Source Colossal   All images © Kaci Smith, shared with permission In autumn of 2020, artist Kaci Smith was faced with a compound dilemma: daily life was still affected by the pandemic while devastating wildfires spread around her home in Northern California. “The air was so filled with smoke that even my studio became off limits,”…

Source Colossal   All images © Jane Housham, shared with permission “There’s a feeling I remember which has to do with the seriousness of play, when you were completely absorbed in playing a game with your toys and fully believed in the world you’d created, and it really mattered,” Jane Housham says. “I look longingly back…

Source Artsy Shark  Here’s how you as an artist can create a plan, attract the press and provide a terrific interview on your own terms. The post How to Give Great Press Interviews appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Today, we look at the works of French painter, Alexis Ralaivao, who comes to our A Portfolio section after standout shows at both ATM and Bill Brady in recent years (of which we have covered here). As he told us in an interview a few years back,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Tamsin Spencer Smith exhibits over 20 paintings, all from 2023, in a pop-up show at Upper Market Gallery this coming weekend, Friday, March 24th to Sunday the 26th. Two primary styles comprise the work, one utilizes a loose painting method that purposely obliterates literal reading of the…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  A few years ago, Hilary Pecis told us, “I really enjoy making the landscape paintings the most. I move between landscape and still life pretty fluidly and tend to work on them simultaneously. There are many things I enjoy about both, such as their relationship within the…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Michael Yang’s 70 years of age belies an unfettered youthful exuberance. It’s clear that this is an innate aspect of his character, but one senses that the wisdom he has gained through the years also plays a role, fueling his recent surge of creative output. The last…

Source Colossal   All images © Balbek Bureau, shared with permission. Production supported by Wonder Workshop and Silpo Off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula within an expansive archipelago sits the island of Galindez where the Ukrainian Vernadsky Research Base annually hosts twelve scientists and welcomes more than 4,000 tourists during the summer months. One…