The Rise & Fall Of ‘Petty Tyrants’ . “The energy...
The Rise & Fall Of ‘Petty Tyrants’ . “The energy required to deceive is unsustainable. Reality is relentless. The tyrant who chooses to fight it is doomed.”
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Down with -maxxing! Searching for the absolute best...
Down with -maxxing! Searching for the absolute best option isn’t always the wisest course of action . Better to make a good-enough choice so “a great deal of energy gets freed up for living, instead of being spent on wondering about how to live”.
Christina Mrozik Illustrates an ‘Emotional Ecosystem’ Oracle Deck with Fantastical Forms
"Each drawing took between 20 to 40 hours of focused work," the artist writes. 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 Christina Mrozik Illustrates an
There are no lightsabers in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a...
There are no lightsabers in The Mandalorian and Grogu, a first for Star Wars films . There are also no Wilhelm screams in the movie, which is weird because I thought I heard snippets of it everywhere (even Mando’s blaster sounded a little Wilhelm-ish).
A Tour of Athens’ Acropolis, Explained with 3D Reconstructions
Since it was first built as a Mycenaean fortress in the thirteenth century BC, what we now know as the Acropolis has been used to worship not just Greek gods, but also, in later periods, the Virgin Mary and Allah. Now, of course, with its days of military and religious
100 Iconic Moments From Sir David Attenborough
Let’s the keep the David Attenborough love going: this is a six-hour video featuring 100 of the most iconic moments from the famed naturalist’s work. I got this via Enrique , who rightly asserts that “There’s no such thing as too much David Attenborough.” See also Three Hours
Consider the Sister : an interview with Amy Wallace....
Consider the Sister : an interview with Amy Wallace. “It was hard work being David Foster Wallace’s little sister. It still is. The job of preserving the memory of her brother as a complex, vibrant, often joyful person has fallen to her.”
I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There ....
I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There . “Honestly, folks, we are so, so close. The summit is largely visible. It is nearly visible. There is a concept of visibility at play here that is impossible to ignore.”
A Leonora Carrington Biopic Traces the Surrealist Icon’s Life and Work
"Don't you think it's dangerous to blur the distinction between abstraction and reality?" 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 A Leonora Carrington
Life recombined
In the early 1970s, genetic engineers launched the most controversial revolution in science since the atomic bomb - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
“In Minor Keys” Is the Biennale’s Crown Jewel
Also, Aruna d’Souza interviews Australian Pavilion artist Khaled Sabsabi.
Flickering Enlightenment
Attacked by the Left and Right, the Enlightenment can only be saved through use of its greatest legacy: permanent critique - by Eliane Glaser Read on Aeon
Unpaid labor
It’s possible you use social media to grow your business. Or to enhance your career. Or maybe it’s to find delight and joy. When you add up all the tikking, tokking, tweeting and clicking, what’s the return on that investment? Is your vacation more fun when you spend it taking
The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
If you’ve taken a good art history course on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, you’ve inevitably encountered Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 masterpiece “Starry Night,” which now hangs in the MoMA in New York City. The painting, the museum writes on its website, “is a
Centuries of Endurance Undergird “In Minor Keys”
The main exhibition of the 2026 Venice Biennale sets rage and retribution aside, relaxing the oppressed’s clenched fist for a moment of calm, centeredness, and self-forgiveness.
Make Way for Beavers
A Tube station in West London used to have a flooding problem. Instead of opting for an expensive reworking of the landscape via reservoir & levee, local officials reintroduced a family of beavers into the area . The beavers are part of an unlikely effort to bring back a
Khaled Sabsabi’s Art of Collective Becoming
“I believe in the fact that the people hold the power,” the Lebanese-born representing artist of the Australian pavilion told Hyperallergic.
Paula Kamps, Painter of Rare Sensitivity, Dies at 36
This week, we also honor Tess Jaray, luminary of abstraction, and Ben Morea, counterculture icon.
Engaging With Art Can Slow Aging, Study Claims
A group of researchers at University College London identified a relationship between consuming and creating art and a lower biological age.
Fixing the Potholes in NYC’s Cultural Infrastructure
If “pothole politics” is about fixing what people experience in their daily lives, then cultural funding should follow the same logic: steady, predictable, and built to last.
Existentialist Embroidery
The summer I turned forty, my maternal grandmother, then ninety, gave me an astonishing embroidery she had completed it when she was my age after, having worked on it for years. The cascading geometries of blue, black, and white, interlocking extraordinary precision and
The Louvre Heist Is Coming to a Cinema Near You
The brazen theft at the Paris museum is set for a film adaptation amid an ongoing investigation and the stolen jewels still at large.
American Wealth, Sliced Up
Using the Federal Reserve’s Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989 data, Ryan Thorpe imagines a pizza party with 100 guests and 100 slices of pizza as a stand-in for the United States: We’re having a pizza party with 100 guests! Let’s divvy up the slices the
As part of the Ocean Census project, “scientists...
As part of the Ocean Census project, “scientists have discovered 1,121 marine species in a single year” . Discoveries include “a new species of deep-sea ghost shark, a symbiotic bristle worm…as well as corals, crabs, shrimps, sea urchins, and anemones”.
Caught In Joy: Music for Flow, Rest, and Reset
The moment I clicked through to the Caught In Joy YouTube channel , I knew I was going to love it. The description: Over 80 albums designed to focus, flow and reset. Instrumental electronic music for you brain to wander. And from the website : Caught In Joy (Karol