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Maps, Everyday Ephemera, and Watercolor Drawings Record José Naranja’s Travels with Fantastic Detail

Colossal

The artist and author is an avid tourist and dedicated observer, and he saturates the blank pages of his Moleskines with watercolor and ink drawings of airplanes, film characters, and maps. The artist’s latest book, The Nautilus Manuscript , is available now, and you can follow updates on his work on Instagram.

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April 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Image © Kelsey McClellan Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Twenty artists will be invited to participate in an exhibition that will take place in Tel Aviv in November 2023. Deadline: April 16, 2023. Deadline: 11:59 p.m.

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The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Selects Winning Proposal for its New Waterfront Home

Azure Magazine

After releasing the three shortlisted entries in mid September following an international competition, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia has selected a winning concept for its bold new complex on the Salter Block of Halifax’s waterfront. We want people to experience art in a great setting,” Kuwabara adds. Quite simply, it’s breathtaking.

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Digital Renderings Collage 3D Objects into Futuristic Self-Portraits by Artist Omar Aqil

Colossal

Lahore, Pakistan-based artist Omar Aqil ( previously ) digitally assembles technology, 3D objects, and textured masses into figurative collages for his series Self-Portraits 2050. Find more of the artist’s sculptural renderings, which include a variety of abstracted figures and colorful assemblages, on Behance and Instagram.

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Meltdown Flags Visualize the Climate Crisis’s Toll on Glaciers Worldwide

Colossal

Canada’s middle section begins at full width in 1995 before condensing in both 2020 and 2050. Created by the digital design studio Moby Digg , Meltdown Flags also functions as an online tool replete with statistics about the percentage of glacier retreat from 1995 to 2050, the nation’s population, landmass, and emissions.

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Whimsical Tableaux Set in the World’s Most Beautiful Landscapes

Feature Shoot

“Traveling outside the country was strictly forbidden,” the artist recalls. Meanwhile, the Dead Sea is dying, with some experts predicting it will dry out by 2050, and the Salton Sea is shrinking.

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In ‘American Grown,’ Tiffanie Turner Roots Out Personal Memories and U.S. Exceptionalism

Colossal

An architect by training, the artist ( previously ) is known for her incredibly lifelike paper flowers that explore beauty standards and aging through dramatic decay and flawed growths. x 57 inches Do stories and artists like this matter to you? But in American Grown , Turner turns toward the personal.