Colossal

JULY 5, 2022

Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Deadline: Midnight (UTC-11) on July 11, 2022. One artist or collective will be awarded $10,000 to complete the work. ET on July 11, 2022. Deadline: July 15, 2022.

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Artist Arts and Crafts Programming Exhibition 88

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Made up of Abigail and Phebe Cameron, the Cameron Twins are London-based artists who recently graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Fine Arts. We enjoy using this popular imagery in our sculptures and prints as they add a playful and witty quality to the work.".

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Sculpture Printmaking Fine Art Print 377

Colossal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. More Art will commission one public art project from an early career artist with an $8,000 budget. Deadline: December 1, 2022. Deadline: December 5, 2022. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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Artist Publication Programming Exhibition 98

Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

Besides being luscious and comically good to look at, Carly Owen 's work is a great example of how to succeed as a multidisciplinary artist. It wasn't until college, when I became acquainted with these artists, that I realised how I'd spent my summers in the footsteps of such influential artists.". Steak N' Eggs © Carly Owens.

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Arts and Crafts Fine Art Exhibition Artist 319

Colossal

MAY 19, 2022

The enchanting, imaginative narratives usually bound between the covers of a book burst from the page in the sculptures of Su Blackwell. “The themes I explore have a universal appeal, and overall, there is a sense of hope pervading the works. “Blue Butterflies” (2022). via Women’s Art ). Photo by Yeshen.

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Sculpture Exhibition Theme Marketing 101

Azure Magazine

MARCH 18, 2022

Khalil Rabah, Grounding, installation view, Desert X AlUla 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla. Dana Awartani, Where The Dwellers Lay, installation view, Desert X AlUla 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Gold Falls, installation view, Desert X AlUla 2022.

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Artist Exhibition Sculpture Art 91

Colossal

JUNE 3, 2024

Artist John K. Raustein invites these questions about his architectural sculptures and installations covered in monochromatic textiles. “Existential dread remains a significant theme in my work, reflecting contemporary societal issues like climate change and social inequality. Photo by Øystein Thorvaldsen.

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Architecture Sculpture Gallery Exhibition 67

Colossal

MAY 17, 2022

In a new exhibition in London, the world of reading provides a starting point for the seven artists to explore a wide range of themes and materials, highlighting our perennial fascination with the printed and bound medium. El Gato Chimney, “Crazy Wind” (2022), watercolor and gouache on Moleskine notebook.

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Artist Print Printmaking Gallery 76

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Hanging Decorations by Wrap and various artists Don't feed the Amazon beast! To guard against that happening, last year we compiled the ultimate 2022 Christmas gift guide for creatives. And now we're back for 2023 with another bumper crop of amazing gift ideas from independent artists and shops.

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Arts and Crafts Presentation Print Artist 481

Colossal

MARCH 18, 2024

Happening across a bustling art scene weekend, this is where you can buy directly from artists. Unlike traditional gallery settings where art can feel inaccessible, The Other Art Fair encourages attendees to connect with 110 handpicked independent artists in person, gaining insight into their creative processes and inspirations.

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Art Artist Theme Photography 68

Colossal

JANUARY 1, 2024

“The Height Of Folly” by Michelle Kingdom Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2025-2027 Award Term Featured U.S.-based You can also join our monthly Opportunities Newsletter.

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Artist Printmaking Arts and Crafts Exhibition 87

Azure Magazine

MAY 20, 2022

Over the past two weeks, New York’s NYCxDesign 2022 festival featured a number of recurring themes that proved design’s greatest minds are definitely aligned on a few ideas. Here are four of our favourite NYCxDesign 2022 trends — plus some of the best photos that we snapped along the way. Artistic Woodwork.

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Manufacturing Exhibition Gallery Arts and Crafts 73

Colossal

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

All images © the artist, courtesy of Pace Gallery, shared with permission If you’ve traveled via the Long Island Rail Road service in Manhattan and traversed the MTA’s brand new Grand Central Madison station, you may have noticed a slice of nature indoors in a monumental, wall-spanning mosaic of a woodland deer.

