Source Colossal   From the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, which features a wealth of artwork and artifacts related to social justice and community organizing, a new exhibition highlights American democracy and freedom of speech through the lens of art as an agent of change. Turn the volume up! includes works…

Source Colossal   Our oceans are places of mystery and biological wonders as much as they are essential to communities’ livelihoods. We tap these expansive bodies of water for recreation, food, transportation. From the Atlantic to the Arctic, oceans cover around 70 percent of the earth’s surface, and there is an incredible wealth of life yet…

Source Artsy Shark  Artist Nancy Nixon Ensign creates mixed media collages that invite viewers into mysterious, imaginative worlds. The post Featured Artist Nancy Nixon Ensign appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   “The wind is my nemesis!” says Jennifer Latour, and rightly so. In her sculptural assemblages, single flowers or small clusters of blooms sprout from tree branches or thick stems, appearing like otherworldly forms standing in the landscape. A soft breeze could topple the Vancouver-based artist’s ephemeral works, scattering their delicate petals and spindly…

Source Design You Trust  Kapi Michalska is a graphic designer and expressive portrait painter based in Szczecin, Poland, working primarily in Procreate. Michalska’s signature style layers semi-realistic facial features with bold, abstract shapes and colorful, expressive brushwork, so the shapes she draws don’t just decorate a portrait but actively bring new meaning to it. Her…

Source Design You Trust  Roberto Giacomucci is an Italian architect and designer from Ancona. Giacomucci built his professional career as an architect and industrial designer, founding Studio Giacomucci Design in 1994. He has collaborated with major galleries and design houses including Rossana Orlandi in Milan, Fragile Milano, Mint London, Matter of Stuff London, Bontempi, and…

Source Design You Trust  David Díez is a Spanish illustrator and draftsman from Salamanca. Díez specializes in detailed pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations of robots, cyborgs, and creatures that blend cyberpunk, steampunk, and what he playfully calls “licantropunk” aesthetics — a personal mashup of werewolf mythology and punk machinery. His work often depicts intricate mechanical dragons,…

Source Colossal   From materials we normally discard like padded packaging or the mesh sleeves that protect fruit from bruising, Suzanne Jongmans summons elegant and dreamlike Renaissance portraits. The artist drapes models in lush velvet fabrics and typically positions them against deep backgrounds in the vein of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” (1489-91) or…