Image by Carl Van Vechten, via Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons We may be conditioned to offering an opinion at the push of a button, but before venturing on the question of whether we can, or should, separate the art from the artist, it seems ever prudent to ask,
Educate yourself, welcome life's messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs.
Good headline from the NYT for a change: President Narcissus and the Fetid Reflecting Pool .
The Colombian-American painter discusses his new body of work, the complexity of queerness, and the reprieve of the analog.
This is a five-minute video of Andy Warhol eating a Burger King hamburger accompanied by Heinz ketchup. The scene is part of a film done by Jorgen Leth called 66 Scenes from America . Leth had his assistant buy some burgers and directly advised him to buy some in halfway
This week, we honor an Andy Warhol print expert, a tireless art collector, and a beloved Minneapolis muralist.
Mentioned this in passing a few months ago, but wanted to remind you that The Art of Star Wars: Andor is coming out in about a week. Looks great.
"The Man Who Stole the Gods" author Matthew Campbell discusses Western collectors' rapacious hunger for ancient Cambodian art and the sheer violence it took to satiate it.
"Who is good if he knows not who he is? and who knows what he is, if he forgets that things which have been made are perishable, and that it is not possible for one human being to be with another always?"
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley’s comet, twice? It’s complicated. Halley’s Comet came around in 1066 and it’s likely Eilmer of Malmesbury saw a different comet in 1018, not Halley’s in 989.
The Mamdani-backed assemblywoman and artist is poised to represent "Commie Corridor" in Congress.
Hundreds of residents turned out in a demonstration of solidarity, resilience, and togetherness. 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 23,000-Square-Foot
How The New York Times Changed Its Coverage of Trans People . No surprise: it became much more negative, less affirming/protective and more skeptical/restrictive.
"Nearly a year after the devastating July 4 floods, Hill Country communities are still grieving and rebuilding, while hoping to welcome visitors back to the Guadalupe."
Lifts in Film : a collection of movie & TV scenes featuring elevators, including Speed, The Shining, Drive, Mad Men, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Silence of the Lambs, and many more.
Gerrymandle is a daily game where you “draw electoral district lines to win more seats than your opponents and win the election”.
Blessedly, despite the corn sweat, the city’s gallery and museum scene is eager to provide fresh work for the Midwestern mind.
Those who complete a poster art activity from artist Rich Tu will get free admission to the NYC institution.
Artist Rich Tu offers his tips to created an art poster in the new initiative co-organized by Mayor Mamdani and the NYC museum.
Exhibition of Pratt Digital Arts alumni explores technology, ecology, and emerging forms of intelligence.
"We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town."
Kelly Hayes interviews Rebecca Solnit . “There is no rewind button on history. Once people have power & agency, and have seen what it’s like to have rights, voting rights, reproductive rights, they’re not interested in going back. And we’re the majority.”
Guertin summons moments of peace and reflection through felting, crochet, and embroidery. 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 Animals and Ornament
This is one of those videos that you start watching and then can’t really stop until you’ve finished. Cow Trip tells the story of an effort to save a baby cow by driving it (and another baby cow rescue) in a not-huge SUV 600 miles from Vermont to a sanctuary in Maryland. A
Tesla Launches New Model Of Explosions . “What’s different about the XP is that they’ve actually borrowed some of the same technology used by SpaceX, incorporating it as well as a whole slew of other safety features that are basically non-existent.”
"Ananya Rao was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend from Lakeside High was killed. But her parents might go to prison."
How We’ll Fight the Platform War Against Big AI . “Here are some of the proven tactics that have helped shift the balance of power in prior tech reckonings…”
"Jesse Genet’s time was scarce. So she hired Claire, Sylvie, Clark, Dan, and Chloe."
How a Japanese war photographer became one of the most insightful chroniclers of the Troubles in Northern Ireland - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Employees describe the gallery’s disorienting layoffs, Brenda Goodman looks back on her six-decade practice, and artists urge Mayor Mamdani to ban AI in schools.
In 1703, the world’s most esteemed scientific journal published a surprising letter from an anonymous correspondent. (At the time, until well into the twentieth century, anonymity often meant the scientist writing was a woman, though the word “scientist” itself was more than a
Focus groups and informal feedback offer a trap: Asking someone in the target audience if they like something might get you useful feedback. But most of the time, the people you’re asking aren’t actually in the group of early adopters that are going to make your rollout work.
Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect, to provide only his most widely agreed-upon list of occupations. It is he, more than any other single figure, who comes to mind when we think of the ideal of the “Renaissance