Your Midterm Guide to Voting for the Arts
We rounded up key races and where candidates stand on culture funding, AI, and more.
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The emotions of voting
Futility: It might feel like it doesn’t matter.Fear: Of choosing wrong, or doing it wrong.Responsibility: It isn’t given, it’s taken. Which is why so many leave it on the table.Possibility: Showing up to have your say could change things for the better.Identity: This is what
The San Francisco Public Library Launches a Free Online Archive with 80,000+ Historical Images & Documents to Explore & Download
Over 100,000 people move to the San Francisco Bay Area each year. Their motivations for doing so no doubt vary, but these days, the ambition to make a fortune at the epicenter of the tech industry — especially amid the rapidly inflating AI bubble — is hardly unheard of.
Have I Befriended a Murderer?
For five years, I’ve investigated a man convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death. Somewhere along the way, the line between journalism and friendship blurred.
Watch Soviet Animations of Winnie the Pooh, Created by the Innovative Animator Fyodor Khitruk
In 1962, the animator Fyodor Khitruk made his directorial debut with Story of One Crime, a film that broke with a Soviet tendency to make imitations of Disney-style animations. The film, as The Guardian explained in its 2012 obituary for the animator, came as a shock. It was
Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity
"The mind narrates what the nervous system knows. Story follows state."
The Art of Advancing with Age: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
"Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life."
A Midterm Election Guide for Artists and Arts Workers
Issues touching on arts funding, censorship, AI regulation, and more are at stake for the country’s cultural sectors across key Senate, House, and Gubernatorial races.
10 Art Books to Curl Up With This November
Celia Paul’s latest essay collection from Venice, Salman Toor’s painted worlds, the secret herbarium of Rosa Luxemburg, a new Roy Lichtenstein catalog for old fans, and more.
Love in the Time of Dinosaurs
In 1824, studying a set of large fossil bones discovered in a quarry near Oxford two centuries earlier, the English theologian, geologist, and paleontologist William Buckland kept looking at the fragment of the lower jaw. Something didn’t add up. As he examined it more closely,
Simon Willison: The October Inflection Point for Vibe...
Simon Willison: The October Inflection Point for Vibe Game Development . “The thing I find both exciting and shameful about this is that I have got interesting results from so little creative input.”
Arkivism is a search and visual discovery engine for...
Arkivism is a search and visual discovery engine for millions of public domain works from the collections of the Smithsonian, The Met, NASA, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Rijksmuseum, and more.
Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘A Real Love Thing’ Surveys a Decade of the Artist’s Multidisciplinary Practice
Fifteen works amplify Gibson's interest in pattern, music, queer iconography, and his Indigenous Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee heritage. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as
Ted Chiang: “There’s no way to write fiction and...
Ted Chiang : “There’s no way to write fiction and guarantee your readers will understand it correctly. There is no way you will ever be able to write something so straightforward that Elon Musk will understand it the way that you intend it.”
10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This November
Julia Whitney Barnes’s organic paradise, Emily Nomer’s mystical geometric paintings, Maria Molteni’s conversations with the divine, and more
Searching for Jobs, Gen Z Feels Like It’s Staring Into ‘the Void’
"Hundreds of applications later, even being rejected by an actual human being counts as a victory."
“The Man I Love” Wants Us to Do More Than Mourn
Ira Sachs resists the attention economy, using objects and people to tell a moving story of 1980s New York amid the HIV/AIDS crisis.
French Galleries Accuse Art Basel Paris of "Disrespect, Even Contempt"
A group representing over a quarter of the exhibitors released a letter demanding compensation following the fair's abrupt closure.
Let’s get this out of the way: Olivia Colman will be...
Let’s get this out of the way: Olivia Colman will be great as Mrs. Bennet in the new Pride and Prejudice series; here’s the trailer . But the rest of it has some awfully large shoes to fill — both the 1995 and 2005 adaptations are rightly beloved.
Are contemporary technologies like GPS, phones, and AI...
Are contemporary technologies like GPS, phones, and AI deskilling the human body ? “In surrendering to a quick technological fix, we are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending.”
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Moving Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a Lifetime of Sorrow in the Making
A hymn of rage, a hymn of redemption, and a timeless love letter to the possible.
How Former Theater Kid James Talarico Stands Up for the Arts in Texas
As Republicans exert an ever-tightening grip on creative freedom in the state, the Democratic Senate hopeful stands out for his track record on arts funding.
Love the idea of a volta, a pivotal point. “The moment...
Love the idea of a volta , a pivotal point. “The moment when an acquaintance becomes a friend, when a song goes from background noise to what I will demand people play at my funeral.” Or when a novel goes from boring to incredible .
Ana Mendieta's Lasting Imprint on Art
A major survey at Tate Modern asks us to take notice of the earth, the power of the female body, and the artist’s remarkable practice.
The Collectively Drawn World
The Drawn Maps are the borders of the countries, state, provinces, and other official territories collectively drawn by more than 300,000 people playing an online daily game called Borderline . There’s a world map as well as maps of the USA , Canada , Italy , and more. There
Opportunities in November 2026
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Baton Rouge Gallery, Columbia University, MFA Houston, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Babe, wake up! New potato just dropped. It tastes like...
Babe, wake up! New potato just dropped . It tastes like roast chicken.
Barbara Takenaga’s ‘Awestruck’
At Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 40 paintings invite viewers into an exhibition where scale, pattern, and perception are explored and celebrated.
Faceted Faces and Surreal Still Lifes Fill GaHee Park’s Dreamy Paintings
An eye peers from a goblet. A disembodied finger creeps from beneath a curtain. 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 Faceted Faces and Surreal Still
Trailer for season four of The Gilded Age, which started...
Trailer for season four of The Gilded Age , which started yesterday. I love this show for reasons that are unclear to me. But I don’t care! The heart wants what it wants!
Applications are Open for the Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Join a cohort of artists and writers committed to developing a sustainable practice. Applications for the 2027–29 Core term are due January 8, 2027.
Readwise announces Readwise Books. “We’ve built Readwise...
Readwise announces Readwise Books . “We’ve built Readwise Books: our very own ebook store and app. In simple terms, you can think of it as a cross between the Kindle and Goodreads apps, where you can buy, read, and track books.”
The Ten Best Captain Picard Episodes of Star Trek
In the wake of Patrick Stewart’s death the other day, I watched a couple episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation — the two-part series finale All Good Things… in fact. 1 Wanting to add more Picard-centric episodes to my watchlist, I did some research. There are several
A Night Living in Penn Station
"For the outreach workers trying to place homeless New Yorkers in shelters, each evening presents familiar faces and fresh challenges."