One of my favorite Brian Eno quotes, or rather one that became an Oblique Strategy, is “Honor Your Mistake as a Hidden Intention.” (Or to be pedantic, the original version was “Honor Thy Error…”). As a teenager growing up and trying to make art (at that time music and comics)
At the moment, the answer to the question of why we should read Homer’s Odyssey seems rather straightforward: so we can more intelligently voice our opinions on Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster film adaptation. A quarter-century ago, the matter was somewhat less clear.
Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.
“Is Mickey Mouse racist?” Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill asked National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig.
We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country . “Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy.”
The tech billionaire denounced Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, vowing to create his own feature-length film using Grok.
The Trump administration’s latest order marks an unprecedented effort to subordinate one of America's foremost public institutions to partisan power.
'Colorstruck! Painting, Pigment, Affect' delves into the ways that color and social, political, and cultural forces intersect in Black American art. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
The administration’s demand comes just days after the director of the National Museum of American History testified before a congressional subcommittee.
The European Central Bank is providing a sneak peek at the next design of the Euro banknotes . From a shortlist of 10 designs created by artists and designers from across the EU, one will be selected as the basis of how Euro banknotes from €5 to €200 will look in the future.
“ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts . No JavaScript, no images, no rendering library — just type the syntax and Datatype’s ligature substitution does the rest.”
The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more altruisticly when the caped crusader was present.
The European Central Bank’s shortlist for the Euro banknote redesign also includes prints of Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, and Marie Curie.
"SFPD cleared 14% of rape cases last year—half the national rate. The Standard found that kits get tested fast, then cases get quietly shelved."
From the filmmakers who made the excellent Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland comes a four-part series on space exploration, Once Upon a Time in Space. A short trailer is above; here’s a synopsis: Drawing on intimate, unseen archive and powerful first-hand testimony, this
The writer and translator reviews a new biography of the Hudson River painter, plus more books to round out July.
At the Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” overcomes the problem of “insiders” ventriloquizing self-taught artists.
An Uncomplicated Man , Emily Wilson’s review of Nolan’s The Odyssey. “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script. Sadly, Damon’s Odysseus isn’t complicated or wily or artful.”
Dressers, chests, and cabinets stack into towering assemblages in Fumiaki Aono's imaginative sculptures. 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 Dynamic
Astronauts returning from long missions report a “jet lag of the self” : “a sense of watching their own lives from a half-step outside the frame”.
I appreciate the plain speech of Science magazine’s Derek Lowe in his recent piece, The Assault On Science Funding Continues . When I talk to people about this subject (and that includes some journalists as well) and say what I’m about to at the end of this paragaph I am
Welp, right at the top of the CDC page on autism and vaccines : “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” 🫨
"Charles Ross spent 50 years building 'Star Axis,' a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?"
Join the search for the elusive cassowary, a big bird that plays an outsized role in maintaining its rainforest home - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Joyce Kozloff becomes the first public member of the feminist collective. Also: Why is an AI company stamping its name onto an art school?
Black philosophers now feature on Western curricula, but the European tradition diminishes their radicalism into reassurance - by Takeshi Morisato Read on Aeon