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Featured Artist Kajal Zaveri
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August 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Source Colossal Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Nuditas 2026: 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Publication, Promotion, and SalesFeaturedReady to reveal the naked truth of the human body? From personal identity and body positivity to…
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Artist Pascal Campion Turns Ordinary City Moments Into Cinematic Illustrated Keyframes
Source Design You Trust Pascal Campion is a French-American illustrator, concept designer, and storyteller based in Los Angeles, with nearly a million followers on his personal art account @pascalcampionart. He has worked with major studios including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Marvel, and Illumination, and his covers have appeared on The New Yorker. His signature…
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Filip Mirazovic Paints Bodies as If They Were Made of Marble, Porcelain, and Old Leather
Source Design You Trust Filip Mirazovic is a Serbian-born painter, based in Paris, who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Vladimir Velickovic, Christian Boltanski, and Dominique Gauthier. He situates his practice within the lineage of classical painting, working primarily in oil on linen and canvas. His paintings merge landscapes, interiors, and human figures, often…
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Francisco Fonseca Paints Houses Like Portraits of the People Who Once Lived Inside Them
Source Design You Trust Francisco Fonseca, known as _francis.co, is an illustrator from Paço de Sousa, a small village in Portugal. He completed a master’s degree in Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto in 2018 and has worked as a full-time illustrator ever since, building an audience of over…
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Innovation Meets Heritage in West African Contemporary Artists’ Masquerade Ensembles
Source Colossal Across West Africa, Indigenous communities mark holidays, rites, and sacred events with a remarkable variety of ceremonies ranging from dances to processions. These masquerade traditions incorporate meticulously carved masks and full-body costumes that often facilitate links between humans and the spiritual world. There’s evidence of masked customs dating back millennia, and today, artists…
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Marketing Art When You Hate Self-Promotion
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Lucy Sparrow Invokes ’90s Supermarket Nostalgia in ‘The Beginning of Convenience’
Source Colossal Bentonville is a small town in Northwest Arkansas that has, over time, become synonymous with massive retail operations and corporate ecosystems. The bustling hub is ingrained with the legacy of Walton’s, a small nickel and dime convenience store that opened on Bentonville’s downtown square in 1950 to serve its surrounding community. The shop…