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“A Fever for You”: the Superb Sureal and Melancholic Paintings by Zhiyong Jing
Source Design You Trust Zhiyong Jing is a painter living and working in Beijing, China, well known for his surreal dreamlike artworks that explore themes of hope, isolation, and absurdity. He earned a BFA in oil painting from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2005 and credits his education with shaping his signature style,…
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Spectacular Winning Images from The AOP Photography Awards 2025
Source Design You Trust Environment – Gold Winner: “Patterns in a Floodzone” by Sean Breithaupt The AOP Photography Awards, often dubbed the “Oscars of photography,” mark their 40th year by celebrating the finest in creative image-making. This prestigious event showcases the artistry and technical brilliance of photographers who continue to push the boundaries of visual…
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Stunning Textural Acrylic Paintings with Vintage Aesthetics by Jason Limon
Source Design You Trust Jason Limon is a painter and sculptor from San Antonio, Texas, USA, who is internationally renowned for his surreal acrylic paintings and sculptures featuring skeletons, skulls, and whimsical objects. He began his career in graphic design before moving full-time into art in 2007, exhibiting widely in galleries across the United States…
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In ‘The Party is Over,’ Murmure Confronts the Absurd Spectacle of the End Times
Source Colossal In a world this absurd and disastrous, do we gravitate toward cynicism or levity? For the artist duo known as Murmure (previously), both are the only option. The Caen, France-based pair presents a new body of paintings and charcoal drawings in their plainly titled exhibition, La fête est finie, or The party is…
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Blink and You’d Miss the Moments Topping This Year’s Pure Street Photography Awards
Source Colossal Coincidence is around every corner, and immortalizing a split second of fleeting chaos takes a special eye. Since 2020, Pure Street Photography—an initiative focused on connecting international photographers—has commended visual storytellers through an annual competition. This year’s edition drew an impressive 1,160 submissions across 34 countries and five continents. Judged by British writer…
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What Do Astronomy and Jewelry Have in Common? In the Late Renaissance, Look to the Stars
Source Colossal In the famous first stanza of the 17th-century poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake writes: To see a world in a grain of sandAnd a heaven in a wild flower,Hold infinity in the palm of your handAnd eternity in an hour. Perhaps Blake didn’t intend us to literally hold infinity in our hands,…
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Amy Winstanley: Life Hum @ Margot Samel, New York
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Coco Young “Detour” @ James Cope Gallery, Dallas
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home One of the shows we definitely want to check out in Dallas this weekend is Coco Young’s newest solo show at James Cope, her third solo with the gallery. Born in New York, raised in Marseille, and now living between NY and Paris, Young traces a painterly…