In Rupy C. Tut’s Dreamlike Paintings, Figures Fold Into Landscapes in a Struggle to Belong — Colossal
Art #family #painting #portraits #Rupy C. Tut November 30, 2023 Kate Mothes “Searching for Ancestors” (2023), handmade pigments on…
Month: November 2023
Build Your Own Bismuth Crystals With Nervous System’s Miniature Geometric Puzzles — Colossal
Design Science #crystals #nature #Nervous System #puzzles November 29, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © Nervous System Among the…
Surreal Scenes Unfold in Sandy Skoglund’s Vibrant and Otherworldly Photographs — Colossal
Art Photography #Sandy Skoglund #surreal November 29, 2023 Kate Mothes “Revenge of the Goldfish” (1981). All images © Sandy…
Studio Ibbini Juxtaposes Negative Space and Botanical Filigree in New Laser-Cut Paper Works — Colossal
Art Craft Design #paper #sculpture #Studio Ibbini #vessels November 28, 2023 Grace Ebert All images © Studio Ibbini, shared with…
Faith XLVII Engages Humanity’s Shadows Through the Delicate Interplay of Light and Dark — Colossal
Art #drawing #Faith XLVII #maps #nature November 28, 2023 Grace Ebert “A Study of Light and Shadow V.” All…
Fleshy Gills and Spotted Caps Sprout from Ann Wood’s Lifelike Paper Mushrooms — Colossal
Craft Food #Ann Wood #birds #flowers #mushrooms #paper #vegetables November 28, 2023 Grace Ebert All images © Ann Wood,…
Arghavan Khosravi On Tension, Circumventing Censorship, and the Protest of Iranian Women — Colossal
Art Colossal #Arghavan Khosravi #Iran #painting November 27, 2023 Grace Ebert “The White Feather” (2023), acrylic on canvas over…
In ‘Nature Mart,’ Geoff McFetridge Queries Human Responsibility and Connection Through Minimal Paintings — Colossal
Art #acrylic painting #Geoff McFetridge #painting November 27, 2023 Grace Ebert “Person Person” (2023), acrylic on canvas, 50 X…
Ranjani Shettar’s Delicate Sculptures Entwine with the Lush Plant Life of the Barbican’s Conservatory — Colossal
Art #Ranjani Shettar #sculpture November 27, 2023 Grace Ebert “Cloud songs on the horizon” (2023). All images are installation…
Hera’s Imaginative New Murals Question the Animal Impulse to Migrate — Colossal
Art #Hera #murals #public art #street art November 24, 2023 Grace Ebert “We all are Birds of Migration. Some…
The 2023 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest Highlights the Stunning Sights Above and Below the Surface — Colossal
Photography #climate crisis #contests #fish #oceans November 24, 2023 Grace Ebert Jack Pokoj, a lizardfish’s open mouth reveals its…
RISD Pre-Collegiate Programs Are Now Enrolling for Summer 2024 — Colossal
#sponsor Artwork by RISD Pre-College student James A. Rhode Island School of Design has opened registration for its residential…
Surreal Anatomies and Architectural Motifs Emerge from Elegant Sculptural Candles — Colossal
Design #candles #sculpture #wax November 22, 2023 Grace Ebert Aline Asmar d’Amman, “Aspiration.” All images by Carl Halal, ©…
JR’s Dramatic Cave Intervention Emerges from the Center of the Palais Garnier in Paris — Colossal
Art Dance #JR #public art #trompe l’oeil #video November 22, 2023 Grace Ebert “Retour à la Caverne – Acte…
A Group Show Revels in the Wonder and Unknown of the Night Sky — Colossal
Art #astronomy #embroidery #light #painting #stars November 22, 2023 Colossal Danielle Clough. All images courtesy of Paradigm Gallery +…
Kendall Ross Gets Personal with Her Colorful Sweaters Embedded with Stories — Colossal
Art Craft #fashion #humor #Kendall Ross #knitting November 21, 2023 Kate Mothes “I would never wear this in public”…
Moss, Pine Bark, and Roots Camouflage Tiny Refuges Among the Wild Swedish Forests and Farmland — Colossal
Art Design #land art #nature #plants #site-specific #Ulf Mejergren November 21, 2023 Grace Ebert “Moss Hut.” All images ©…
More Than 100 Photographers Team Up for Vital Impacts Print Sale Supporting Elephant Conservation — Colossal
Photography #animals #astronomy #Vital Impacts November 21, 2023 Grace Ebert Tim Flach, “Flamingo Reflections.” All images courtesy of Vital…
In a Documentary Short, Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley Wield ‘Paint & Pitchfork’ in the Studio — Colossal
Art Documentary #Amy Sherald #art history #Kehinde Wiley #painting #portraits #video November 20, 2023 Kate Mothes In 2018,…
