinese Checkers AI engine. Designed to emulate AlphaGo and Stockfish but for Chinese Checkers. The model was trained entirely on a M4 MacBook. You can play it online or on iOS .
Loneliness, Resilience, and the Right Choice: Poet Diane Ackerman on What She Learned While Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline
"So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself."
David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists
"It's terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people's expectations"
Nietzsche on Walking and Creativity
"Our first questions about the value of a book, of a human being, or a musical composition are: Can they walk? Even more, can they dance?"
Random TV Time: watch old TV pulled from the Internet...
Random TV Time : watch old TV pulled from the Internet Archive. 17 channels to surf, including cartoons, 1960s TV, and one that’s only old commercials.
The Met’s Krasner and Pollock Show Is a Breathtaking Upending
If you’re looking for bias or reparations, these volatile contents are all on the surface, quietly and neatly presented.
Pope Leo Calls to Save Art From AI
"Algorithms lack the spark of the human, whereas ‘authentic culture and art preserve this spark,’" hesaid in a recent speech.
Designer Giorgia Lupi: In Defense of the Detour. “I fear...
Designer Giorgia Lupi: In Defense of the Detour . “I fear that A.I. is undermining what makes us most human — the ability to translate lived experience and nuanced thoughts into a unique point of view…”
Turning Turner’s Legacy
“Turner and the Slave Trade” recasts Romanticism’s relationship to nature and landscape painting as a vehicle for colonial propaganda.
