Paying homage to a nostalgic vibrancy from his upbringing in southern California and Mexico, the artist's brilliant palettes serve as cultural markers.

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18.03.2025

Who Shot Me? Help Identify the Anonymous Photographer Who Captured 1960s San Francisco — Colossal

More than 8,000 photos capture San Francisco's counter culture and pivotal moments in history. But who was behind the camera?

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18.03.2025

Delight in Heather Rios's Delectable Cakes Made from Polymer Clay and Embroidery — Colossal

Formed of polymer clay and finished with embroidery, Heather Rios pairs each sweet with a vintage plate in playful trompe l'oeils.

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18.03.2025

Porcelain Vessels Are Portals Through Time and Space in Paintings by Sung Hwa Kim — Colossal

For Sung Hwa Kim, a traditional Korean white porcelain jar serves as a starting point for an ongoing series of still lifes.

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15.03.2025

Through Knotted Installations, Windy Chien Reinterprets the Hitching Post — Colossal

Windy Chien's flowing and geometric compositions stretch across walls and exterior facades.

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15.03.2025

This April, Thousands of Kites will Paint the Sky for an International Festival of Flight — Colossal

For 16 days this spring, an international kite festival will soar above the beaches of Cervia, Italy.

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14.03.2025

Melissa Calderón Preserves Neighborhood Memories in Bold Textured Thread — Colossal

Melissa Calderón immortalizes imagery from the Bronx and Puerto Rico, translating familiar landscapes into vivid embroideries.

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14.03.2025

Sparse Brushstrokes Give Rise to Thick Impasto in Jose Lerma's Minimal Portraits — Colossal

Both exaggerating and reducing features, Jose Lerma paints portraits in wide swaths of acrylic applied with brooms and industrial tools.

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13.03.2025

Keita Morimoto Lingers in the Artificial Light of Urban Nights — Colossal

In 'To Nowhere and Back,' Keita Morimoto continues his explorations into the interplay of light and shadow.

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13.03.2025

Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders' Hand-Tufted Textiles — Colossal

Simone Saunders' hand-tufted portraits merge cultural narratives and history with mythology, nostalgia, identity, and personal experiences.

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13.03.2025

In 'KAUANI,' Indigenous Mexican Flora Flourishes in Glowing Lanterns — Colossal

Designers Inés Quezada and Inés Llasera conceived of 'KAUANI,' a series of luminaires inspired by native Mexican flora.

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12.03.2025

Vasilisa Romanenko's Lush Portraits Wrap Common Birds in Decadent Patterns — Colossal

Vasilisa Romanenko paints common birds amid clusters of fruits and flowers, exploring the power of opulence in times of upheaval.

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12.03.2025

Landscapes, Customs, and Culture Shape the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards — Colossal

More than 419,000 photos were submitted to this year's Sony World Photography Awards, organized by the World Photography Organisation.

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12.03.2025

Lauded Dutch Golden Age Painter Rachel Ruysch Gets Her First Major Survey in the U.S. — Colossal

'Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art' introduces audiences to the breadth of her remarkable paintings at the Toledo Museum of Art.

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Daniel Martin Diaz Encodes Cosmic Questions into Geometric Paintings and Prints — Colossal

More Than 200,000 Rivets Secure the Ultra-Thin Aluminum Facets of 'The Orb' by Marc Fornes — Colossal

More than 180 Photographs Chronicle Brutalist Suburbs and Public Buildings in 'Eastern Blocks II' — Colossal

April 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Colossal

Otherworldly Flowers Emerge from Darkness in Clara Lacy's Meticulous Graphite Drawings — Colossal

Filled with 'Half-Pots,' Adam Ledford's Life-Size Room Drawings Reflect Timeless Routines — Colossal

Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill's Surreal Tablescapes — Colossal

A Years-Long Collaboration Sees a Traditional Tlingit Tribal House Return to Glacier Bay — Colossal

Blasting Books with High-Pressure Water, Guy Laramée Scales Mountains of Knowledge — Colossal

Inhabitants of a Fictional World Search for Understanding in Damien Cifelli's Vibrant Paintings — Colossal

In Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned Textiles — Colossal

Krzysztof Grzybacz's 'Floral Compositions' Are Tender Portrayals of Togetherness — Colossal

Tia Keobounpheng's Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi Lineage — Colossal

Tropical Flowers and Prickly Cacti Leap from Lili Arnold's Vibrant Block Prints — Colossal

Svea Tisell Weaves Vibrant, Sculptural Furniture from Reclaimed Rope — Colossal

Feral Pigeons and a Feisty Fox Take Top Honors in the 2025 British Wildlife Photography Awards — Colossal

Delicate Ecosystems Converge in Sonja Peterson's Intricate Cut Paper Compositions — Colossal

In 'Electric Garden,' Ricky Boscarino Leads a Tour of His Whimsical Handbuilt Home — Colossal

Traverse Hieronymus Bosch's 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' with Smarthistory — Colossal

'Little Beasts' Is a First-of-Its-Kind Museum Collaboration Reveling in Art and the Natural World — Colossal

Robert Peterson Summons Black Resilience and Tenderness in Vibrant Portraits — Colossal

Resketch Upcycles Misprints and Unwanted Paper into Reclaimed Notebooks — Colossal

A Visit to Amy Sherald's Studio Revels in Her Commitment to Beauty — Colossal

Vintage Postcard Paintings by David Opdyke Demonstrate an Ecological Future in Peril — Colossal

Mandy Barker's Cyanotypes Revive a Pioneering Botanist's Book to Warn About Synthetic Debris — Colossal

Ocean Census Expeditions Discover More Than 800 New Marine Species — Colossal

Salvador Dominguez Confronts Identity and Labor Through Woven Pipe Cleaner Vessels — Colossal

Who Shot Me? Help Identify the Anonymous Photographer Who Captured 1960s San Francisco — Colossal

Delight in Heather Rios's Delectable Cakes Made from Polymer Clay and Embroidery — Colossal

Porcelain Vessels Are Portals Through Time and Space in Paintings by Sung Hwa Kim — Colossal

Through Knotted Installations, Windy Chien Reinterprets the Hitching Post — Colossal

This April, Thousands of Kites will Paint the Sky for an International Festival of Flight — Colossal

Melissa Calderón Preserves Neighborhood Memories in Bold Textured Thread — Colossal

Sparse Brushstrokes Give Rise to Thick Impasto in Jose Lerma's Minimal Portraits — Colossal

Keita Morimoto Lingers in the Artificial Light of Urban Nights — Colossal

Regal Portraits Evoke Myth and Power in Simone Elizabeth Saunders' Hand-Tufted Textiles — Colossal

In 'KAUANI,' Indigenous Mexican Flora Flourishes in Glowing Lanterns — Colossal

Vasilisa Romanenko's Lush Portraits Wrap Common Birds in Decadent Patterns — Colossal

Landscapes, Customs, and Culture Shape the 2025 Sony World Photography Awards — Colossal

Lauded Dutch Golden Age Painter Rachel Ruysch Gets Her First Major Survey in the U.S. — Colossal

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