51% of Men Say Mona Lisa "Should Smile More"
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A persistent sense of being correctly located in time
Word salad is actually nutritious when consumed in small amounts. Placebos are real, they’re effective and they often help us find solace or perhaps to heal. If they do no harm, there’s no problem. “Placebo” isn’t an insult. It’s a category, one to live up to and improve.
Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921)
From the 18th century onward, the genres of Gothic horror and fantasy have flourished, and with them the sensually visceral images now commonplace in film, TV, and comic books. These genres perhaps reached their aesthetic peak in the 19th century with writers like Edgar Allan
Louvre Museum to Install Locks on Doors After Heist
Visitors will be checked for bobby pins and paper clips, which pose the greatest threat to the new "state-of-the-art entry inhibition protocol," the security director said.
Spirit Halloween to Temporarily Take Over Kennedy Center
The institution is looking into alternative forms of revenue to supplement funding for its multi-million dollar renovation, a source said.
Woman With Her Back to the Viewer in Gallery Photos Speaks Out
“I like to think of myself as a modern-day Rückenfigur,” she said in an exclusive interview with Hyperallergic.
New Mysterious Art Fair “The Island” Seeks the Opposite of Buzz
Dozens of mega-collectors are reputed to be attending the super-secretive fair slated to take place in the US Virgin Islands.
List of Failed Business Ideas Found Beneath Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”
An X-ray analysis revealed plans for backup careers in face painting and other pursuits beneath layers of paint in the Dutch Master’s magnum opus.
Survey Finds 51% of Men Think Mona Lisa “Should Smile More"
A new visitor experience survey reveals a surprising amount of criticism lobbed at Lisa del Giocondo.
Philadelphia Museum of Art Rebrands Again as "PhArt"
The institution renamed itself in honor of a readymade whoopee cushion by Marcel Duchamp discovered in its archives.
5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative
Qualifications include a malleable moral compass, and compensation is sometimes guaranteed.
Curator’s Shoes Steal the Show at MoMA Reception
“It is rare to see something so marvelous in a gallery,” said one of the VIP guests.
Ancient Statues at The Met to Receive Patrons' Noses
Thanks to the inaugural Smellowship program, your nose could end up on a marble sculpture in the museum's Greek and Roman Art wing.
JD Vance Unveils Incel Statue at the White House
"Ich bin ein Incel," said the vice president in the presence of manosphere influencers, UFC fighters, and crypto bros.
Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism ....
Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism . “Trump is objectively bad at running the government, but he’s objectively good at running a Klan rally, and his supporters value the latter so much that they forgive the former.”
The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual...
The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web”.
Mark Simonson reminisces about when he discovered type...
Mark Simonson reminisces about when he discovered type design . “The idea of coming up with an original alphabet design fired my imagination. And learning that it was possible to design type professionally was a revelation.”
Anoushka Mirchandani Conjures Ancient Mythological Nature Spirits in Vibrant Oil Paintings
Mirchandani explores mythology and perception through the Southeast Asian mythological tradition of apsaras. 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
Frida, Diego, and Raphael
Blockbuster exhibitions at The Met and MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum announces African art gallery, and things to do during a beautiful spring week.
“By focusing its narrative on the tech industry...
“By focusing its narrative on the tech industry itself, Halt and Catch Fire’s staying power has only increased . The story it tells still has something to say about our present-day reality.”
They Would Not Dream of Flowers: Translating Through the Tehran Blackout
"There, in that forced isolation, I sat translating a story about death. Meanwhile, the real thing operated just outside my window."
Beyond a ‘Reasonable Doubt’
“Revisiting Jay-Z's hustler masterpiece—released on his own label at age 25—in the rapper's billionaire era.”
The Intelligence of Emotions: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum on How Storytelling Rewires Us and Why Befriending Our Neediness Is Essential for Happiness
"Emotions are not just the fuel that powers the psychological mechanism of a reasoning creature, they are parts, highly complex and messy parts, of this creature’s reasoning itself."
Tonika Lewis Johnson: Segregation and How to Disrupt It
Join us on April 15 for a conversation with social justice artist and recent MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner Tonika Lewis Johnson and Hyperallergic Senior Editor Valentina Di Liscia.
For the latest episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman...
For the latest episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman interviews Timothy Snyder about “how we misunderstand freedom, why truth and empathy are under threat, and what this political moment asks of us”. Millman is an *excellent* interviewer.
Endgame for the Open Web , brought on by LLM bots,...
Endgame for the Open Web , brought on by LLM bots, content summarizing while driving no traffic, increasing paywalls for information of all kinds, locking down APIs (due to AI abuse), attacks on Wikipedia, disruption of open source communities, etc.
NASA’s LRO found a new crater on the Moon...
NASA’s LRO found a new crater on the Moon …it’s 225 meters across and 43 meters deep. “According to predictions based on other lunar landmarks, a crater that big should form only once in 139 years.”
The US Is the Last Big Petrostate
In a conversation with economist Paul Krugman , climate journalist David Roberts asserts that the United States and China are going in different directions in energy, one forwards and one back. One of the grand international stories right now — though it’s very hard when
Hassan Took a Bike Ride. Now He’s One of the Thousands Missing in Gaza
"In a place denied access to basic forensic technology—and where people disappear into Israeli detention—the fate of thousands remains unknown. One of them is an autistic teenager."
Barry Webb Documents a Marvelous, Macro Array of Colorful Slime Molds
Glimpse the teensy-tiny world of these wondrous, amoeba-like organisms. 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 Barry Webb Documents a Marvelous, Macro