Source Colossal   Dear Reader, The New York Times recently asked dozens of 10-year-olds what the world will be like in 2050. Some are hopeful: a woman will finally be president of the U.S., people will be more kind, and everyone will have a pet fox. Others, though, feel as if they’ve been plucked straight from…

Source Colossal   At 33 feet wide and 52.5 feet high, an ancient mosaic recently unveiled to the public may be the largest in the entire Roman world. It sits within the recently opened Museum of the Baths of Trajan in central Rome, which preserves a monumental, early 2nd-century bath complex built by Emperor Trajan covering…

Source Design You Trust  Journal of Emptiness is a visual artist who tells wordless, emotionally charged stories through surreal imagery. The project treats each image like a page from an unfinished novel: anonymous figures dissolve into mist, roots overtake faces, animals drift through impossible landscapes, and memories return as physical spaces that cannot be escaped.…

Source Colossal   Inspired by shapes and movement found in nature, Pablo Luna Studio conceives of hospitality spaces, wellness retreats, and homes that sympathize with their surroundings. Rather than creating a barrier between outside and inside, the airy structures welcome foliage and the natural landscape into the overall experience, blurring the boundary between structure and environment.…

Source Artsy Shark  Submissions are now being accepted from artists in all mediums to appear as future featured artists. Deadline is September 24, 2026. The post Call for Artists, Autumn 2026 appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   If you find yourself feeling impatient at the slow, meditative opening scenes of “The Spectacle,” just wait. The short documentary from The New Yorker visits a slew of stunning vistas primarily across Norway, showcasing star-dappled night skies and awe-inspiring mountaintop views. We’re witness to landscapes that appear untouched by humanity, until director Yasmin…

Source Colossal   Although Hew Locke’s practice revolves around geographically bound objects—superimposed drawings of Guyanese homes and his suspended flotilla among them—the artist traces the reaches of empire that extend far beyond any singular era or point on a map. How people, capital, cargo, and ideas traverse the globe has long been central to Locke’s work,…

Source Colossal   In Derrick Jensen’s 1995 book Listening to the Land, Chickasaw poet and environmentalist Linda Hogan said, “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” Decades on, we continue to grapple with an increasing…