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White Girls and the Global South
Happy spring! If you've been stuck in a reading slump like me, look no further.
The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem
The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to "current conditions" in Israel.
Just renewed my membership for The Kid Should See This ,...
Just renewed my membership for The Kid Should See This , a genuine internet treasure.
Trump Erects Contentious Columbus Statue Outside White House
The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.
Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi’s Studio
“He was assembling a force field of geometric objects,” said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter's famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring.
Do You Actually Have to Finish That Novel?
"A critic considers the strange moral pressure we feel to read to the very last page."
It’s an Open Thread #2
Hey folks. The site is going to be very light this week and early next week — I’m spending some time with my family and accompanying my daughter on some spring break college visits. I’ll be back to full force mid-next week. In the meantime, I thought the open thread we did a
Before the “Global South,” Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity
Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like “Global South” to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon.
An interview with Andy Weir about the accuracy of the...
An interview with Andy Weir about the accuracy of the science in Project Hail Mary . “I’m proud that the only true violation of physics in the story is something you have to go down to the quantum level to find.”
Something Deeper Than Hope: Terry Tempest Williams on Our Stays Against Despair
“If you are now wondering where to look for consolation, where to seek a new and better God,” Hermann Hesse wrote in his wartime manifesto for hope in difficult times, “he does not come to us from books, he lives within us… is in you too… most particularly in you, the dejected
Stephen Morrison’s Trompe-L’œil ‘Dog World’ Paintings Are Fetching
Canine curiosity and play find their way into vibrant paintings that "invite viewers to rediscover the magic and absurdity often obscured by the routine." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for
How Do Artists Finance Their Lives? Join Us for a Discussion About Mason Currey’s New Book
Join us in Chicago on April 8 to chat art, money, and how the two intersect. 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 How Do Artists Finance Their Lives?
“ Stop naming things after people, living or dead ....
“ Stop naming things after people, living or dead . No schools. No streets. No courthouses. No fountains. Just quit it.”
Meditate to the Undulations of Baltic Sea Ice in Jan Erik Waider’s Hypnotic Videos
Fresh ice formed a thin layer of faceted shapes on the rolling surface that moved gently without breaking apart. 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
The city that wasted nothing
Edo, modern Tokyo, transformed from a city near ecological collapse to a thriving epicentre by creating a circular economy - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Whitney Biennial Shies From the Moment
Our editor-in-chief's thoughts about the Whitney Biennial, John Yau remembers Thaddeus Mosley, the fallout from the allegations against Cesar Chávez, and more.
An African philosophy
Lansana Keita rejected Eurocentric ideas, tracing the philosophical tradition back to African Kemet or ancient Egypt - by Sanya Osha Read on Aeon
Follow-through
How does the ball know? In tennis, golf or just about all ball sports, the follow-through determines the flight of the ball. Great players always have a complete and confident follow-through. But the ball is long gone before that happens. So, what’s the point? It turns out that
Every Known Work by Georgia O’Keeffe Has Been Digitized and Made Available Online
Upon hearing the names of Arthur Dove or Marsden Hartley, the saturated colors and organically askew lines of those painters’ landscapes may appear before your mind’s eye. But unless you have a special interest in American modernists of the early twentieth century, they
Why Smart People Feel Like Frauds: The Psychology of Impostor Syndrome and Its Hidden Benefits
Incompetent people tend to see themselves as not just competent, but highly competent. So, at any rate, holds the theory of the “Dunning-Kruger effect,” previously featured here on Open Culture. But does the converse also hold: do highly competent people tend to see themselves
Life, Loss, and the Wisdom of Rivers
"It’s a mercy that time runs in one direction only, that we see the past but darkly and the future not at all."