Jerry Gogosian Dies at 40
News about Hilde Lynn Helphenstein’s sudden death shocked the art world.
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Living in an Alive World
Soft eyes, deep listening, and other ways to extend human perception beyond our limits.
Stop ruining it
Paul McGowan makes stereos. To paraphrase his insight: The musicality isn’t a feature you add to an amplifier. It’s what’s left when you stop ruining it. To expand: Customer delight isn’t something we add to our projects. It’s what’s left if we don’t ruin it. Curiosity isn’t
An Introduction to the Islamic World: 1,000 Years of History in 19 Minutes
References to Islam in major media can make it sound monolithic and eternal. But it’s actually a much younger and less unified phenomenon than many of us imagine, especially if we happen to live outside the Middle East. As a religion, it dates back “only” to the seventh
The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
It’s almost 35 years ago now that Nirvana’s video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit” debuted on MTV’s 120 Minutes and, for better or worse, inaugurated the grunge era. The video (below) arrived as a shock and a thrill to a generation too young to remember punk and sick of the steady
The Only Three Distinctions Between People
It may be that consciousness evolved to sieve the relevant from the incomprehensible allness of all there is, to parse the world into concepts and find an organizing principle for the chaos of them. Our cognitive inheritance is a restless yearning to fathom how things cohere
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein of “Jerry Gogosian” Found Dead in Brazil
The curator and commentator built a following for her online persona and satirical memes of the art world.
Against Self-Criticism: Adam Phillips on How Our Internal Critics Enslave Us, the Stockholm Syndrome of the Superego, and the Power of Multiple Interpretations
"In broaching the possibility of being, in some way, against self-criticism, we have to imagine a world in which celebration is less suspect than criticism."
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s...
Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season . “Key environmental indicators show that the nation is a tinderbox, gripped by widespread drought and with a light snowpack in the mountains.”
Kingston Locals Can't Stand City's “Soulless” New Signage
New site markers installed in the Hudson River Valley city last month have been decried as “bland,” “ugly,” and “sterile slop.”
Why Your Shelf Looks Like a Gallery
Plus a book about an infamous art trafficker, an Anni Albers bio, and more.
Celia Paul Transcends Her Own Mythology
She puts her own spin on autobiography, exceeding her own cult status as a monastic artist.
Unofficial Iraqi Pavilion Pops Up in Venice, but Not That One
Ali Eyal and David Horvitz satirize America’s oil war in an installation at a Chevron gas station on Venice Boulevard.
An Interactive Sculpture by Wade and Leta Celebrates the Sun-Bleached Australian Landscape
Visitors can hop on the teeter-totter and adjust the ecological soundscape of "There, Now, Here." 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 An Interactive
I’ve probably featured this before but always worth...
I’ve probably featured this before but always worth a re-up: “ A Books Unbanned library card gives teens across the United States free digital access to ebooks and digital resources, including banned and challenged books — no matter where they live.”
Society’s Repair Begins With Art
We must cultivate spaces with the capacity to hold another kind of cultural experience that forges a reintegration of art and life.
Star Wars Influences: Dam Busters
The original Star Wars movie was a mashup. George Lucas and his collaborators pulled from everywhere: westerns, samurai movies, Flash Gordon, and a 1955 war film called The Dam Busters. This video shows just how closely the attack on the Death Star mirrors a scene from The Dam
“Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support...
“Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account.” And the bot just went ahead and did it .
In Post-War Japan, the US Used Quiz Culture to Help...
In Post-War Japan, the US Used Quiz Culture to Help Democratize the Country . TV quiz shows “normalized participation, merit-based competition, and equal opportunity — values that contrasted sharply with the hierarchical structures [of] prewar Japan”.
Meet the Ukrainian Stunt Pilot Who Shoots Down Russian Drones
Timur Fatkullin is a Ukrainian flying ace who uses his acrobatic flying skills honed before the war to shoot down Russian drones . When I fly close to the target, I can’t engage because there’s houses or infrastructure underneath. So we keep flying, keeping it in the
Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World ....
Power Lines: Maps That Shaped the Way We See the World . “A collection of the greatest political maps in history and how these images have an unmatched power to influence our thinking — and our world.”
“ Serena Williams has announced her sensational...
“ Serena Williams has announced her sensational return to professional tennis at 44 years old next week at the Queen’s Club in London.” Yessss.
Opportunities in June 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from the VH Award, Bennett Prize, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
The Illuminated Windows of NYC
For his project Windows , Dave Krugman took photos of hundreds of NYC apartment windows at night and stitched them together into ever-shifting typologies. What’s going on in each of those apartments? Tags: Dave Krugman · NYC · photography
‘Keith Haring in 3D’ Highlights the Artist’s Prolifically Art-Filled Life
A new exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art surveys the artist's art-everywhere approach. 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 ‘Keith
Pacific Surf Takes Center Stage in Craig Hubbard’s Dreamy Photos
The golden hour hues of the West Coast's legendary sunsets spurred Hubbard's reacquaintance with the camera. 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
Legendary film editor Marcia Lucas died last week ....
Legendary film editor Marcia Lucas died last week . Lucas edited Star Wars (won an Oscar for it), Taxi Driver, Return of the Jedi, and American Graffiti. It was Marcia that suggested to George Lucas that Darth Vader kill Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t...
Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t instant; they travel between users at the speed of whichever bird they use to send it. Note sending is limited by the # of birds in your rookery…if they’re all out, you have to wait until one returns.