Source Design You Trust  Adipocere is a Melbourne‑based embroidery artist who crafts intricate, macabre illustrations on natural linen using hand embroidery, blending innocence with unsettling melancholy and surrealism. Themes draw from occult motifs, danse macabre, vanitas, death and the maiden, spiders, bats, skulls, and existential concepts like martyrdom and impermanence, often portraying raven‑haired maidens interacting…

Source Design You Trust  David Michael Wright is a Yorkshire‑based British freelance artist and illustrator who creates dark art, dark fantasy, horror and sci‑fi imagery, working mainly from his home studio in Royston, near Barnsley. Born in 1979 and raised on 1980s cartoons, movies and hand‑painted poster art, he cites Clive Barker, Graham Humphreys, H.R.…

Source Colossal   From dramatic aquatic encounters to deep caves to fish and amphibians closely guarding their eggs, there’s an entire world below the surface that few of us ever really get to see. That’s where images like those in the annual Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) come in, glimpsing some of the darkest depths…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  One of the leading postmodern painters of the last fifty years, David Salle’s art is one of juxtaposition, and his artistic “style” is the integration of disparate, contrasting styles. Since the 1980s, Salle has plucked compelling imagery from art history, print advertising and, most extensively, his own…

Source Colossal   The second cut on disc 39 of his most recent double album, “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable” unfolds J. Cole’s life and professional career through a backward-moving narrative. Directed by Palestinian-American filmmaker Ryan Doubiago, the track’s accompanying music video visually captures the feeling of reminiscence, as the rapper looks back on his journey thus…

Source Colossal   After more than two decades as a commercial textile designer, often working digitally, Amy Gross was drawn to making something that felt more immediate and tactile. “I started making beaded jewelry, something I could hold and feel,” she tells Colossal. The beading techniques gradually merged with canvases, which over time became more three-dimensional.…

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.