The Ruthless Portraits of Elizabeth I’s Reign
An exhibition in London traces how depictions of the monarch projected an image of authority, power, wealth, and the right to be regarded as a god in all but name.
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Our Lives Are “an Orchestrated Shuffle of Technology”
If you are anything like me, your soul let out a big “oooooof” while reading this: The Year Is 2063 and You Were Never Interesting . But wait. You are 70 years old. You’re sitting in your home. Your grandchildren ask you what your 20s were like, and you honestly can’t tell
Veks Van Hillik Suspends Fish, Insects, and Other Objects in Surreal Murals
Art history and ecology merge in Van Hillik's bold, vaguely unsettling murals. 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 Veks Van Hillik Suspends Fish,
👀 Craig Mod interviewed by Debbie Millman on Design...
👀 Craig Mod interviewed by Debbie Millman on Design Matters . (I guess those eyes should be ears but an ears-bugging-out emoji doesn’t exist.)
How I Bought a Private Jet by Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media
"My journey inside the world of LARPing, where hustlebros pretend to be rich for TikTok."
The (Mostly) True Story of Hobo Graffiti
TIL that the hieroglyphic hobo code probably wasn’t used as extensively as the internet suggests. However, hobos and tramps did tag bridges, water towers, and train cars with tramp writing , which usually consisted of their moniker (i.e. their hobo name), the date, and the
Alfred Hitchcock Wanted Frank Lloyd Wright to Design the North by Northwest House: An Architect Just Built It for $45 Million
Villains who live in opulent, remote modernist houses may have been a cliché since the last century, but given Hollywood’s addiction to the tried and true, they do still turn up now and again. Unsurprisingly, few filmmakers have managed to use them anywhere near as memorably as
A Young Magician Wanted to Build an Epic Magic Collection. Did He Go Too Far?
"Rory Feldman was accused of deceiving, defrauding, and stealing. But he says he’s been the target of a relentless smear campaign by a 'magic mafia.'"
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America...
The Fun Shortage Is Real, and It’s Making America Miserable (gift link). “With fewer places to relax and socialize, and steeper prices for entry, having fun is quantifiably harder than it used to be.”
Bard MFA Presents 2026 Thesis Exhibition in Barrytown, NY
"Reassembly: The Class of 2027 Thesis Performances and Exhibition" will be held in the Bard College Massena Exhibition Center from July 11-19, 2026.
San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years
Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF returns this July, welcoming 160 independent publishers from around the world.
I love this short little video montage of actresses...
I love this short little video montage of actresses during Charlie Rose interviews . No dialogue, just quiet reactions. Musical accompaniment by Laurie Anderson ( O Superman ).
One of the great things about the World Cup and the US:...
One of the great things about the World Cup and the US: In the United States, Every World Cup Team Is a Home Team . “Soccer fans from all over the world, many now making their homes in America, have packed bars, restaurants, living rooms…”
America: Birth Of A Nation
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of our great nation, The Onion has produced a Ken Burns-esque film called Birth of a Nation ( “the only movie ever named this” ). 250 years ago, a group of illiterate men would gather in these hallowed halls to scribble down what historians
In 1937, the NYT ran a piece about the last living son...
In 1937, the NYT ran a piece about the last living son of a Revolutionary War soldier . “Many times Constant said his father spoke of meeting George Washington…” The Great Span in action.
Vibrant Folded Canvases Form Garment-Like Sculptures by Susan Maddux
Maddux often stacks the bunches of folds several feet high, mirroring human proportions. 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 Vibrant Folded Canvases
Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read his...
Five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read his famous “What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?” speech .
Begone dull care
Let this exuberant melding of jazz and animation from 1949 blur your senses as abstract visuals interpret the music - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Inside Akira Ikezoe’s Studio
The Whitney Biennial artist on humor and climate change, plus an unsung AbEx painter gets his due.
Skill nostalgia
Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work? - by Joshua Habgood-Coote Read on Aeon
Facts and feelings
The world is like this and therefore I feel like that. That seems right. It’s raining, so I’m sad. The person cut me off in traffic and so I’m angry. Ford makes better cars, so I like them more than Chevys. Occasionally, this cause and effect is what happens. But more often, it
When Albert Einstein & Charlie Chaplin Met and Became Fast Famous Friends (1930)
Photo via Wikimedia Commons “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother,” goes a well-known quote attributed variously to Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and Ernest Rutherford. No matter who said it, “the sentiment… rings true,”
The Courage to Be Yourself: E.E. Cummings on Art, Life, and Being Unafraid to Feel
"To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight."
Openish Thread (Testing a New Feature…)
Hey all. It’s Sunday afternoon of a holiday weekend and the weather is glorious here, so what better (worse) time to unleash a new feature on KDO? I’ve been working on a new wysiwyg comment editor for the past few days and it’s finally ready to go. Asking you folks to deal with