Source Colossal   In Pioche, Nevada, a movie theater built in 1937 stands in tribute to the immense changes in technology and style over nearly a century. A bold portrait set against a black background by photographer Kevin Boyle captures not only the aging building but a mid-20th-century pastime that taps into nostalgia and small town…

Source Artsy Shark  Why do some artists stay in a collector’s mind while others are quickly forgotten? Memorability creates opportunity. The post Make Your Art Memorable appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   Joy Machine and Vertical Gallery are excited to share their first collaborative exhibition, Wanderland by Collin van der Sluijs. This marks the artist’s sixth solo exhibition in Chicago and more than a decade in partnership with Vertical Gallery. It’s his first presentation at Joy Machine. Wanderland comprises a new body of work developed during a two-year period. Spanning enormous…

Source Design You Trust  Captain Brick Sparrow is a LEGO builder focused on pirate ships, trains, and haunted houses. The name already says a lot about the spirit of the work: it leans into adventure, play, and a love of themed building rather than minimalist display or strictly technical model-making. What makes this kind of…

Source Design You Trust  Yo-Hokki is a digital artist working primarily in pixel art, with a practice built around consistency, repetition, and character-driven image-making. The work is closely associated with daily posting, and that rhythm gives it a distinctive feeling: each piece stands on its own, but together they read like a long, evolving visual…

Source Colossal   In his characteristically illustrative, enigmatic style, Phlegm’s monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles. Hybrid figures, strange interactions, and uncanny combinations of objects fill his idosyncratic murals, about which we can only speculate the meaning. “I think a lot about the barriers between people understanding each other, and I think I enjoy making…

Source Design You Trust  Astro is a Dubai-based visual storyteller and Photoshop artist working in a cinematic, surreal register. His images are built around the meeting point of dream and reality, with emotion, atmosphere, and imaginative worldbuilding sitting at the center of the work rather than straightforward design polish alone. He also comes from a…

Source Colossal   Although Amelia Cross subscribes to the belief that our sartorial choices are a way to signal who we are and what we care about, she also knows there are more subliminal details hiding in personal style. A nametag curling at the edges or a pen bleeding through a shirt pocket stand in stark…