Art
Louvre Jewel Heist Suspects Claim ‘Mysterious Spon...
The alleged mastermind reportedly sent the pair a video filmed inside the Apollo Gallery, showing the royal jewels on display.
Furor Erupts Over Design Choice for New National M...
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture on July 6 named a winner of the competition to design the new National Museum of Ecuador (MuNA) and touched off a controversy that to date has seen the resignation of...
Artists Accuse Cape Town–Based SMAC Gallery Of Wit...
In an Instagram post on July 2, South African artist Kate Gottgens asked her followers if they knew of the whereabouts of her painting Audible Doom, 2011. Gottgens alleged that Cape Town–based gallery SMAC had displayed the painting at...
Design for New National Museum of Ecuador Prompts ...
Construction of the new $100 million institution is planned to begin next year.
Whistleblowers Accuse Kennedy Center of Awarding N...
An $8 million no-bid flooring contract was allegedly awarded to South Carolina's Low Country Flooring.
Helena Minginowicz Transforms Humble Paper Towel i...
"Civilizations are remembered through their monuments, but understood through the things they throw away," the artist says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little...
Kennedy Center Violated Government Contracting Nor...
Rhode Island senator Sheldon Whitehouse announced on Saturday that he had received a letter from a group of whistleblowers alleging that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts had improperly rushed its recent renovation efforts in service...
California Man Sentenced in Theft of Rare Chinese ...
He had pleaded guilty to the theft of manuscripts valued at $216,000.
EU Commission Recommends Cancelation of Venice Bie...
Russia claimed the EU was trying to "cancel" its culture.
Uncanny Landscapes in Pen and Ink Span Wooden Pane...
The Bozeman-based artist is known for his eccentric wooden works that draw on folklore, personal memory, and daily observations. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for...
From the Archive: Creative Destruction in Postwar ...
In the mid-1960s, a cohort of young Japanese contemporary artists sought to scrutinize, revise and experiment with “all artistic conventions and practices, from object to performance . . . in the service of a critical investigation of daily life.”...
European Commission Recommends Withdrawal of Venic...
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Hovis and Kingsmill are now one business – and Bra...
The London agency has created the positioning and identity for Hovis Bakeries, the new home of two of Britain's best-known loaves, and has mercifully resisted every visual cliché the bread aisle ha...
How Houth Studio turns Taiwanese culture into bold...
The Taipei-based studio turns ideas into practice, building branding and publishing systems that briefly disorient you before resolving into something familiar. Houth was founded in Taipei in 2014...
What if clothing could tell the whole story? Hanna...
Drawing on fashion, memory and material culture, the artist transforms jumpers, fur coats and slogan T-shirts into meticulously painted studies of identity and desire. Growing up in Ealing with a...
Can stories save us? JAIKU is putting 60 people in...
The JAIKU Storytelling Summit lands in London this September, bringing founders, marketers and creative leaders together to ask whether narrative still has the power to change things. In a media l...
N. Dash at Hill Art Foundation
April 23 – July 31, 2026
Isadora Neves Marques at Casa Di Marino
May 23 – July 30, 2026
The Myth of More: Why Quality Matters More Than Qu...
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." — Seneca
The Harlequin's Dog at Galerie Chantal Crousel
June 6 – July 22, 2026






















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