Source Colossal   All images © Kurkku Fields Undulating grass mounds at Kurkku Fields camouflage a meditative enclave for reading and rest. Opened last month in Kisarazu City, Japan, “Underground Library” is the project of Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP Architects, who designed the study center so that it nestles into the ground and seamlessly merges with the surrounding landscape.…

Source artforum.com  Billionaire Mitchell Rales donated $1.9 billion to his Glenstone Foundation, which supports Potomac, Maryland’s Glenstone Museum. The 2021 gift is one of the largest ever to an arts organization. To

Source artforum.com  Curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates AT THE MIDPOINT of “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today,” there appears, curiously enough, a Filipino artist: David Medalla, whose signature

Source artforum.com  The opening pages of Georges Bataille’s 1928 novella, Story of the Eye, recount a violent three-way sex scene on the edge of a cliff. As the libidinal frenzy nears its peak, rain starts to fall,

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  GR Gallery is pleased to present Times Are Changing, an extensive duo exhibition featuring the latest production of Nigerian artists David Olatoye Babatunde and Victor Olaoye, integrated in the same event for the first time. The show will reveal 18 acute artworks, executed with the artists signature techniques…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  We love finding all the nuanced stories happening in and around the street art world. Not just the blockbuster shows, but the political and activist areas that often shape how we construct both the print publication and the podcast itself. So today, we present Daniel Albanese and…

Source Colossal   All images © Jan Erik Waider, shared with permission In late 2019, Jan Erik Waider boarded the Bark Europa, a 56-meter-long wooden sailing ship constructed in 1911, bound for the Antarctic Peninsula. The Hamburg-based photographer, whose work centers on polar landscapes (previously), captured the multifaceted forms of glaciers and icebergs, steely grays of…

Source Colossal   Image © Paperboyo Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also join our monthly Opportunities Newsletter.   Open Calls Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts &…