Source Colossal   One of the most intimate windows into an artist’s practice is their studio. While some creatives thrive on methodical organization and tidiness, others reach their flow state amid a cluttered chaos where dozens of ideas unfold at once. Whether at one end of this spectrum or somewhere in the middle, these spaces offer…

Source Colossal   Measuring 28 feet wide and seven feet tall, two monumental wooden relief sculptures anchor Beyond Silence, a new exhibition at GRAY Chicago featuring works by Catalan artist and sculptor Jaume Plensa. The broad works—titled “Julia” and “Maria”—were created as part of the artist’s recent series, Beyond Silence, which shares a name with the…

Source Colossal   Walk into the first gallery of the group exhibition Thresholds at the Haggerty Museum of Art, and you’ll encounter dozens of hand brooms installed in long rows. Scraps of ribbons, cords, and braids in a vast array of colors and textures bind the small tools together, with raw branches from a fallen tree…

Source Colossal   Italy’s South Tyrol province, which borders Switzerland and Austria in the Alps and is home to some of Central Europe’s most dramatic mountains, lives up to its geographic position as a borderland. Italy annexed the region in 1919 following World War I, prior to which it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Many…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Bernardo Corman presents a collection of fantastical mixed media sculpture and collage. Visit his website to learn more.     I’m Bernardo and I’ve been making art for over 45 years. The primary focus of most of my career has been sculpture and drawing. However, in the past six years I’ve…

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.…