Source Colossal   For 16 days this spring, an international kite festival will soar above the beaches of Cervia. Artenvento returns to northern Italy from April 19 to May 4 with more than 200 participants from 50 countries and five continents. I n its 45th year, the 2025 festival welcomes artist Kadek Armika, who’s known for…

Source Artsy Shark  Featured artist and abstract painter David Drain uses a fascinating mix of media to create spontaneous, minimalist art. The post Featured Artist David Drain appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  “My newest exhibition, Golden Compass, explores the human struggle to find balance and harmony while combatting injustice and managing righteous rage and grief,” Shepard Fairey mentioned at the opening of his new exhibition at Over the Influence Bangkok. “Art is a perfect tool in this quest because…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  There isn’t a child in America, probably the wider world, that doesn’t have an experience with a Mattel toy. Hot Wheels, Barbie, Masters of the Universe, American Girl, Matchbox cars… I mean, UNO is a Mattel card game. Mattel and the visual identities they have created are…

Source Colossal   When Jose Lerma encountered “Reception of the Grand Condé by Louis XIV” by Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, he found himself drawn to the figures tucked far behind the crowd. Known for his meticulous realism, Gérôme rendered these small characters with minimal brushstrokes, a decision that has influenced Lerma’s work…

Source Design You Trust  Myriam Wares brings together natural science, technology, mythology, and modern social themes through her distinct surrealist style. Starting as a self-taught artist, she later honed her craft at Dawson College before fearlessly diving into freelance work in 2019—a leap that quickly earned her international recognition. Her intricate, dreamlike creations have since…

Source Design You Trust  Originally a four-door sedan, the 1951 Studebaker Woody stands as a dazzling tribute to American automotive creativity. Starting its life as an unfinished project from Joe MacPherson’s collection, it was later acquired by collector Dennis Varni, who brought it to life in a completely new way. With a fastback woodie makeover…

Source Design You Trust  Irem Kurban, a Turkish artist now living in Berlin, creates mesmerizing surreal portraits with pastel pencils. Her work brings together human figures and whimsical animal companions—cats, dogs, fish, and birds—that carry symbolic meaning and emotional depth. Through vivid metaphors and intricate details, she invites us into a beautifully strange world where…