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Art & visual culture since 2010.
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What is the artistās role in moments of crisis? Calida Rawles plunges into the dark depths in a new body of work on view now in London.
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Wellingtonās extravagant World of WearableArt is back for 2025, including pieces by 85 finalists that showcase some of todayās most elaborate and fanciful costumes.
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Meet Matt Somerville, the carpenter independently installing hives for honeybees around the English countryside. In the last 14 years, he's built and erected 800 homes.
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From simple yet deft strokes of graphite, ShouXin summons cats that jump, roll, crash, and express their curiosity.
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"Ladybugs of the sea" in formation š These beauties took the top honors of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year contest.
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When you venture into Elmgreen & Dragset's new exhibition in Los Angeles, you'll be met with a dozing gallery attendant. What follows is a strange, Alice-in-Wonderland-esque journey of distorted proportions.
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Joseph Renda Jr., āThe Sky Is Fallingā
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Some stunning perspective for your Thursday: the dazzling beauty and immensity of our solar system š Shown here are two of the winning images from this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. Find more on Colossal.
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Through illuminated panels merging Catholic imagery, Mexican folklore, and tarot, RaĆŗl de Nieves transforms a hall into a bold sanctuary.
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Attn: bird lovers! The winners of the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards are here š¦ š¦¢ š¦
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Looking to Danteās mythical descent to the Inferno, Anish Kapoor creates sculptural subway entrances in central Naples that lead riders to the underworld.
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6 days ago
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OK Go is back with another captivating music video, this time in collaboration with animator Lucas Zanotto.
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We chatted with Hangama Amiri this week about her tender, stitched portraits and tableaus. Amiri is known for translating moments from her teenage years and times with friends and family into vivid, textured quilts.
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A feat of engineering has helped transport the worldās best-preserved Viking ship to its new home. On September 10, the 71-foot-long Oseberg ship, contained in its vibration-resistant steel crate, traveled to its new exhibition space.
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Stephanie Shih pieces together fragments of the Chinese diaspora in a pair of exhibitions that present her foray into mosaic.
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7 days ago
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We sat down with Chicago's Laura Catherwood last week to chat about her dreamy paintings and penchant for the unexpected.
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Roberto Benavidez continues to make piƱata-like creatures inspired by the marginalia of illuminated manuscripts and the surreal characters in Hieronymus Boschās āThe Garden of Earthly Delights."
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8 days ago
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Sergiu CiochinĒ, āDonāt Eclipse Meā
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8 days ago
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In the paintings of Joseph Renda Jr., trompe-lāÅil windows, arches, and blue skies meet in surreal settings. His RenĆ© Magritte-esque canvases celebrate nature and the uncanny.
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8 days ago
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Tim Flach celebrates our unending love for felines, from domestic shorthairs to sleek purebreds to regal big cats.
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9 days ago
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For more than a decade, Claire Rosen has sought out chattering macaws, cockatoos with fluffy, blush-colored plumage, and ornery owls, which she pairs with ornately patterned papers and textiles.
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Steve Messam continues his giant inflatable interventions, positioning the bold works amid everyday architecture.
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12 days ago
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Annie Collinge and Rottingdean Bazaar's 'Table for One'
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12 days ago
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New-to-us species alert! šØ š These snailfish get bumpy, dark, and sleek in the deep sea.
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Song Dong, āSame Bed Different Dreams No. 3.ā
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The forthcoming book 'Butterfly: Exploring the World of Lepidoptera' celebrates 4,000 years of these distinctive winged creatures and our enduring fascination throughout art history and science.
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In a small rural Wisconsin city, Pat Perry connects the various forces that shape our world, from strong-willed educators to an explosive volcano.
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Cheng-Tsung Fengās āSailing Castle,ā installed in Tainan, cruises through 400 years of Taiwanese history.
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Join us this fall at the Haggerty Museum of Art for the Colossal-curated exhibition 'No One Knows All It Takes.' Community is a central tenet of each of the artists' works, which we've reflected in a participatory weaving project and programming. See you there!
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'No One Knows All It Takes' Invites Community Healing at the Haggerty Museum of Art
As part of Colossal's exhibition at theĀ Haggerty Museum of Art, we're inviting the community to participate.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/no-one-knows-all-it-takes-community-programs/
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On a wall outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, a new Banksy piece appeared this morning before being covered up within hours. The work depicts a judge in traditional robes beating a protester with a gavel.
