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Philipp Timischl at ESSAIS

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 7/2/2025 8:00 PM

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Explore Centuries of Art History 15 Minutes at a Time in James Payne’s ‘Great Art Explained’

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 7/2/2025 5:55 PM

The YouTube series began in May 2020 with the simple premise that great art can be explained clearly and concisely in 15 minutes. 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 Explore Centuries of Art History 15 Minutes at a Time in James Payne’s ‘Great Art Explained’ appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Alan Charlton, Rita McBride at OKEY DOKEY KONRAD FISCHER

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 7/1/2025 8:00 PM

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Richard Prince at Sant'Andrea de Scaphis

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 7/1/2025 8:00 PM

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Ethereal Sculptures by Karen LaMonte Link Perceptions of Beauty, Femininity, and Nature

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 7/1/2025 12:00 PM

LaMonte’s sculptures explore ideas around femininity, resilience, and conventions of beauty throughout history. 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 Ethereal Sculptures by Karen LaMonte Link Perceptions of Beauty, Femininity, and Nature appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Mona Filleul featuring Thilda Bourqui, Ix Dartayre, Miss Chakchouka, Nuria Mokhtar & Rafael Moreno at Air de Paris

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/30/2025 8:00 PM

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Paulo Wirz at Kunsthalle Arbon

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/30/2025 8:00 PM

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Elodie Blanchard Revitalizes Fabric Scraps into Vivid Patchworks of Trees, Bouquets, and Goddesses

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 6/30/2025 12:17 PM

For Elodie Blanchard, textiles hold boundless narrative potential. 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 Elodie Blanchard Revitalizes Fabric Scraps into Vivid Patchworks of Trees, Bouquets, and Goddesses appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Maria Toumazou at Museum Abteiberg

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/29/2025 8:00 PM

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Kemang Wa Lehulere at blank projects

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/29/2025 8:00 PM

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Minami Kobayashi at Bel Ami

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/28/2025 8:00 PM

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Siddhartha at Chess Club, Hamburg

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/27/2025 8:00 PM

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Ulla von Brandenburg at Barakat Contemporary

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/27/2025 8:00 PM

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In a Baltimore Exhibition, the Transformative Potential of Today’s Griots Emerges

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 6/27/2025 1:02 PM

How do stories shape collective experience and societal progress? 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 In a Baltimore Exhibition, the Transformative Potential of Today’s Griots Emerges appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Greg Parma Smith at Museum im Bellpark

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/26/2025 8:00 PM

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Anne Bourse at Crèvecoeur

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/26/2025 8:00 PM

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Chou Yu-Cheng at Kiang Malingue

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/25/2025 8:00 PM

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Mike Kelley, Marlie Mul at LAURENZ

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 6/25/2025 8:00 PM

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Alicja Kwade Reflects the Warped Nature of Time and Reality in Poetic Installations

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 6/25/2025 5:04 PM

Square steel bars give way to knotted branches in Alicja Kwade’s monumental meditation on time. 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 Alicja Kwade Reflects the Warped Nature of Time and Reality in Poetic Installations appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Explore Storytelling Through 300 Years of Quilts in ‘Fabric of a Nation’

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 6/25/2025 2:39 PM

'Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston' surveys nearly 50 quilts at the Frist Art Museum. 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 Explore Storytelling Through 300 Years of Quilts in ‘Fabric of a Nation’ appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

fashion

Nurse reveals how popular cosmetic procedure can negatively impact your sex life: ‘Skill set went down’

by NY Post | Jul 02 2025

FFNEWS

Inside the Gaps – What the FMCSA Isn’t Catching in Trucking Safety

by FreightWaves | Jul 02 2025

golf

U.S. Open: In 1983, Larry Nelson Conquered Oakmont

by NY Times | Jun 11 2025

health

Fluoride

by MedlinePlus | Jul 02 2025

lifestyle

This $250 Coach Outlet bag is on sale for $75 & shoppers say it's 'perfect'

by Hello! Magazine | Jul 03 2025

long_island

This Long Island pizzeria ranked No. 3 best slice in the U.S. — again

by greaterlongisland.com | Jul 02 2025

metro

Billionaire Bill Ackman urges tired, ‘subdued’ Andrew Cuomo to drop out of NYC mayoral race, begrudgingly endorses Eric Adams

by New York Post | Jul 03 2025

nation

House Republicans advance Trump's tax and spending cuts bill

by upi.com | Jul 03 2025

new_jersey

NJ could lose $143M as Trump administration freezes $7B for schools

by NJ Spotlight | Jul 03 2025

opinion

Trump chose country over comfort — just like the Founding Fathers once did

by Opinion on Fox News | Jul 03 2025

people

Travis Kelce lets the awaited 'commitment' slip to Brad Pitt and promises to follow through

by marca.com | Jul 03 2025

politics

ACLU sues to block ICE raids in Southern California, alleging constitutional violations

by Fox News | Jul 03 2025

travel

EVENT: Kynren – An Epic Tale of England – outdoor theatre production – July to September

by The Travel Magazine | Jul 03 2025

upstate

Construction begins on affordable housing development in Tannersville

by NEWS10 ABC | Jul 03 2025

world

Passenger ferry sinks off Bali killing 5 people, 29 unaccounted for

by United Press International, Inc. | Jul 03 2025

Word of the Day

desultory

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 3, 2025 is:

desultory • \DEH-sul-tor-ee\ • adjective

Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a plan or purpose, or that occurs without regularity. It can also describe something unconnected to a main subject, or something that is disappointing in progress, performance, or quality.

// After graduation, I moved from job to job in a more or less desultory manner before finding work I liked.

// The team failed to cohere over the course of the season, stumbling to a desultory fifth place finish.

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Examples:

“One other guy was in the waiting room when I walked in. As we sat there past the scheduled time of our appointments, we struck up a desultory conversation. Like me, he’d been in the hiring process for years, had driven down from Albuquerque the night before, and seemed nervous. He asked if I’d done any research on the polygraph. I said no, and asked him the same question. He said no. We were getting our first lies out of the way.” — Justin St. Germain, “The Memoirist and the Lie Detector,” New England Review, 2024

Did you know?

The Latin adjective desultorius was used by the ancient Romans to describe a circus performer (called a desultor) whose trick was to leap from horse to horse without stopping. English speakers took the idea of the desultorius performer and coined the word desultory to describe that which figuratively “jumps” from one thing to another, without regularity, and showing no sign of a plan or purpose. (Both desultor and desultorius, by the way, come from the Latin verb salire, meaning “to leap.”) A desultory conversation leaps from one topic to another, and a desultory comment is one that jumps away from the topic at hand. Meanwhile a desultory performance is one resulting from an implied lack of steady, focused effort.