Source Colossal    “Who are the Indians? This is the old stories that were told to me. The slaves ran away through the routes in the Underground Railroad, and the Indians gave them refuge in different spots. So the Mardi Gras Indians pay homage to them,” says Big Chief Demond Melancon at the opening of…

Source artforum.com  Sotheby’s will open an office in Shanghai, Bloomberg reports, thus establishing its first foothold in mainland China after operating in Hong Kong for years. As well, the global auction house will conduct

Source Colossal   All images © Thomas Randall-Page Cody Dock, a Victorian-era industrial site along the River Lea in east London, is in the midst of a monumental facelift as part of a masterplan to transform the space into a creative hub. A new bridge by architect Thomas Randall-Page connects pedestrians across a recently re-flooded channel,…

Source artforum.com  The Museum of American Women, the yet-to-be-built Smithsonian institution honoring the contributions of women and female-identifying persons, has received $55 million in promised gifts. The money will

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Each year, we anticipate the Outsider Art Fair, one of the best fairs on the yearly circuit, with stops in NYC and Paris. This week, March 2—5 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC, the Outsider Art Fair is back with one of the most unique curatorial outlines and…

Source Colossal   All images © Sho Shibata, shared with permission A few years back, photographer Sho Shibata traversed the frozen landscapes of Aomori’s Hakkōda Mountains documenting the otherworldly formations that cover the slopes. Heavy, icy snow cloaks the countless trees that populate the region, morphing the arboreal vistas into frigid hoodoo-like characters. “This is my favourite place…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  In a recent solo exhibition, Lyfe In a Strange Land, at Void Gallery in San Francisco, painter Yarrow Lazer-Smith (AKA Yarrow Slaps) presented a series of paintings that inspired imaginative possibilities within the  troubling context of Western society’s once abundantly prevalent custom of slavery. The creative premise…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Yana Wernicke documents with subtle grace the close bonds between two young women and the farm animals that they rescue, love, play with and care for, in a series mixing German romanticism and modern ethics.