Wander Through a Geometric Field of More Than 400 Pyramids in Jim Denevan’s ‘Self Similar’ — Colossal
Art #geometric #Jim Denevan #land art #landscapes November 20, 2023 Kate Mothes Photos by Lance Gerber, courtesy of Manar…
Remarkably Realistic Marine Invertebrates Made of Glass Surface at the Mystic Seaport Museum — Colossal
Art Craft History Science #Blaschka #glass #nature #sculpture #sea creatures November 20, 2023 Kate Mothes All photos by Joe…
One of the Most Colorful Composites of the Universe Highlights Galaxies 4.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth — Colossal
Science #astronomy #James Webb Space Telescope November 17, 2023 Grace Ebert Galaxy cluster MACS0416. Image courtesy of NASA, ESA,…
The Getty Digitizes a Rare 16th-Century Manuscript from Indigenous Mexico — Colossal
Art History Illustration #art history #Indigenous culture #Mexico November 17, 2023 Grace Ebert “Glue-hardening process,” Book 9, Folio 64v,…
Botanical Patterns Spill from Shinji Ohmaki’s Existential Vessel — Colossal
Art #installation #light #sculpture #Shinji Ohmaki November 17, 2023 Grace Ebert “Gravity and Grace” (2023), installation view at National…
Over 25 Years of a Pioneering Collective’s History Comes Together in ‘Trailblazing Women Printmakers’ — Colossal
History #art history #books #printmaking November 16, 2023 Jackie Andres Aino Clarke, “Jazz Age.” Photo by Peter Morse, courtesy…
Søren Solkær’s Enigmatic Photographs Capture Flocks of Starlings in Evening Skies — Colossal
Photography #birds #landscapes #Søren Solkær November 16, 2023 Kate Mothes “Black Sun #36.” All images © Søren Solkær, shared…
Introspective Figures Navigate Surreal Worlds in Simón Prades’ Illustrations — Colossal
Illustration #narrative #plants #surreal November 16, 2023 Kate Mothes Stories come to life on the page and introspective figures…
Comically Candid Snapshots Culminate in the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — Colossal
Photography #animals #Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards #humor #nature #wildlife November 14, 2023 Jackie Andres Photo © Jacek Stankiewicz. All…
At a New Restaurant in South Vietnam, Dine Under a Dramatic Thatched Bamboo Canopy — Colossal
Design #architecture #bamboo #Vietnam November 15, 2023 Kate Mothes Photos by Hyroyuki Oki. All images © BambuBuild A cascading…
The Iconic ‘Silver Swan’ Automaton Gets a Well-Deserved Fluff of the Feathers — Colossal
Craft Design History #automata #birds #kinetic sculpture #metal #metalwork November 15, 2023 Kate Mothes In the 250 years…
Berndnaut Smilde Conjures Fleeting Nimbus Clouds as They Hover Indoors — Colossal
Art Photography #architecture #clouds November 15, 2023 Grace Ebert “Nimbus Kunstmuseum Hal” (2021). Photo by Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk. All images…
Sebastian Foster Announces 30 Artists for Their Eclectic Fall Print Set — Colossal
#posters and prints #sponsor November 14, 2023 Sebastian Foster Anne Siems Austin-based gallery Sebastian Foster just announced its 2023…
The Largest-Ever Roman Mosaic Found in Anatolia is Revealed to Be Even More Expansive — Colossal
Art History #archaeology #mosaics #Turkey November 14, 2023 Kate Mothes Photos by Sercan Küçükşahin for Anadolu Ajansı As the…
Our Favorite Art Books of 2023 — Colossal
Art Colossal #books November 14, 2023 Colossal We’ve started to think about finding the perfect gifts for our loved…
Sonya Clark Uses Common Fibers to Weave Together Craft, Community, and Activism — Colossal
Art #activism #books #hair #portraits #sculpture #Sonya Clark #textiles November 13, 2023 Grace Ebert “The Hair Craft Project: Hairstyles…
A Documentary Follows Biologists Fighting Ravens with Lasers and Decoys to Save Desert Tortoises — Colossal
Design Documentary #animals #conservation #video November 13, 2023 Grace Ebert In 1990, the desert tortoise landed on the federal…
Colorful Textures Swathe Carlos Cabo’s Ebullient Ceramic Figures — Colossal
Art #Carlos Cabo #ceramics #clay #sculpture November 9, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © Carlos Cabo, shared with permission…
Mist Casts the Hudson Valley in a Mysterious Light in Andrew Moore’s Atmospheric Photographs — Colossal
