Source Colossal   Wellington’s extravagant World of WearableArt is back for 2025, including pieces by 85 finalists that showcase today’s most elaborate and fanciful costumes. One hundred designers from 17 countries competed for a prize pool of more than $200,000 New Zealand dollars across 25 awards. The competition culminates in an elaborate performance, with this year’s…

Source Artsy Shark  J.M. Brodrick presents an exquisite collection of paintings where realism meets abstraction, evoking the wonder of the natural world. The post Featured Artist J.M. Brodrick appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   Cranbrook Academy of Art is not just a graduate school—it’s a dynamic community of architects, artists, and designers redefining visual and material culture. Known for decades as the “incubator of mid-century modernism,” Cranbrook has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century, producing graduates whose impact far outweighs the academy’s intimate…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  When Tod Browning directed his seminal film, Freaks, in 1932, there wasn’t the notion that it would become one of the most notorious and influential early American horror films. In the film, Browning reframes the idea of the circus “freak” as a close-knit, moral community, juxtaposed with the…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Perrotin is pleased to present Danielle Orchard’s first solo exhibition with the gallery in Los Angeles. In her latest exhibition, Firstborn, the American artist traces the transformative and fragile terrain of early parenthood, where moments of quiet vigilance, sudden intensity, and tender care unfold alongside the rhythms…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  PM/AM is proud to present a collection of new paintings by Lucy Robson, which will be her first solo exhibition. The London-based South African artist works at the intersection of beauty, image-making, and cultural critique—revisiting the visual language of hyper-femininity not as ornament, but as a site of…

Source Design You Trust  In 2016, the Dutch police, together with the company Guard From Above, trained eagles to intercept drones in the air, testing whether predatory birds could be turned into a living air defense system. The eagles proved to be accurate and strong enough to snatch devices out of the sky without harming…

Source Design You Trust  Julia Iredale is an illustrator and artist based on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada, and she is represented by the Bright Agency. Her art is deeply inspired by mythology, fairy tales, history, and fantasy, weaving these influences into dreamlike, imaginative illustrations. Julia earned her bachelor’s degree from Emily Carr University…