Daniel Sikkema Sentenced to Life for Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema
The 56-year-old man is accountable for a "cold, calculated murder-for-hire plot," said US Attorney Jamie McDonald.
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The Souls of Animals
“They do not sweat and whine about their condition,” Walt Whitman wrote of the other animals, “they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning
Great Art Explained Traces the Incredible Story of Henri Matisse’s ‘The Red Studio’
The documentary short by art historian James Payne traces the history of the paradigm-shifting painting. 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 Great Art
So You’ve Been Invited to Documenta 16. Here’s Our Advice.
As two documenta 15 artists who were mercilessly vilified due to our support of Palestine, here’s what you need to consider when you make your choice.
The Prior Occupants of Westbeth Are Just Beyond Reach
A little more legibility would've benefited Alison Nguyen's fragmented short film about the famed NYC artists' housing complex.
France Opens War Crimes Investigation Into Israeli Airstrike That Killed Artist Ali Cherri's Parents
Amnesty International found that Israeli forces had no evidence of a verifiable military target at the site of the strike.
Mamdani's Five Ballot Questions Pass, But Arts Groups Remain Skeptical
Concerns over landmark sites and lack of public input have dampened trust in Proposal 3, in particular.
If Fritz Lang’s Iconic Film Metropolis Had a Kraftwerk Soundtrack
The case of the copyright history of Fritz Lang’s influential sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis is as convoluted as the history of its film print. Lang’s vision and his original almost-three-hour cut were doomed to censorship right from the start. The Nazis took out its more
Miquel Navarro, Sculptor of Cities Real and Imagined, Dies at 81
In this column honoring those we lost in the art community, we remember a leading Spanish sculptor, a Dutch museum leader, and an Indian modernist.
Claire Valdez Will Be Your Artist in Congress
The artist, former cultural worker, and union organizer won a seat in the US House of Representatives by nearly 70 percentage points.
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s Whimsical Books and Dolls Celebrate Black Community
Later this month, Fort Gansevoort presents 25 of the late Ohio artist's works in 'Beaded and Bound.' 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 Aminah Brenda
Doris Salcedo on Colombia's Refusal to Forget
“Works of art last much longer than their governments,” she told Hyperallergic in an interview following the far-right president’s removal of works from the National Museum.
In Praise of the Dilettante
"A wayfaring cosmopolitan who never gets stuck, the dilettante is the right anti-hero for our hyper-specialized age."
School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate Programs and Deadlines
Explore graduate study at the most influential art and design school in the United States.
Visible Brushstrokes Push on a Subtle Grid in Stelios Pupet’s Contemplative Scenes
From his studio in Athens, Stelios Pupet renders meditative paintings that place organic elements within a subtle grid. 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
See You Thursday
I’m taking the day off from the site today — feeling crispy from a little too much work lately. Besides, everyone’s gonna be too busy huffing US midterm election results to pay any attention to anything else. In the meantime, you can spend some time with my poorly timed
No One You Love Is Ever Dead: Hemingway on Loss and the Meaning of Life
"We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other."
Like aliens
Like living metaphors, these self-contained miniature worlds show us the wondrous and fragile beauty of our biosphere - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
The Art of Showing Up
Voting stickers adorn memorials to ICE victims, Jeremy Shaw talks grief and ecstasy, and a portable archive of East LA.
The power of sync
There’s an overlooked power tool right in front of us. Every individual and organization can use it well, but rarely does. I could write a book on this, but here’s the post instead: Synchronized work happens together, on a shared schedule, in real time. Asynchronized work (my
A New Search Engine Lets You Explore 4 Million Works of Art & Historical Photographs from Museums and Libraries Around the World
We live in an age when you can describe practically anything you want to see in words, then see it almost immediately. Nobody will ever have laid eyes upon that particular sight before — and quite possibly, nobody ever will again. There we have both the upside and the downside