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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We’ve published dozens of articles on artist monographs and compendiums of broader topics across art and design and science and history over the last 12 months, and these are the 10 titles that impacted us most. Prime, Art’s Next Generation. Art and Climate Change. Ocean, Exploring the Marine World.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

In a practice spanning sculpture, design, photography, collages, and music, Diallo finds inspiration in collaboration and learning from others. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Find more work on the artist’s website and Instagram.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

All images shared © Elias Sime, courtesy of GRIMM and James Cohan Gallery, shared with permission Thousands of microchips, terminals, nails, letter keys, and lengths of wire transform into spectacular, monumental sculptures by acclaimed Ethiopian artist Elias Sime.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

All images © Syndie Jimenez, shared with permission In museums or galleries, artist Sydnie Jimenez never saw figurative sculpture that looked like her or that felt relatable. The historic lack of representation of people of color in art drives her to share her own experiences, relationships, and connections to the world—and the future.

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APRIL 10, 2024

All images © Goran Konjevod, shared with permission In Goran Konjevod ’s meticulously crafted origami pieces, countless creases, ridges, and folds transform into stunning forms ( previously ). Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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MARCH 29, 2023

All images © Nikichi From the long, graceful turn of a rabbit’s ears to the cozy embrace of polar bears, Nikichi summons the emotional nuances of intimacy, solitude, and contemplation in his delicately carved sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Created by teams of craftspeople connected to Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten , the series translates the fluffy, two-dimensional character into adorable wooden sculptures made of camphor, the tree Totoro occupies in the film. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Arts and Crafts Animation Sculpture Publishing 88

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MARCH 30, 2023

Photo by Alix Joiret The soft pile of tufted yarn meets vibrant color in Brussels-based artist Shishi San ’s bold sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. All images © Shishi San. Photo by Alix Joiret Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Increasingly aware of her impact on the environment, Parkhouse turned to found materials in an effort to render all of her sculptures biodegradable and repurpose as much as she could. The artist has always enjoyed crafting miniature creations, and though small in stature, each figure presents a compelling and endearing nature.

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Artist Animation 68

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MAY 30, 2023

you can see Stevens’ pieces on display at Independent Design Collective in Bristol and Katherine Richards Art Gallery in Brighton and Hove. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. .” If you’re in the U.K.,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Tender stems bear lush blooms and windswept leaves gather around new growth in artist Shota Suzuki ’s delicate metal sculptures. ” Suzuki’s work is included in Natural Mastery: Lacquer and Silver Works from Japan at Stuart Lochhead Sculpture in London from December 1 to 9. All images © Shota Suzuki, shared with permission.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

A host of wild creatures inhabit the whimsical world of artist Penny Thomson ( previously ), who creates intricate, kinetic sculptures that fit in the palm of your hand. Briony adds, “That is why we say that a batch of two or three kinetic sculptures usually take between one week and 40 years to make!”

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APRIL 5, 2024

In their Guardabosques’ guises, the specimens are crafted from colored paper precisely scored, cut, and folded to shape each characteristic detail. If you’re in the Northeast, you can find a few sculptures at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, in the exhibition Bats!, which continues through July 28.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

All images © Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen, shared with permission Enormous blooms crafted from thousands of sheets of creased, textured, and twisted paper explode in Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen ’s vibrant installations. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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JULY 31, 2023

All images © Chris Millar, shared with permission Worlds within worlds emerge from the kaleidoscopic visions of Canadian artist Chris Millar , whose meticulous sculptures encompass a range of materials, mechanisms, and sound. “It’s a kinetic sculpture that opens a vault door to reveal an entryway to a phantasmagorical otherworld.”

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Artist Fashion 69

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JULY 6, 2023

” Embedded within a jetty of the San Francisco Bay, the sculpture was created by Peter Richards and George Gonzalez in 1986 and captures the sounds of waves as they crash into and fill the pipes, emitting a musical mix of gurgling and gushing noises as the tide changes.

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APRIL 3, 2023

All images © Ágnes Herczeg, shared with permission Delicate silk threads laced around tiny wooden armatures compose intricate scenes in Ágnes Herczeg ’s sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2022

I got so inspired that I decided to start experimenting with digital art and 2D, and publish it online every few days, no matter what. Having finally landed on his niche, Nikita spends his days crafting these anthropomorphous entities where colourful squiggles and blobs are layered on top of one another. And there we have it.

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Azure Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2021

With repeated museum closures, restrictions on outdoor and indoor gatherings, it’s been a difficult year for art lovers. Across the globe, various — and mostly outdoor — art installations have popped up, allowing for safe viewing and adorning urban centres or isolated sites with captivating artwork.