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Maud Madsen taps into the vast realm of memory as she depicts herself building dwellings in the snow or pillow forts from couch cushionsāactivities we often associate with kidsā unbridled creativity and ingenuity.
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Los Angeles! Don't miss The Other Art Fair as it returns to the iconic Barker Hangar in Santa Monica this month.
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The Other Art Fair Los Angeles Returns September 25 to 28 with 150+ Artists
The Other Art Fair returns to Los Angeles from September 25 to 28, 2025, at the iconic Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/the-other-art-fair-los-angeles-september-2025/
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We're beginning our week dazzled by these mirrored installations by Song Dong. The artist is known to incorporate household furnishings, garments, and other quotidian objects into monumental, glimmering works.
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What do the objects we surround ourselves with say about who we are? For Angela Burson, they're everything.
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A jackdaw cyanotype by Deborah Parkin š¦
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17 days ago
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The notorious Kowloon Walled City continues to fascinate us today, although it only lives on in drawings and photos. Thanks to one architect, though, we can see the infamous metropolis take shape through a Minecraft build.
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Watch a Timelapse of the Notorious Kowloon Walled City Built to Scale in Minecraft
A timelapse video by Sluda Builds traces the meticulous planning and construction of Kowloon Walled City in Minecraft.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/sluda-builds-minecraft-kowloon-walled-city/
18 days ago
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Undulating in a Utah Museum of Fine Arts gallery, thousands of glimmering casts seem to float throughout the space. The copper foil pods are the latest project by Yasuaki Onishi.
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18 days ago
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We're not sure exactly what's happening here, but... muy bien!
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A Quirky and Joyous Social Movement Builds in Xinobi's Music Video for 'Strides'
In a new music video for Lisbon-based musician Xinobi's song "Strides," a quirky concept came to fruition thanks to the Callner Brothers.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/xinobi-strides-callner-brothers-music-video/
18 days ago
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Today on Colossal, we caught up with the artist known as Pizza in the Rain, or PITR, who highlights storefronts, signage, and graffiti in his ultra-detailed portraits of urban life from Chicago to New Orleans.
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19 days ago
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The group exhibition āBetween the Linesā showcases the subversive and innovative traditions of art-making while incarcerated.
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Anxious? If you need to work out some of those feelings, join us for a two-part workshop this month with Sydnie Jimenez. She'll teach the technique behind her signature head pots, and you'll walk away with a new friend.
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19 days ago
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At just a minute long, "Springrise" captures our inevitable desire for the sun following a cold winter.
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In a New Hothouse Animated Short, the Sun Wakes Up After a Long Winter
Hothouse, an apprenticeship program facilitated by the National Film Board of Canada, invites participants to create ultra-short animations.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/springrise-hothouse-national-film-board-canada-animation/
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āI believe a picnic is a utopia,ā says Pedro Pedro. His decadent alfresco feasts are reminders of simple pleasures.
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20 days ago
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After Discovering a 120-Year-Old Time Capsule, Photographer Develops Two Cyanotypes of Cats
Earlier this year, photographer Mathieu Stern discovered a time capsule dating back to the early 1900s in his family home. The 120-year-old box held a little girlās cherished possessions, including a ...
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/08/mathieu-stern-cyanotype-cats/
20 days ago
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Yoshitoshi Kanemaki is no stranger to human emotions, imbuing his playful sculptures with not one but several expressions all at once.
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What do invasive vines and plastics have in common? For Mika Rottenberg, they're both part of our fascination with toxicity. See more of her functional fungi works today on Colossal.
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20 days ago
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"For me, water has always been both chaos and freedom,ā Christy Lee Rogers says. āIt strips away control and asks us to see ourselves in a different light. Thatās where my stories begin.ā
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21 days ago
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KAWS, "COMPANION" (2019)
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22 days ago
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Ben Tolman, "Connectedā (2025)
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23 days ago
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In large-scale, elaborate oil paintings of powerful, glowing creatures, Martin Wittfooth explores the timeless cycles and forces of nature in a celebration of the sublime.
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