What do you you do when the book you’re reading is too...
What do you you do when the book you’re reading is too large to carry around? “I would like to recommend you to a practice I call Chop That Book Up Into Reasonable Sizes .”
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No One Is Reading, Except at the New York Art Book Fair
The overlooked, subversive, and playful currents of politics and queer culture flow freely at the fair’s 20th anniversary edition, held at MoMA PS1.
Well. I’m not sure what to think about this. The teaser...
Well. I’m not sure what to think about this. The teaser trailer for Madden , starring Nicolas Cage as John Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis. Boom?
Here’s What (Dealers Said) Sold at the Armory Show
If collectors had any concerns about the wars or inflation, they did not seem to share them at the New York fair, where the mood was almost too serene.
What if America Went Completely Dark? “We came up with...
What if America Went Completely Dark? “We came up with some very astounding numbers. If you knock out nine total substations among those three grids, you can black out the entire United States.” And it could last months ?
KnotChat: Jennifer Myers Chua
Jennifer is a marketer, project manager and impresario. We’ve worked together on projects, and it’s always a delight. She and I sat down to talk about the hard work of what’s next.
On Concrete Remnants of London’s Aylesbury Estate, Harriet Mena Hill Preserves a Community
Harriet Mena Hill is devoted to documenting a community amid demolition. 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 On Concrete Remnants of London’s Aylesbury
Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s...
Now We Can Sing is the first single from Max Richter’s upcoming album, While the Flood Rages, which will be available wherever you stream your music on Oct 16.
Arthur Jafa, King of Pop
His eclectic references and intuitive grasp of memes and virality set him apart as an artist taking assemblage and collage to new heights.
Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education
"No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life."
This is a fun daily game: Catfishing. You guess the...
This is a fun daily game: Catfishing . You guess the Wikipedia article from its categories.
A Tribute to Black Soho Inside a New York Art Fair
Historic archives are displayed alongside works by Emma Amos, David Hammons, Vivian Browne, and more in a presentation at Independent 20th Century.
Terry Riley’s In C is a composition where any number of...
Terry Riley’s In C is a composition where any number of musicians improvisationally play 53 melodic fragments in the key of C. This web app lets you play multiple In C live performances layered on top of each other. In C to the power of In C, if you will.
A View From the Easel
“I also have a mini trampoline that I’ve always had in my studio, it’s a reminder to stay playful.”
Spring Break Art Show Tackles Life's Crushing Burdens
Fair participants touch on politics and current events through their own lens and invite others to do the same.
Artists at Spring Break Art Show Tackle Life's Crushing Burdens
Fair participants touch on politics and current events through their own lens and invite others to do the same.
“The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination...
“ The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions.”
Lisa Bradley Moves Beyond Luminosity at the Delaware Art Museum
The Delaware Art Museum presents the artist’s newest body of work in a solo exhibition spanning recent large-scale paintings and early works on paper.
“The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has introduced a...
“The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has introduced a new black card to help prevent abusive behaviour from parents at youth-team matches.” If, after two warnings, the black card is shown, the match is permanently cancelled.
“Doyle Lane: Master of Clay” Now on View at The Huntington
Discover the first major museum retrospective devoted to the influential Los Angeles ceramic artist.
Lego’s biggest set ever is coming out soon: the...
Lego’s biggest set ever is coming out soon: the 12,060-piece Sagrada Família . $800. It will take as long to build as the actual cathedral — you may not live to see it finished.
Three Artists and Two Writers On Surrealist Painter Remedios Varo’s Influence
Have you found yourself stunned by the Surrealist works of Remedios Varo? Same. 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 Three Artists and Two Writers On
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: the cuckoo’s nest, fruitful work, keys and locks, commander in fief; perfect sound forever, and more.
Should You Sit Out the Armory Show?
One line on the blue-chip behemoth, Independent 20th Century highlights overlooked artists, and more.
Reasoning together
Jürgen Habermas, the great defender of deliberative democracy, lived up to its demands: he never feared changing his mind - by Emilie Prattico Read on Aeon
Thinking about your purpose
I don’t believe we’re each born with a purpose. We have more freedom than that, the freedom to choose the impact we’ll make. Our work, though, does have a purpose. The change we seek to make. The people we’re here to make it for. When we commit to work with purpose, it
Say what you want
The problem is with the “and.” (Often a ‘but’ in disguise.) I want to make the art I have in my head, and I want the market to love it. I want to have the wedding of my dreams, and I don’t want to worry about money, and I want my cousins and friends to […]
How Else Marie Pade, a Prisoner in World War II, Became Denmark’s First Female Electronic Composer
Before she became a composer of electronic music, Else Marie Pade was a sick child listening to the radio. Frequent kidney inflammations consigned her to bed for long periods of time, which would constitute neither her last nor her harshest experience of confinement. She was
What If We Just Stopped? “We’re in the Looney Tunes stage...
What If We Just Stopped? “We’re in the Looney Tunes stage of the end of social, where we’ve glided well past the edge of the cliff and it’s slowing dawning on us that the only way left is down. Fast.”