[ad_1] Around the time he turned 50, Jeff Bartels (previously) found himself thinking more and more about memory and nostalgia. “It occurred to me that I could remember certain things from my past exactly, while other memories were mixed up or even wrong,” he tells Colossal. “So I decided to explore that confusion.” Bartels’s ongoing […]

[ad_1] I sent my first Moo Deng meme via Instagram on September 3 at 10:15 pm, before the Thai baby pygmy hippopotamus took the world by storm (which means I’m better and more worldly than you). It started innocently, with reposts from Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s X account, but quickly escalated until my coworkers started […]

[ad_1] From timber and a few dozen canvas folding chairs, Lasovsky Johansson Architects conceived of a summery pavilion called “PETAL.” Originally situated as a functional installation hosting an oyster bar during an art fair in 2023, the work is currently in the courtyard of the Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen, where visitors can pop by for […]

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Simultaneous exhibitions of an individual artist’s work can be hard to pull off successfully. The shows’ conceits might contradict one another, or differing curatorial visions can cloud the artist’s actual intent. Simone Leigh, a traveling exhibition on view concurrently at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the California […]

[ad_1] If you’ve ever read an article on Colossal and thought, “Wow… if only I could save this amazing piece of inspiration for later and continue reading without disruption,” then we have good news for you! We’ve added a handy new feature to save an article for inspiration, research, lesson plans, and endless creative rabbit […]

[ad_1] The Learner of Wands card from the Mixed Signals tarot deck by M Eilo (all images courtesy M Eilo) Hyperallergic’s tarotscope series is a combination of tarot with astrology, a reading for the collective readership combined with cards for the major astrological signs, grouped by their elemental associations.  The equinox arrives this fall just […]

[ad_1] Hanoi-based graphic designer and illustrator Tùng Nâm has proof that ideas are worth hanging onto. While cleaning out his computer files recently, he stumbled upon the Endangered Species Stamp Collection, a project he made in college while applying for an internship at a local design agency called Printopia. Digitally rendered in the blocky low-poly […]

[ad_1] Barnard College’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to protecting academic freedom, published a statement on Wednesday, September 18, condemning the school’s new community conduct guidelines. The criticism from the faculty group follows an email blast from the New York City college’s President Laura Rosenbury last week […]

[ad_1] Drawing from photographs of landscapes and cinematic portraits, Sebas Velasco’s murals and paintings boldly capture people and places. For the 2024 London Mural Festival, the artist has unveiled a large-scale portrayal of a local resident of Brixton, where the piece was recently installed on the end of a residential building. Shown waiting for the […]

[ad_1] A sobering celebration unfolded in London’s Trafalgar Square on Wednesday, September 18, when the latest Fourth Plinth commission by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles was unveiled. Comprised of plaster face casts, “Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)” (2024) shines a light on violence against transgender and nonbinary people in both Mexico […]