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Animation Printmaking Gallery Artist 75

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Diamond – Best Of Show 2022 winner, Pocket Neck Pillow by Urban Forest Lifestyle Ltd, China 3. Food Platinum 2022 winner, Ivy’s Reserve Vintage Cheddar by big fish, UK 4. With the anti-pollution theme, this is a minimalistic and symbolic expression of the "ban" symbol.

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Packaging Design Inspiration Production Brand 523

Azure Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

This phrase was splashed all over Lombardy’s capital last week on colourful street posters that signalled the triumphant return of the global design industry’s main event: Milan Design Week 2022. The Bouroullecs trained their artistic eye on sofa design with this contribution to Magis. Design is Milano is design.

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Exhibition Architecture Tourism Presentation 79

Colossal

MARCH 23, 2023

Ai Weiwei, “Water Lilies #1” (2022), LEGO. All images © the artist, shared with permission courtesy of Galleria Continua. Now, Ai has completed his largest LEGO piece to date in a recreation of “ Water Lilies ,” one of French Impressionist artist Claude Monet’s most iconic artworks.

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Artist Sculpture Exhibition Color 99

Shillington

MARCH 1, 2022

The artist’s first retrospective holds a vast whimsical portfolio that challenges traditional forms, themes and color palettes typically lent to furniture. The exhibition is on view through January 8, 2023 complemented by a series of studio workshops offered from March 6th to March 31st, 2022.

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Exhibition Sculpture Gallery Portfolio 52

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The overarching theme throughout is wellness and community, and the cherry on top are collaborations with local artists featured throughout public and private spaces, highlighting the artists’ talents and adding another level of connectivity. EY Melbourne by Gensler. Category: Workplace Location: Melbourne, Australia.

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Color Publication Sculpture Color Schemes 98

Colossal

APRIL 27, 2022

“The Wounded Achilles (Fillipo Albacini)” (2022), oil on canvas, 70 1/8 × 107 7/8 inches. In 2008, artist Kehinde Wiley ( previously ) exposed the violence against Black bodies in a series of majestic portraits titled DOWN. Front: “The Virgin Martyr Cecilia” (2022), bronze, 251 × 152 3/4 × 70 1/8 inches.

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Artist Sculpture Exhibition Theme 69

Colossal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA), the non-collecting contemporary art institute, and its partners kicked off a city-wide, collaborative venture called “SHELTER 2022–23.” As part of this initiative, DATMA is issuing a National Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a public outdoor installation on the theme of shelter.

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Publication Art Artist Presentation 68

Colossal

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission. Echoing coral, cells, and the contours of the female body, Ghizlane Sahli stitches sculptural embroideries that curve and arch in shapely forms. For more of the artist’s textile-based work, visit her site and Instagram. “Nissa’s Rina” (2022).

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Sculpture Artist Gallery Textures 101

Colossal

MARCH 13, 2023

“Alexandra” (2022). Valerie Hammond ( previously ) is drawn to these fleeting moments of life and their inevitable transformation, which she explores through an artistic practice centered around preservation and its limits. To explore a larger archive of her two- and three-dimensional pieces, visit her site and Instagram.

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Sculpture Gallery Artist Exhibition 71

Colossal

MAY 3, 2022

Background: “Façade” (2022), thatch, steel, and wood, dimensions variable. Foreground: “Satellite” (2022), bronze, 24 feet × 10 feet × 7 feet 7 inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, by Timothy Schenck, © Simone Leigh. Pavilion of the 2022 Venice Biennale.

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Artist Exhibition Sculpture Gallery 74

Colossal

AUGUST 3, 2021

In The Boatman and Other Stories , Belgian artist Hans Op de Beeck ( previously ) reflects on the fleeting stages of life through an evocative series of vignettes in uniform gray. Although the lifelike figures have vastly different identities and backgrounds, a universal theme of transition and impending change runs through each narrative.

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Artist Sculpture Media Exhibition 101

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 24, 2024

From ukiyo-e woodblock prints to manga comics, Japanese graphic artists are known for their creative visual expression. As Japan rapidly modernised during the 20th century, graphic design evolved into a vibrant industry that blended traditional artistic values with innovative techniques.

