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. Emptiness 2026 Art Awards: Exhibition, Publication, Sales, and Global PromotionFeatured What is emptiness in your art? Is it solitude or serenity, absence or possibility, loss or…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist and photographer Paul Atkinson presents a collection of images inspired by nightscapes and abandoned places. The post Featured Artist Paul Atkinson appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Simchowitz is pleased to present So Far Out of Sight, a solo exhibition of new work by Lily Ramírez, on view at Hill House Pasadena. In So Far Out of Sight, Lily Ramírez approaches painting as a space of quiet reckoning, an arena where memory, perception, and feeling converge. Rooted in…

Source Colossal   While Magnhild Kennedy’s masks certainly hide their wearer’s identity, they won’t leave you inconspicuous. Working as Damselfrau, the East London-based artist stitches elaborate disguises from a range of found materials. Beads, feathers, fringe, and various glitzy baubles layer onto mesh panels, sometimes in the form of bright, owl-like eyes or a gilded, regal headdress.…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  AXA XL is excited to announce the launch of the ninth edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States, a leading platform dedicated to emerging figurative artists. This prestigious competition invites undergraduate and graduate students from across the country to submit their innovative paintings, drawings,…

Source Colossal   Known for his trippy, seemingly infinite transformations, Jake Fried emphasizes the uncanniness of seeing. His newest work, “Strange Light,” is a mesmerizing one-minute animation conceived as a loop, drawn with ink and Wite-Out, then digitally enhanced with otherworldly, glowing hues. An electric green pervades the scenes, dominated by eyes and motifs related to…

Source Design You Trust  Nafis Khan specializes in digital art focused on cinematic anime‑style nature and ocean scenes. The work features dramatic golden hour sunsets fading into starlit skies, motorbikes on quiet roads under the Milky Way, serene lakes, and coastal horizons with a smooth, filmic quality. The aesthetic blends anime vibes with high‑end cinematic…

Source Design You Trust  3am Horrors is a ghost‑themed art Instagram account focused on cozy, atmospheric spooky scenes created with MidJourney and Photoshop. The bio reads “I like ghosts. Enjoy my spooky creations,” and the feed is full of soft, foggy ghosts in cemeteries, porches, autumn streets, and gothic Christmas settings. More: Instagram