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Art & visual culture since 2010.
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Ceramics mimic cardboard in Jacques Monneraud’s trompe-l’œil ode to Giorgio Morandi.
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In India, Navneet Jayakumar documents the ancient, elaborate custom of Theyyam.
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A new image of the Red Spider Nebula courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope captures the radiance of a dying star.
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Now in its 5th Annual Juried Edition, the Biafarin Awards offers $4,000 CAD in cash grants and over $6,000 CAD in additional prizes, including group and solo exhibitions, magazine publications, and features on Artsy. Learn more and submit:
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Irene Saputra invents elaborate, playful outfits in her vibrant embroideries. 👗🪡
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Explore the latest in modern tree house design in 'Modern Tree Houses' featuring 62 arboreal home designs. 🌳🏡
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Get up close with these magnificent critters hiding in plain sight ✨ 🪲
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Some spooky inspiration for your Halloween 🎃
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A Creepy Pumpkin Carving Timelapse by Chris Soria
Happy Halloween folks. Here’s a pretty spooky animation of a pumpkin carved by Brooklyn-based artist and pro pumpkin carver Chris Soria based on an illustration by Jason Smith. The piece took about 15...
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/creepy-pumpkin-carving-timelapse-by-chris-soria/
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Renée Condo draws on the philosophical tenets of her Mi’gmaq ancestry, nesting painted wooden beads into energetic compositions.
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“This story is drawn from my own childhood growing up at the end of a dirt road with a mother who was in the midst of a psychotic breakdown, and a lifetime spent teasing out the relationship between creativity, intuition, magic, and madness,” Swoon says.
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If you missed Kelli Anderson's pop-up book 'Alphabet in Motion' while it was funding on Kickstarter, you're in luck. The designer is releasing the playful project to a wider audience.
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Cristiano Bartoli, “Kite Attack”
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‘Out of Print,’ a massive Shepard Fairey retrospective, dives into the power of protest through screenprinting.
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“Art taught me that it’s a medium that goes so far left and so far right. It doesn’t see any political boundaries, and it reaches a wide audience if it’s done right.” —Mohamad Hafez
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It's that time again! Update your portfolio and apply.
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November 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/november-2025-funding-for-artists/
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An unlikely friendship between filmmaker Raquel Sancinetti and 103-year-old Madeleine sparked this beautiful meditation on connection and living life to the fullest.
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'Madeleine' Chronicles a Poignant Road Trip and a Unique Friendship
Raquel Sancinetti's short film, "Madeleine," emerged from her desire to take her centenarian friend on a road trip to the sea.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/madeleine-short-animated-film-raquel-sancinetti/
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Jacob Hashimoto plays with the boundary between two- and three-dimensions, merging traditional craft practices with painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installation.
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Tarka Kings is making us long for those quiet summer days by the sea.
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Some advice from the 3rd century
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Ancient Skeleton Mosaic Uncovered in Turkey Reads 'Be Cheerful and Live Your Life'
Archaeologists in Turkey recently unearthed an exceptionally preserved mosaic inside the remains of a building from the 3rd century. One section of the three-panel artwork includes a reclining skeleto...
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/04/skeleton-mosaic-turkey/
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Merging the analog and the digital, Bryce Wymer explores social interactions and power dynamics, often through a lens tinged with anxiety, mystery, and solitude.
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"My work has always been a response to what I’ve been going through in my life," Bryana Bibbs says. Colossal's founder Christopher Jobson recently sat down with the artist to discuss weaving through trauma, grief, and loss.
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How do we live when crises compound? For Elmer Guevara, moments of unrest—from the civil war in El Salvador to the 1992 Los Angeles uprisings—converge in a series of dramatic paintings.
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Surely the scariest ghosts we've ever seen!
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In the uncanny world of Yuichi Hirako, the relationship between humans, nature, and the built environment plays out in vibrant color and unique proportions.
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Tyler D. Ballon, “Before the Battle” (2024-25)
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Shae Bishop, “Rhinestone Rattlesnakeboy Suit"
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Animals, the planet's finest comedians
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With her new book, ‘Lo—TEK Water’, Julia Watons wants to reshape the aquatic world through Indigenous technologies.
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Tyree Guyton, ‘Heidelbergology: Is It Art Now?’ (2025)
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Ayako Kita, “Let Go of Everything” (2024)
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The otherworldly and ravenous top the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which illuminates the astounding breadth of life on Earth. See more of our favorite images today on Colossal.
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Adam S. Doyle, 'Night Fall Trees' (2019)
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Wander into this Paris gallery, and you'll be greeted by five ghostly gowns. These spectral works by Brandon Morris are on until the end of the month—more on Colossal.
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Costume ideas via Liz Sexton
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Ikuo Inada, “Some things aren’t ‘whatever'” (2025)
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Kat Kristof, “Breathe” (2025)
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Anne von Freyburg revels in excess as she creates these monumental "textile paintings" that ooze and cascade across the wall.
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Shae Bishop bucks the toxic masculinity of cowboy culture with these floral garments made of ceramic tiles. Some pieces even have an art historical bent, like the vest below titled “Waistcoat of Earthly Delights.”
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A new book celebrates our beloved winged companions through the work of 50+ photographers.
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Cardboard or ceramic? We're perpetually amazed by Jacques Monneraud's deceptive vessels.
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Minuscule and marvelous ✨ Nikon's Small World Photomicrography competition returns with an illuminating collection of tiny wonders.
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What's more indicative of contemporary life than a glitch or fracture? Kat Kristof channels both in her surreal, fragmented portraiture.
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Today on Colossal, we chat with Sonia E. Barrett who merges antique writing desks with African masking. The result are these monumental wearables.
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This month, a massive public art project is inviting 54 artists to turn 35 cities into playgrounds.
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Happy Monday from this anxious pizza eater 🐶 🍕
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Chila Kumari Singh Burman, “Remembering a Brave New World" (2020)
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Ruth Asawa arrived in New York with a monumental retrospective this month, making the largest show dedicated to a woman artist in MoMA's history.
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Derrick Adams, “Floater 93” (2020)
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Take a dive into Monterey Bay to spot the strange creatures hiding beneath the surface 🦑
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A Deep-Sea Montage Unveils the Fantastic, Bizarre Creatures Swimming in Monterey Bay
A compilation recently released from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (previously) invokes the old adage that reality is stranger than fiction. Featuring dozens of otherworldly sea creatur...
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/02/monterey-bay-deep-sea/
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