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Graphic Design Graphic Arts and Crafts Print 40

Colossal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

“Artist with Muse” (2022), acrylic, acrylic resin, paper, glue, and graphite on panel, 60 x 50 inches. Throughout the history of Western art, certain tropes occur again and again in painting and sculpture. “I’ve also re-positioned the female figure in the empowered role as The Artist.”

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Patterns Art Gallery Artist 79

Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

The Swiss artist's new installation, Arena For a Tree, encased in a basket-type structure of wooden ribs, not only asks audiences to reflect on themes of nature and sustainability, but delivers a stark warning on climate change. The decision to showcase a bald cypress tree is no coincidence either. Geiger | KBH.G

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Sculpture Art Exhibition Theme 439

Colossal

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“Cuerpo hambriento” (2022), acrylic on canvas, 66 x 52 inches. Both a protectant and a site for expression, the flesh is one of many layers within the body that the artist peels back to reveal what lies beneath and within. ” Find more of Carne on the artist’s website and follow her latest works on Instagram.

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Artist Theme Publishing Publishing 53

Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2023

As the year comes to a close, and we conclude our annual tradition of celebrating the best in design around the world — including public spaces , interiors , products , and houses — the dominant themes of 2023 are beginning to emerge. When the waves of neighbourhood change roll in, it helps for artists to have a safe haven.

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Architecture Arts and Crafts Self-employed Art 93

Colossal

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Both cartoonish and sinister in its reference to hooded Klansmen, the titular sculpture is an effective indictment of police brutality. Boogey Men is on view in Miami through April 17, 2022, before it travels to the Blaffer Art Museum for a stay from June 11 to August 21.

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Exhibition Sculpture Travel Theme 74

Design Milk

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Though it’s not the first between BMW and American artist Jeff Koons – he had a 2010 BMW Art Car that raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans – THE 8 X JEFF KOONS is the first available to the public. One of the limited edition THE 8 X JEFF KOONS vehicles will be up for live auction by Christie’s on April 4, 2022.

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Presentation Art Theme Artist 105

Colossal

APRIL 13, 2021

The mutations bring together historical aesthetics and transformations from an imagined future, provoking “an impression of strangeness where beauty and anxiety are mixed,” the Paris-based artist says. Explore more of his multi-disciplinary practice on Instagram.

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Sculpture Exhibition Artist Art 101

Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Amid this backdrop of transformation, Arts AlUla has been formed to commission site-specific artworks from international and Saudi artists. In 2020 and again last year, Desert X (alternatively held in Coachella, California every other year) saw the installation of incredible sculptures framed by windswept red sandstone cliffs.

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Tourism Art Artist Exhibition 368

Colossal

JANUARY 30, 2023

This infamous legacy is an essential component of Yashua Klos ’s evolution as an artist. A 2021 solo show at UTA Artist Space exhibited portraits bisected by angular blocks textured like wood, brick, and cinder, allowing fragments of the uniform roadways to emerge through facial features.

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Presentation Print Artist Theme 67

Design Milk

JUNE 28, 2022

Artist Jean-Luc Moulène’s newest work is on view in an exhibition titled Clearly at Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York. Jean-Luc Moulène “Clearly” at Miguel Abreu Gallery, 2022. The presentation of each object encourages a 360-degree viewing experience while connecting themes with other works within your line of sight.

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Gallery Exhibition Sculpture Presentation 98

Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

With a curatorial eye for striking designs, she is the founder of Claude Home , a host of unique and exclusive pieces by up-and-coming artists well as a home to restored mid-century modern vintage furnishings by well-known designers. Growing up in Switzerland, her love for art was nurtured by her family of artists and art educators.

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Inspiration Arts and Crafts Art Artist 405

Colossal

APRIL 29, 2024

The life cycle of stars informs the most recent works by artist Lauren Fensterstock , who applies the principles of such stellar transformations to human interaction and connection. “I have to admit that I agonize over the placement of every single (piece),” the artist shares.

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Gallery Media Sculpture Artist 78