One kind of school is about culture, compliance and community. We indoctrinate kids, for better or worse, in what it means to be in this world we’ve built, and how to do it together. We teach them how to be kids, how to be citizens and hopefully, how to be adults. And the other
Today, we’re surrounded by technologies we could justifiably describe as time thieves. In ancient Greece, those who wanted to know where their time was going consulted a device they called a “water thief.” The roots of the clepsydra, or water clock, go back as far as the
When the historian Timothy Snyder left Yale for the University of Toronto in 2024, he took with him the practice of occasionally putting his course lectures online, making them available to anyone who cares to learn from them. Above, you can watch ten lectures from his recent
Satirical art-world novels, poetry collections, and biographies we’re reading this season, plus a review of Ann Patchett’s newest book.
This October, Phaidon will release an expansive tome gathering more than 200 photographs, artworks, historical objects, and more all devoted to the vast diversity and creative potential of mycology. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today
Our Upstate fall guide, Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez’s aquatic performance, Snoopy fashion show in Manhattan, and more.
In “Femmephilia,” the author reclaims femininity, sexual pleasure, and adornment from patriarchal narratives in art and theorizes their liberatory powers.
Every sheet of Korean hanji I make carries the same question: What does it mean to preserve a tradition without flattening the people who created it?
"Think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein reportedly plans to install "Blue" (2019) in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art.
The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University hosts free exhibitions inviting a journey across multiple centuries and continents. 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
Following early market success and what he called “the pitfalls of gaining notoriety so early,” Smith shifted his focus to community-centered projects.
Is René Balcer a street photographer, a documentary photographer, or a landscape photographer? All the above and more.
“I leave with pride and sadness,” said the institution’s secretary, pledging to continue fighting to “protect the integrity of the Smithsonian.”
"Residents of a riverfront trailer park have lost homes and loved ones in multiple storms. A policy gap puts mobile home residents in harm’s way again and again."
Tarot, ancient mythologies, pop culture, and personal narrative converge in the NYC-based artist's maximal 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
Two thieves carried out an early-morning raid on the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on Tuesday, taking off with two of the four paintings they targeted.
Frank Lloyd Wright was often strapped for cash. In that respect, he had something in common with Vincent van Gogh, who passed most of his much shorter life in more dire circumstances. Unlike Wright, who enjoyed decades of fame at the pinnacle of the American architectural
"The search for an answer took us to a mustard dynasty in France, a Hamilton mustard mill and Palliser’s Triangle."
Fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide scholars with access to collections, community, and professional advancement.
A new exhibition at the Addison Gallery of American Art examines how art throughout U.S. history reflects a growing national identity.
“There is the world, and there is the photograph. The photograph is not the world, it’s a completely different thing." 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