I was thankful to read Marcin Wichary’s review of Stewart Brand’s Maintenance: Of Everything . I first heard about the book months and months ago; it sounded potentially interesting but I was afraid it was going to suffer from a now-familiar myopia of the “tech” old guard.
Dean Majd captured images of his inner circle for a decade, deconstructing performances of masculinity in the process.
Not sure what level of prank/gag/stunt this is (note today’s date), but this is supposedly a fully functional compass that only points to the Olive Garden in Times Square .
The Pioneering Coffee House Serving Since 1645 . “In Oxford, ‘runners’ would go from coffee house to coffee house, picking up all the best news and delivering it back to customers, said Garner. You’re talking human wi-fi.”
"For months, lone vibe coder Rafael Concepcion has obsessively built tools to counter the federal immigration crackdown—pivoting as he’s been outmatched. He’s also lost his job and become a target."
After two years off, Tom Scott is back with a new YouTube series : “I took a road trip through every county in England, and filmed something interesting in each of them.”
"You don’t need to shout it for the entire world, but you need to give hope to the people who need it, who you can speak to."
Joseph Ford's ongoing series 'Impossible Street Art' invites street artists to imagine their work in inaccessible sites. 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
The dark arts of “Hollywood accounting” make it difficult to determine film budgets with precision. But according to reasonable reckonings, James Cameron may have directed not just one but several of the most expensive movies of all time. The underwater sci-fi spectacle that
Tech investor and billionaire Marc Andreessen has many bad opinions (as evidenced by his investment portfolio). On a recent podcast, he shared a real boner : that he isn’t introspective, that people 400 years ago weren’t at all introspective, and that introspection was a
"...a stillness in which the germ of what is not yet palpable pauses and gathers to begin one more time."
To be a true person is to be entirely oneself in every circumstance, with all the courage and vulnerability this requires. And yet because a person is a confederacy of parts often at odds and sometimes at war with each other, being true is not a pledge to be a paragon of
"Collectors have been tracking an 1854 outlaw tale from gold rush San Francisco to the alleys of Mexico City—and beyond. We join the hunt."
Stitch a blanket or a pillow cover that reminds you of Copenhagen, Paris, or New York. 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 Stitch Your Favorite
The rise and fall of the Medici’s ingeniously engineered ‘Garden of Wonders’: the Pratolino ‘proto-theme park’ in Tuscany - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Also, JD Vance's incel monument, the Louvre's new security upgrade, and a secretive art fair in the US Virgin Islands ...
The author of The Incendiaries and Exhibit on the bed as refuge, the power of movement and exercise, a life of writing, and more.
Word salad is actually nutritious when consumed in small amounts. Placebos are real, they’re effective and they often help us find solace or perhaps to heal. If they do no harm, there’s no problem. “Placebo” isn’t an insult. It’s a category, one to live up to and improve.
From the 18th century onward, the genres of Gothic horror and fantasy have flourished, and with them the sensually visceral images now commonplace in film, TV, and comic books. These genres perhaps reached their aesthetic peak in the 19th century with writers like Edgar Allan
Visitors will be checked for bobby pins and paper clips, which pose the greatest threat to the new "state-of-the-art entry inhibition protocol," the security director said.
The institution is looking into alternative forms of revenue to supplement funding for its multi-million dollar renovation, a source said.
“I like to think of myself as a modern-day Rückenfigur,” she said in an exclusive interview with Hyperallergic.
Dozens of mega-collectors are reputed to be attending the super-secretive fair slated to take place in the US Virgin Islands.
An X-ray analysis revealed plans for backup careers in face painting and other pursuits beneath layers of paint in the Dutch Master’s magnum opus.
A new visitor experience survey reveals a surprising amount of criticism lobbed at Lisa del Giocondo.
The institution renamed itself in honor of a readymade whoopee cushion by Marcel Duchamp discovered in its archives.
Qualifications include a malleable moral compass, and compensation is sometimes guaranteed.
“It is rare to see something so marvelous in a gallery,” said one of the VIP guests.
Thanks to the inaugural Smellowship program, your nose could end up on a marble sculpture in the museum's Greek and Roman Art wing.
"Ich bin ein Incel," said the vice president in the presence of manosphere influencers, UFC fighters, and crypto bros.
Nothing Works in Trump’s America — Except Racism . “Trump is objectively bad at running the government, but he’s objectively good at running a Klan rally, and his supporters value the latter so much that they forgive the former.”
The 2026 issue of the HTML Review , “an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web”.
Mark Simonson reminisces about when he discovered type design . “The idea of coming up with an original alphabet design fired my imagination. And learning that it was possible to design type professionally was a revelation.”
Mirchandani explores mythology and perception through the Southeast Asian mythological tradition of apsaras. 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
Blockbuster exhibitions at The Met and MoMA, the Brooklyn Museum announces African art gallery, and things to do during a beautiful spring week.