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MAY 1, 2024

Submissions will be juried by Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City and Maya Brooks, Assistant Curator, North Carolina Museum of Art. ARTS Southeast’s ON::View Artist Residency Program Featured Applications are now open for the On::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image courtesy of Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Working across sculpture, installation, and video, the artist returns to the aesthetics of Africa and the African diaspora as she amends the art historical narrative by putting Black women and Black feminist thought at the center.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Comprising her upcoming solo exhibition Out of Water at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum , the lifelike wearable sculptures draw attention to a variety of beings that rely on aquatic ecosystems for survival. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

One winner will be published in Aperture magazine, receive a $3,000 prize, and have a solo show in New York. The Other Art Fair. Applications are open for The Other Art Fair’s 2022 schedule in cities like Los Angeles, Dallas, New York City, Chicago, Melbourne, and Sydney. Frankenthaler Climate Art Awards.

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APRIL 2, 2024

And the domestic scenes in which they sprawl are meticulously crafted with the help of her assistant Andie Meadows. Sometimes a specific prop, like a brown donut-shaped phone or the black panther sculptures popularized in the early 20th century, forms the basis for an elaborate scene. See more on the artist’s website.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Photos by Red Photography, © Yukihiro Akama, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, shared with permission In Huddersfield, England, a half hour’s drive down the road from Yorkshire Sculpture Park , artist Yukihiro Akama fashions a whimsical, miniature world from within a furniture maker’s workshop. Work in progress.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Based in Austria, Natalia Lubieniecka scours Vienna’s markets for antique objects, fabrics, and anatomical posters that eventually inform and meld into her peculiar sculptures. Become a Colossal Member and support independent arts publishing. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here are the top picks in this category: Art and Design Books From modern to contemporary works, art books give designers eye candy to admire and draw ideas from. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

-based artists and arts workers of any discipline are eligible to apply for this three-year fellowship. Open Calls The Aperture Portfolio Prize (International) Photographers are encouraged to submit innovative bodies of work that haven’t been previously published or exhibited. Applicants must subscribe to the magazine to enter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Image © Azuma Makoto Azuma Makoto’s Temporary Sculptures Freeze Hundreds of Flowers on a Snow-Coated Lake On a frozen lake in the Notsuke Peninsula, a tendril of land that juts out from Hokkaido’s east coast, acclaimed floral artist Azuma Makoto has constructed the third botanical sculpture in an ongoing series called Frozen Flowers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

All images © Carol Long, shared with permission Midwestern flora and fauna are the foundation for Carol Long ’s lavishly adorned sculptures, which elegantly meld Art Nouveau embellishments with natural motifs. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Socrates Sculpture Park Open Call. The 2022 Socrates Annual Fellowship program is looking for public art proposals for its Sink or Swim Climate Futures project and group exhibition. Visual Art Open Prize. based Visual Art Open Prize will award £2,000 to one artist and £250 prizes to category winners. Open Calls.

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MARCH 23, 2023

An opportunity to explore this new direction arose when he attended the 2013 Pictoplasma Academy , an annual character art conference in Berlin. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. “The fact that it can be moulded into any shape or form is fascinating to me.”

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Photos by Gary Mirando The natural patterns of turning tides and changing seasons illuminate the delicate porcelain sculptures of Martha’s Vineyard-based artist Jennifer McCurdy. In May, she will also exhibit in the Smithsonian Craft + Design Show in Washington, D.C. All images © Jennifer McCurdy, shared with permission.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show. Ten New York City-based artists or artist teams will be selected to complete an ice sculpture with the help of a professional carver during the Governors Island Inaugural Winter Ice Sculpture Show on February 26. Sustainable Arts Foundation Grants for Artists with Children.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Faena Prize for the Arts (International). Artists across genres, disciplines, and technologies are invited to imagine temporary and site-specific projects installed at Faena Beach during Miami Art Week 2022. The annual SPIE International Day of Light Photo Contest focuses on light and its vital role in nature, art, and technology.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

BLINK Cincinnati Call for Artists Featured With the highly anticipated return of its massive public art spectacle, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave, is calling for artists working in light-based experiential installation, murals, projection mapping, digital art, or animation to submit proposals for the October 17 to 20, 2024, event.

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UX Collective

JUNE 19, 2023

The world may have never heard of the Dimensionism movement if no one had taken notice of his unpublished copy, which attracted the biggest names of 20th-century art, such as Joan Miro, Hans Arp, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Alexander Calder, and Bauhaus designer László Moholy-Nagy. Alive in the present.”

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