We are creatures fragmentary but indivisible, each of us a whole that is always simpler than its parts, but complicated by the struggle for a living unison between them. Nothing betrays our partitions more plainly than our promises. False promises — those people make not
The gang from Craighill explains the origins and uses of three seemingly small design details that show up everywhere: pips, nubs, and the very useful union of pips and nubs. You’ve seen pips on dice and dominos, nubs are used for Braille text, and the pips/nubs combo is used
Art is an act of faith in a world that can make hope feel impossible. 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 Art by Humans, For Humans: A Letter from Our
Caroll Dunham’s purple people, Mia Goldstein’s packaged art, and ethereal paintings by Giuseppe Francalanza and Christine Safa.
Usenet-Rewind : search over 1 billion Usenet text posts from 1981 to the present.
A Florida family claims it spent over $6.7 million on over 200 forged works by the Pop artist.
Jill Mulleady's uncannily familiar scenes, Kate Hefferan's secret magic, the critical role of printed matter in prisons, a moving photographic tribute to Emmett Till, and more.
This week, we honor a designer who changed the internet, a Pattern and Decoration painter, and one of the first photography professors in the US.
“ Figures show Japan is now home to 107,677 centenarians , the highest number in the world, of whom 88% are women. The oldest woman is Kishimoto Fuyo, a 114-year-old from Kyoto City and the oldest man is Kato Hikaru, a 112-year-old from Kumamoto.”
The unsung Black British photographer’s work is the complete opposite of so-called poverty porn.
Scottish trials rider and mountain biker Danny MacAskill, who I first featured on the site more than 17 years ago, recently took his Santa Cruz eMTB north of the Arctic Circle to Narvik, Norway. He rode three different mountains and the result is this incredibly beautiful video
The "Great Mosaic" may be the largest in the Roman world. 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 Largest Roman Mosaic Ever Excavated Opens to the
"Mary Carole McDonnell made low-budget crime shows, but her own story was built on deceptions fit for one of her series. Now, she’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted list and the target of a global manhunt."
The cornrows of Thomas’s paintings, often inspired by her own garden, evoke the infinitely diverse ears of native corn and the sisterhood of braiders across the diaspora.
Hidden in Pieces: Live at the Royal Albert Hall . A live album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Hell yes yes yes! 13 songs are available now plus 9 more tracks when the full album drops in October.
Paul Ford: Aided by LLMs, people & companies are producing lots of software. But where are the AI-coded killer apps? “[AI is] very good at reproducing things that look and feel like what came before.”
Featuring more than 170 objects, "Doll Dressing" examines the influence of dolls on fashion from the 18th century to today.
From the classic Armory Show to Spring Break to an emerging art fair held in an Italian design showroom.
The All of the Above Trail Fest is “deconstructing the very definition of a trail race, refiguring it into something more expansive and inclusive” . There are no gender divisions and winners are decided by who gets closest to their predicted finish time.
"Behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern... the whole world is a work of art... there is no Shakespeare... no Beethoven... no God; we are the words; we are the music; we are the thing itself."
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself... You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of
The sweeping third iteration of this exhibition of public art is well-suited for a city both frozen in time and ripe for a wildly revitalized future.
The Bali-based firm's designs blur the boundary between structure and environment. 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 Pablo Luna Studio Takes
One thing I didn’t get a chance to work into my post about the unexpected memory bomb triggered by my spice drawer was the tight, deep connection between smell and memory. I first learned about this relationship in college when I read A Natural History of the Senses by Diane
We Must Create the Shit Machine . “I asked everyone I know at the BIG TECH HUMAN CENTIPEDE ROUNDTABLE, and we all agreed that UNCONTROLLABLE SHIT-RAIN IS USEFUL AND GREAT, and that EVERYONE WANTS IT.”
"A prominent dressage trainer shot a belligerent student—and now maintains that he’s the real victim."
From ancient Roman frescoes to modern kitchen benchtops, our desire to recreate marble is about more than cutting costs - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Turns out the art world is primed for “Why would I deceive you?” memes. Also: NYC museum workers authorize a strike.
Most of us can rattle off the first few words-that-stand-for-letters of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Alfa, Bravo, and Charlie no doubt come right to mind, and depending on how many war movies you’ve seen, so may Delta, Echo, and Foxtrot. But how many of us would recognize Kilo,
But this job is. We all need to feed our family, find shelter and contribute to the community. Finding useful work is a key part of the human condition. But that doesn’t mean the thing you’re being asked to do right now is required. In fact, it’s optional. It might come with
For decades following World War II, the world was left wondering how the atrocities of the Holocaust could have been perpetrated in the midst of—and, most horrifically, by—a modern and civilized society. How did people come to engage in a willing and systematic extermination
The frontier Anthropic & OpenAI models are only ~4 months ahead of open models — at 5x the price . “Most organizations should ideally be using open models as the default for the majority of their work, according to [a report] from Mozilla…”