Photography #Andrew Moore #landscapes #New York November 9, 2023 Kate Mothes “Jill’s Keep, Rhinebeck, NY” (2021). All images ©…
Tau Lewis Salvages Found Textiles to Conjure the Enigmatic Figures of Her Imagined Future — Colossal
Art #books #sculpture #Tau Lewis #textiles November 9, 2023 Grace Ebert “Homonoia” (2022). All images © Tau Lewis, courtesy…
Tender Moments, Vibrant Plants, and Georgian Culture Adorn the Tbilisi Streets for the Annual Mural Fest — Colossal
Art #murals #public art #street art #Tbilisi Mural Fest November 8, 2023 Grace Ebert Milu Correch. All images courtesy…
Toon Joosen Splices Snapshots of ’60s Life into Tongue-in-Cheek Collages — Colossal
Art #collage #humor #paper #Toon Joosen November 8, 2023 Grace Ebert “Oh, island in the sun.” All images ©…
Open Planet Is a Growing Library of 4,500 Free Videos Documenting Nature and Climate Issues Around the World — Colossal
Documentary Photography #animals #climate crisis #landscapes #nature #video November 8, 2023 Grace Ebert Climate science has a communication…
Olga Prinku Grafts Blooms and Branches Into Expansive Embroideries — Colossal
Art Craft #embroidery #flowers #Olga Prinku #plants November 7, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © Olga Prinku, shared with…
Trippy Rugs Weave Kaleidoscopic Color into Plush Floor Coverings — Colossal
Design #Ken Kelleher #rugs November 7, 2023 Grace Ebert The Rain Rainbow Carpet. All images ©˙Ken Kelleher The days…
In Meticulous Paper Portraits, Yulia Brodskaya Coaxes Visions of a Compassionate Future — Colossal
Art Craft #paper #portraits #quilling #yulia brodskaya November 7, 2023 Kate Mothes “Northern Lines.” All images © Yulia Brodskaya,…
Empower Your Practice With the NOT REAL ART Grant for Artists — Colossal
#sponsor November 6, 2023 Not Real Art 2022 NOT REAL ART Grant winner Joan Cox, “In the Garden of…
The Drifters Project Harnesses Community to Clean the Oceans and Visualize Global Plastic Pollution — Colossal
Art #community #Drifters Project #installation #oceans #plastic #pollution #sculpture November 6, 2023 Grace Ebert “Pam In Net” (2008), Southpoint,…
Victoria Rose Richards Surveys Land From Above in Atmospheric Embroidered Landscapes — Colossal
Craft #aerial #embroidery #landscapes #thread #Victoria Rose Richards November 6, 2023 Jackie Andres All images © Victoria Rose Richards,…
Kinetic Botanical Sculptures by William Darrell Wriggle and Writhe in Hypnotic Motion — Colossal
Art #kinetic sculpture #sculpture #William Darrell October 31, 2023 Grace Ebert “Ostara.” All images © William Darrell, shared with permission…
Paint Whirls Through a Sea of Color and the Melodies of Chopin in a New Video by Thomas Blanchard — Colossal
Art #color #macro #Thomas Blanchard #video October 31, 2023 Kate Mothes A vivacious troupe of colorful paint blobs…
Play Meets Ink in Roy Scholten’s Ongoing LEGO Letterpress Bird Series — Colossal
Art #birds #Lego #printmaking #Roy Scholten November 3, 2023 Grace Ebert Common linnet. All images © Roy Scholten, shared…
In Calida Rawles’ New Paintings, the Next Generation Transcends Darkness — Colossal
Art #acrylic painting #Calida Rawles #painting #water November 3, 2023 Grace Ebert “With Wings of Infinity” (2023), acrylic on…
A Forgotten Vault Where Michelangelo Hid and Sketched For Months Opens for the First Time — Colossal
Art History #art history #drawing #Michelangelo November 2, 2023 Grace Ebert All images courtesy of the Bargello Museums, Florence…
A New Documentary Follows the Ohio Environmentalists Making Paint from Toxic Mining Runoff — Colossal
Art Documentary Science #mining #paint #short film #video November 2, 2023 Grace Ebert In southeast Ohio, toxic drainage…
A Photo Preservationist Saved a Trove of 4,000 Glass Plate Negatives That Nearly Went Into the Trash — Colossal
History Photography #black and white #portraits #preservation November 1, 2023 Kate Mothes All images courtesy of Terri Cappucci, shared…
Monumental Paper Installations by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen Bring Vibrant Flora Indoors — Colossal
Art Craft #flowers #installation #Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen #paper November 1, 2023 Kate Mothes All images © Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen,…