Art
Cultural Workers Protest Massive Cuts to Colombia’...
Artists, students, and cultural workers gathered outside of Colombia’s Ministry of Culture in Bogotá on September 21 to protest a proposed 30% cut to the cultural budget in 2027 and a suspension of national arts awards. “The effects of...
Descendants of Nazi-Persecuted Jewish Collector De...
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Three Artists and Two Writers On Surrealist Painte...
Have you found yourself stunned by the Surrealist works of Remedios Varo? Same. 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....
REVEALED: The British Art Prize 2026 shortlist!
Plus how YOU can help decide one of our winners! This year, The British Art Prize received thousands of submissions from a record-breaking number of artists. Now, our esteemed judging panel consisting of art experts, renowned creatives, and leading...
Beauty brands were writing AI slop before AI: here...
Nils Leonard explains how painstaking craft turned a collection of annoying buzzwords into a parody of the periodic table, a campaign that's now won design and advertising's biggest award. It's diffic...
Bentley and FutureBrand rethink the car showroom a...
Unveiled at London's Jack Barclay this week, the new global concept swaps the traditional forecourt hard sell for lounges, a materials atelier and a "cinematic handover room". We find out mo...
Jessica Hische turns her hand-made lettering into ...
The well-known lettering artist, illustrator and designer proves that typography matters for kids too. I've been a huge fan of Jessica Hische since she first came to prominence in 2009. Back then, I w...
Lin May Saeed at Meyer Riegger
September 11 – October 31, 2026
Kerstin Brätsch at Galerie Thomas Schulte
September 11 – November 7, 2026
Jonathan Abbott to Lead Museum of Contemporary Art...
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has named Jonathan Abbott as its new director and CEO. Abbott arrives to the institution from public media company GBH, the country’s largest producer of multiplatform content for PBS and partner to...
When It Comes to Armory Show Sales, Can Slow and S...
The fair’s date change to the end of September brought a quieter opening morning, but dealers reported sales ranging from a few thousand dollars to well into six figures.
New York Investigators Return 36 Artifacts to Syri...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., also announced that his office seized 13 pieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday.
Newly Speculated Goya Painting to Feature in 2028 ...
The work had previously been attributed attributed to the artist's brother-in-law.
Aperture Opens New Headquarters on New York’s Uppe...
Aperture, the nonprofit photography publisher founded in 1952, opened its new home last week. The organization has taken the first two floors of a building on the Upper West Side at Columbus Avenue and West 78th Street, across from...
Art Collector and Publisher Benedikt Taschen Lists...
The Taschens purchased the home in 2018 and have spent the past eight years meticulously restoring every detail.
MOCA LA Names Former Public Media Executive as New...
He is the seventh person to lead MOCA since 2008.
Greek PM Rejects British Museum Comparison of Part...
“Britain would not cut up the Bayeux Tapestry,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated in response to a proposed loan of some Parthenon Marbles.
Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’...
Taehyoung Maria Jeon reimagines the plants cohabitating in her apartment, beginning with leaves and stems before venturing into surreal terrain. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing...
Getty Acquires Long-Lost Velázquez Painting
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased a newly discovered painting by seventeenth-century Spanish master Diego Velázquez—the first work by the artist to enter its collection, and the first to enter the collection of any West...
At Spring/Break’s First Edition in the Old CBS New...
The fair's highlight is The People's Newsroom, a live installation in CBS News's former recording studio, staged with the Slow Factory.
























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