Source Colossal   Close-up Photographer of the Year has announced the winners of its 7th edition, with Western Australia-based Ross Gudgeon’s image of the elaborate internal structure of a cauliflower soft coral taking the top spot. The population of the otherworldly pink marine creatures found in reefs off the coast of New South Wales has seen…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Megan Mulrooney is pleased to present Taut, our first solo exhibition of abstracted still life paintings with Los Angeles-based artist Annie Pendergrast. Flowers, vases, stripes, grids, and looping forms recur across the exhibition, rendered in precise gradients and graphic color combinations. The works feel simultaneously playful and…

Source Colossal   Completed in 1972, the innovative 48-story building known as the Transamerica Pyramid Center quickly became an indelible icon of the San Francisco skyline. Its modernist features include blocky elements, uniform rows of windows, and it’s namesake pyramidical shape, but its design also took its surroundings into consideration, as its tapered shape meant that…

Source Colossal   Multiple-headed deities, strange woodland feasts, plants with sprite-like faces, and worlds floating on animals’ backs are just a few of the dreamlike occurrences in the work of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). The British-Mexican artist, born into an upper-class family in Lancashire, was fascinated by the notion of “other.” She immersed herself in fairytales and…

Source Artsy Shark  Marie Spaulding presents a portfolio of colorful and engaging wildlife portraits, inspired by her love of nature. The post Featured Artist Marie Spaulding appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  François Ghebaly is proud to present Golden Days, Dabin Ahn’s solo exhibition at the gallery’s Los Angeles space. Painter and sculptor Dabin Ahn transforms personal objects, Korean ceramic vessels, and other ephemeral still-life elements into sites of passage. Drawing from 20th century art history, Joseon dynasty porcelain traditions, and…

Source Colossal   From more than 60,000 entries submitted by photographers around the globe, the jurors of the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition had their work cut out for them. They selected 100 images that tell powerful stories and represent diverse regions and types of animals in a huge range of habitats, including areas…

Source Colossal   A photojournalist for the Icelandic daily newspaper Morgunblaðið for 44 years, Ragnar Axelsson is attuned to capturing the moments that tell a story. Mundane activities, impending tragedies, and tender connections between people and animals all figure prominently in his work and offer a portrait of life that comes from being embedded within a…