Fastest Art Heist in History?
Thieves walk off with three masterpieces in under three minutes, photos from No Kings, new galleries for the Brooklyn Museum's Africa collection, and more.
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The Age of Dinosaurs
"Ruminating on extinction, under the slanted tutelage of my child, felt like a responsible thing to do."
Banking beyond the law
A centuries-old network of secret codes and shadowy brokers continues to outpace financial systems controlled by the state - by Miles Kellerman Read on Aeon
Rehearsing possibility
Most of us would like to live with wonder, grace and optimism. Perhaps it pays to practice this in advance. When considering any given moment, is there a glimmer of good worth focusing on, even making a comment about? Our narrative of reality often becomes our reality.
How Many Lives Does God Take in the Bible: An Investigation into a Surprisingly High Body Count
Whether or not we believe in any god, most of us here in the twenty-first century have the impression of divine rulers overlooking humanity with at least theoretical love and benevolence. They forgive us, they have plans for us, they never close a door without opening a window,
A Free Course on Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 from Yale University
From Yale professor Paul North comes a chapter-by-chapter study of Karl Marx’s Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1. According to the description that accompanies the course on YouTube, this “book from 1872 is still the best guide to the predatory economic and
How Flamingos Got Their Pink
Against the morphological backdrop of the rest of nature, a giant pink bird on stilts sounds like something out of Lewis Carroll’s imagination. And yet flamingos came out of evolution’s laboratory, surprising and inevitable as the neocortex, so extravagant in their
Astronaut Michael Fincke was rendered unable to speak...
Astronaut Michael Fincke was rendered unable to speak while on the ISS , prompting an evacuation to Earth. “We’re almost 100% sure that this is a space-related thing.” Uh, I’ve been reading a lot of sci-fi recently; this is *exactly* how It starts.
A new study shows that since 1990, the United States has...
A new study shows that since 1990, the United States has caused $10 trillion in global climate damages . China is responsible for $9T. “Our emissions have caused damage not only to ourselves, but pretty substantial damage in other parts of the world.”
Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To...
Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To Carpentry Business . “My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom.”
Brooklyn Museum’s Africa Collection to Get a Brand New Space
The new exhibition space will connect the art and historical legacy of Ancient Egypt and North Africa to that of the rest of the continent.
Thieves Steal Paintings Worth $10M by Cézanne, Matisse, and Renoir
Italian police are searching for the works after a middle-of-the-night heist at a small museum outside of Parma.
April 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Attn: artists! Don't miss out. 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 April 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists appeared
Masking My Autism Made Me Sick
"The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world."
New Protest Art Lampoons Trump's Gaudy Bathroom Redesign
“In a time of unprecedented division,” reads a plaque, “President Trump focused on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln bathroom in the White House.”
The Bottom of the Ninth
"In baseball and in life, there is a cost to our pursuit of an error-free existence."
See Photos From New York’s Historic Anti-Trump Marches
“Art is a way that we get to connect with each other, to witness each other, and to give a little bit of a buoy to keep going,” one protester told Hyperallergic.
A Drama of Two Masters
How to survive the age of AI, and a new film tries its best to dramatize the rivalry between two British landscape painters.
Juan Uslé’s Childhood Shipwrecks
A new retrospective at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid traces Uslé's work from a Spanish shipwreck to its rebirth in New York City
I love these looping GIF animations from...
I love these looping GIF animations from perfectl00p that use Windows 3.1 elements (Minesweeper, Solitaire, SkiFree, Notepad).
Semiprecious Stones Coat Kathleen Ryan’s Oversized Sculptures of Rotting Food
For Kathleen Ryan, the myriad colors and textures of mold continue to inspire larger-than-life sculptures that, in a way, preserve decay. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7
Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists
Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work is on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.
Turner and Constable Hit the Screen
The camera glides smoothly over landscapes of old England in a film that tries hard to dramatize the rivalry between the two masters.
