Source Colossal   The imaginative, strange childhood dreams of twins Nikolai and Simon Haas materialize in a large-scale exhibition at Blanton Museum of Art. Working as the Haas Brothers, the siblings have been collaborating since 2010 and are widely known for their fantastical sculptures of flora and fauna with their signature cheeky, surreal twist. In Austin,…

Source Colossal   For centuries, Navajo/Diné weavers have created intricate, geometrically patterned blankets and rugs on upright looms, powered only by the artisans’ bodies. More than a millennia ago in Mesoamerica, which encompassed much of what today is Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and parts of Central America, the Mayans produced ornate ceramics decorated with natural motifs like…

Source Colossal   “I find that when I work from my emotions and experiences, I make a more powerful image,” Ann Toebbe writes. Meditating on the connection between physical spaces and the feelings and memories bound within them is central to the Chicago artist’s practice. In a review of Toebbe’s recent exhibition at Hyde Park Art…

Source Design You Trust  Heavy Thoughts and Trust Issues sound like things you might struggle to explain to someone. For Bruno Cæsar, known as Taki, they become the starting points for surreal images. The Brazilian visual artist works with digital collage and photo manipulation, turning emotional tensions into scenes that feel familiar in their mood,…

Source Design You Trust  Anatol Knotek is a Vienna-based artist and visual poet whose work sits at the intersection of language and image. Words, letters, and short phrases become his raw material — he turns them into objects, installations, and paintings rather than treating them as something merely to be read. He has said he…

Source Design You Trust  A cheerful television presenter, an animated squirrel, and a picture that looks as though it has been copied from an old VHS tape. In Wiktor Stribog’s world, these reassuring ingredients become the beginning of something deeply unsettling. The Warsaw-based multimedia artist works with animation, illustration, music, and film, making familiar things…

Source Design You Trust  An angry bunny and a character called Happy Gog belong to the same playful world in Goes’s paintings. The Chinese artist brings the energy of graffiti into character-based work, using spray paint on canvas alongside experiments in oil pastel on board. Even the titles suggest a world where contradictory moods can…

Source Artsy Shark  by Carolyn Edlund Learn two simple formulas for pricing paintings consistently, including how to establish your own rate and quote commissions.     Have you ever finished a painting and wondered what to charge for it? You may have considered how many hours you spent creating it, the cost of materials, or…