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Vote for the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year's People's Choice Award
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (61+ words) In addition to her role as editor for Colossal, Kate Mothes is an independent, semi-nomadic contemporary art writer, curator, and organizer based most of the time in the Upper Midwest. She is also the founder of Young Space and a…...
Bruno Pontiroli Tests the Boundaries of Familiarity in His Uncanny Wildlife Paintings
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (240+ words) In addition to her role as editor for Colossal, Kate Mothes is an independent, semi-nomadic contemporary art writer, curator, and organizer based most of the time in the Upper Midwest. She is also the founder of Young Space and a…...
'Sarah Stone’s Unseen World' Highlights Avian Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (239+ words) Sarah Stone (1759-1844) was a British illustrator and the daughter of a fan painter, whose rich depictions of birds and artifacts highlight a singular talent during an era when women weren't even permitted to be members of London's prestigious Royal Academy....
Moving Multimedia Collages by Rich Wells Playfully Remember Places and Landscapes
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (68+ words) Moving Multimedia Collages by Rich Wells Playfully Remember Places and Landscapes'Colossal Moving Multimedia Collages by Rich Wells Playfully Remember Places and Landscapes Wells says, "In these tough times I make work to encourage myself to look up and around, and…...
An Expansive New 'Skyspace' by Perceptual Artist James Turrell Debuts in Aarhus
1+ week, 1+ day ago (396+ words) An Expansive New "Skyspace" by Perceptual Artist James Turrell Debuts in Aarhus'thisiscolossal.com An Expansive New "Skyspace" by Perceptual Artist James Turrell Debuts in Aarhus Since the 1960s, James Turrell has been a pioneer of what he describes as "perceptual art,…...
Rare Glimpses of Diverse Marine Life Take the Stage in This Year's Ocean Art Photography Contest
1+ week, 4+ day ago (57+ words) Jackie Andres is an artist and writer. She drinks coffee, reads, and writes in Chicago. You can follow her on Instagram and find out more here. Take a plunge into the online gallery of winning images, highlighting 14 distinctive categories. Find…...
Otherworldly Landscapes and Bolivian Culture Merge in River Claure's Mystical Photos
1+ week, 6+ day ago (284+ words) Otherworldly Landscapes and Bolivian Culture Merge in River Claure's Mystical Photos'thisiscolossal.com Growing up, "I was not very conscious'nor did I value my Indigenous roots at all; in fact, it is something I specifically denied," Claure says in an interview…...
Clouds Billow and Caverns Melt in Gabe Benzur's Mystical Landscapes
2+ week, 1+ day ago (274+ words) In addition to her role as editor for Colossal, Kate Mothes is an independent, semi-nomadic contemporary art writer, curator, and organizer based most of the time in the Upper Midwest. She is also the founder of Young Space and a…...
Derrick Guild Summons Historical Portraits in Fragmented Trompe-l’œil Paintings
3+ week, 5+ day ago (362+ words) In 1666, the marriage of Emperor Leopold I and Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain solidified a political alliance between the Austrian and Spanish sides of the Habsburg family. They were also both uncle and niece and first cousins, such was the…...
Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat
4+ week, 31+ min ago (383+ words) [Paintings on Antique Navigational Tools Are a Poetic Nod to Bird Migration by Steeven Salvat]The artist's solo exhibition 'Latitude/Longitude' opens in Le Havre next month. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member…...