Source Colossal   From the stillness of a lily-specked pond to a nostalgic carousel perched on top of a spindly stand, Hans Op de Beeck’s latest works delve further into a realm of meditation and solitude. His forthcoming solo exhibition, Vanishing Point at Almine Rech, highlights his characteristically monochromatic sculptures, which he often coats in matte…

Source Colossal   Major expeditions, numerous attempts, and strokes of luck characterize how many of the top images in the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards came to be. Francisco Castro Escobar, for example, was surprised to see a rare lesser horned owl, sometimes referred to as “the ghost of the desert,” perched on a cactus in northern…

Source Colossal   Clio Sze To paints in the same way she walks around her home in Paris. Setting out with an open agenda and allowing her route to evolve organically, the artist meanders through the city with an eye toward the patterns and textures that comprise the landscape. When she returns to the studio, the…

Source Artsy Shark  Artists often know when their website isn’t producing the results they want. The harder question is why. Our study answers the question. The post What’s Really Wrong With Your Art Website? appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   In Ashley Percival’s world, a leopard can, in fact, change its spots. The Cornwall-based illustrator is behind a fanciful menagerie in which poodles, rotund birds, and boot-wearing insects try on a vast array of vibrant costumes. Using a mix of colored pencil, pen, paint, and digital tools, he dreams up cheeky patterns and…

Source Design You Trust  Jon Juarez is a Spanish illustrator, visual-development artist, screenwriter, and designer based in San Sebastián in the Basque Country. His work moves between hand-drawn illustration, speculative world-building, and production design; past professional collaborations listed on his public profiles include Riot Games, Blizzard, Epic, Heart Machine, Phoenix Labs, Wildlife, and the animated…

Source Design You Trust  Stuart Lippincott is a 3D digital artist from Bentonville, Arkansas, whose daily-render practice has made him one of the most recognizable names in futuristic online art. Stuart’s visual language is built around monumental scale: impossible structures, immense machines, distant architecture, colossal landscapes, and figures made to look small against environments that…

Source Colossal   When a portrait of aviation pioneer Ruth Rowland Nichols was taken while she stood beside her Lockheed Vega aircraft in 1931, she was already one of the most accomplished pilots in the world. That photo was captured the year she also became the first woman to hold simultaneous international records in altitude, speed,…