Where Is Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara?
The Cuban artist's whereabouts remain unknown, as do his fate and that of more than 800 political prisoners on the island.
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Suspects Shed Light on "Mastermind" Behind Louvre Heist
One of the two men told investigators that the person who allegedly hired them for the job “thought we could have taken more.”
Should We See Peter Hujar’s Contact Sheets?
Though not made for public consumption, the darkroom work prints reveal his portraits as excerpts of a conversation, rather than memories snatched from the ether.
The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for...
The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for watching, sharing, and connecting around short films. This is really cool…not sure why the site isn’t better known.
The Album Art Music Left Behind
Two projects examine the visual art and design that shape our perception of music, from Raymond Pettibon’s Foo Fighters record covers to the ephemera of bygone bands.
Earth’s Holes
From XKCD, a tour of some of the Earth’s deepest and most notable holes , including mines, caves, boreholes, subway stations, lakes, tunnels, neutrino detectors, and, of course, the Mariana Trench. I was surprised to learn that a pair of boreholes, the Kola Superdeep Borehole
Korea’s Coastal Folklore Surfaces in Jeongmin Lee’s Ink Illustrations
"I rarely paint a folktale exactly as it's written," Lee says. "I'm more interested in its symbols, emotions, and the questions it leaves behind." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as
Skill Nostalgia
"Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?"
Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The...
Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The Wadsworth Museum in Hartford, CT in August. Vuong used “portraiture, landscape, and snapshots to document queer and immigrant life in the Connecticut River Valley over two decades”.
When A.I. Is a Member of the Family . How a family of...
When A.I. Is a Member of the Family . How a family of three in a Cleveland suburb uses AI chatbots. This is wild .
Helena Minginowicz Transforms Humble Paper Towel into Ethereal Paintings
"Civilizations are remembered through their monuments, but understood through the things they throw away," the artist says. 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
A People’s History of Mount Rushmore
Eight art books reframe America 250 and stock photography in the age of AI.
On Loving Birds
"A couple of years after I began volunteering, I realized I was hell-bent on healing birds because they, too, had healed me—in more ways than one."
The Best Shots From the 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest
The best aerial photography reminds us that we don’t have to go all the way to space to experience a small helping of the overview effect . The 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year contest celebrates the best photos taken from the air; here are a few of my favorites:
A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State...
A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State Fair this year . They’re all some variation of “jerked pork rolled in butter & sugar, deep fried in dill pickle batter, and served with a side of cheese curd mayo”; I’d happily try any of them.
Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out...
Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search . “We’ve been clear about what we want. We want a technical solution that allows you to be discoverable without having to give your content away for free.”
Uncanny Landscapes in Pen and Ink Span Wooden Panels by John Buck
The Bozeman-based artist is known for his eccentric wooden works that draw on folklore, personal memory, and daily observations. 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
Indie Film From the Global Majority: BlackStar Celebrates 15 Years of Cinema for Liberation
The world’s most significant and groundbreaking filmmakers of color will gather to showcase their work in Philadelphia August 6-9.
Exploring NYC With Next Generation Skaters
This might be my new favorite skate video ? It follows a pair of young skaters around the city as they chat about their friendship, share tips about living life, and try skating everything that is even remotely skateable. Best friends, Ari and Luca are two of the most
The Forgotten Bombing of LaGuardia Airport
“It’s been called ‘one of the greatest cold cases of the 20th century.’ It remains unsolved. But what happened next is almost a worse crime.”
Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t,...
Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t, then we are not as sovereign as we imagine; if we can’t, a machine god has already taken over this planet, and it’s called the market.”
The Lucrative Bird-Singing Contests That Are Pushing Species to the Brink
"Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it's fueling a crisis."
Patricia Evangelista on journalism
The ‘worst’ and ‘best possible’ job at once: what it’s like to dedicate your life to documenting crimes against humanity - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
A Convicted Antiquities Dealer’s Web
Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there?
Unmothered
We are each a living story, written with those who raised us. But when my most loving co-author ghosted me, my story fractured - by David Robson Read on Aeon
The hedonic treadmill
When we upgrade something in our lives, the thing we used to be satisfied with is no longer satisfying. That’s the nature of an upgrade. After a certain point, the only thing we’re buying is the way the upgrade makes us feel in the moment, not our satisfaction going forward.
Tatlin’s Tower, One of the Most Ambitious Buildings That Was Never Built
It’s no small project to found a new society, especially when you’re doing it on the scale of a place like Russia. Apart from the considerable practical challenges it entails, there’s also the need for symbols bold enough to represent the underlying ideal. The avant-garde
How Cinemas Taught Early Movie-Goers the Rules & Etiquette for Watching Films (1912): No Whistling, Standing or Wearing Big Hats
I admit, I sometimes pay a premium at a certain dinner theater chain with a lobby-slash-bar designed to look like classic indie video stores of yore. It’s not only the padded recliners and half-decent grub that keeps me coming back. Nope, it’s the rules. Printed on the menu are
The 12 Kinds of Time and How to Be More Fully Alive
“I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars,” Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska wrote in her lovely poem “Possibilities.” Our preferences, of course, hardly matter to time — we live here suspended between the time of insects and the time of stars, our transient lives
Pythagoras on the Purpose of Life and the Meaning of Wisdom
Abiding insight into the aim of human existence from the man who revolutionized science and coined the word "philosopher."