The Day Dostoyevsky Discovered the Meaning of Life in a Dream
"And it is so simple... You will instantly find how to live."
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Standing in the Shadow of No Towers
The struggle for immigrant rights and lives after 9/11 defined a generation of South Asian art and activism, even if it felt at times like we were trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon.
Brooklyn, Say Hello to Your First Craft Supply Library
Crochet hooks, thermal laminators, and button makers are among the 31 items now available to rent from the Brooklyn Public Library’s new lending program.
Why Leaves Change Color and How We Become Who We Are: The Science of Chlorophyll and the Poetics of Personhood
"We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us."
15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar
A photography show dedicated to NYC in the nighttime, an Indigenous-led arts festival honoring the Mississippi River, the first-ever Bienal de Yucatán, and more biennials and triennials to visit across the world.
School of Visual Arts Ends Photography MFA Program
Founding Chair Charles Traub said he believed the closure could have been avoided with “better coordination” and more strategies for “how we were going to deal with the future of AI.”
Symmetry and Biomorphic Forms Characterize Roberta Gentry’s Sensual Paintings
Roberta Gentry is interested in the relationship between the constructed and the natural, cultivating abstract, biomorphic forms. 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
Joel-Peter Witkin’s God-Loving, Gender-Bending Art
His elaborate tableaux vivants blend elements of mythology, the Bible, and art history to express compassion for the marginalized.
Neat little prototype demo of a Bluesky reader that...
Neat little prototype demo of a Bluesky reader that uses the UI of the long-retired Paper app. I loved the design of Paper.
A View From the Easel
“Sometimes it's infinite folding and binding, and I just spend the day or weekend doing that.”
Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon Mythology, Dreams, and the Renaissance
Anstis' solo show 'Pastels' just opened at Olney Gleason in New York City. 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 Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon
A late 90s guide to Super Metroid was written in...
A late 90s guide to Super Metroid was written in monospaced type, fully justified with no double spaces or hyphens . “I just chose words carefully so that everything lined up on the right hand side.”
University of Michigan’s Fully Funded MFA Program Combines Studio Art and Research
Top-ranked, tuition-free MFA program at University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design supports interdisciplinary, research-based practices
Pope.L Invites Us to Think Through the American Dream
A collection of his works on paper at the Drawing Center typifies his frantic and sometimes opaque renderings of thought.
UCR ARTS Presents Dispatches: The Photography of Douglas McCulloh, 1990–2025
The first full survey of the Southern California photographer’s four-decade career is opening this fall at UCR ARTS in downtown Riverside.
Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2025 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin.
UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to Come Home to Scotland
The project began in 1989 under Scottish activist Ally Van Tillo, who died on August 30.
Biiiiig Stretch
Back when I went on sabbatical in 2022 , I told the story of the fiddle leaf fig tree I bought shortly after my ex-wife and I separated and I’d moved into my own apartment. I’d recently moved into my own apartment after separating from my wife and figured a large plant in my
“In almost every [US] county, extreme heat is at...
“In almost every [US] county, extreme heat is at least as bad as it was 30 years ago. In most counties, it’s much worse.” It’s Not Just You. America Has Gotten Much Hotter. (Not a fan of articles like this being in the “opinion” section…)
Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper Pal
Ever imagined a pear or an apple with a personality? 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 Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper Pal
Artists Reflect on 25 Years Since 9/11
Shahzia Sikander, Wafaa Bilal, Rina Banerjee, and more recount their experiences, Rabkin Prize winners announced, and introducing pocket reviews.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: ㆍBefore/after ㆍMany/one ㆍAthlete/human ㆍSilent/spoken ㆍGame/mystery
Penchants of the polymaths
The fathers of Islamic science hold lessons for students: breadth over specialisation, and never let constraints get in the way - by Mariam Sabri Read on Aeon
Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in 25,000-Year-Old Teeth
Image by Fakhri “Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth” may sound like odd headline language, at least by the traditional standards of the New York Times. But then, the teeth in question are, indeed, really old. “Archaeologists have pushed
“Evil Mickey Mouse” Invades Japan in a 1934 Japanese Anime Propaganda Film
Before the Japanese fell completely, one hundred percent in love with anything and everything Disney (I mean, seriously, they love it), Mickey Mouse represented something completely different: Pure American imperialist evil. At least he did in this 1934 animated propaganda
The Unspeakable World: Alan Watts on How to Touch the Pulse of Life
What makes life so disorienting is that its greatest revelations and greatest transformations are inarticulable. William James knew this when he listed ineffability as the first of the four features of transcendent experiences. Everything beautiful and meaningful, from the
VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer...
VC Isn’t VC Anymore — Understanding the Rise of Cancer Capital . “We must understand that it is no longer a financial machine that is used to fund startups, but a political and social machine focused on dismantling democracy and civil society.”
The Simpsons Switcheroo
At the beginning of a clip from this podcast episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend with Matt Groening, Conan talks about one of his favorite things they did on The Simpsons: It’s a phenomenon that the Simpsons did so beautifully, which is — and we did this with Homer a lot —
“ Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of...
“ Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of multi-chromatic and variable display typefaces…” This is bonkers…letters made from Battleship pieces, Connect Four boards, playing cards, wooden railroad tracks, etc.