Source Colossal   “Overflow” (2021), wood, velvet, acrylic color, ink, sand, aluminum stretcher, 80 x 60 centimeters. All images © Mevlana Lipp, shared with permission “Velvet paintings” may evoke visions of midcentury kitsch, thanks to artists like Edgar Leetig (1904-1953) and a demand for mass-produced decor. But that phenomenon is only a fraction of the history…

Source Colossal   “Petiscos” (2024), cotton, polyester, white oak frame, 13 x 13 x 1.5 inches. All photos by Adrienna Matzeg, courtesy of Tacit Collective, shared with permission Toronto-based artist Adrienna Matzeg stitches a tangible record of a trip to Portugal in Bebidas e Lanches, or Drinks and Snacks. Rendering photographic snapshots and souvenir tableaux in…

Source Artsy Shark  How artists can maximize their art sales and reach a broader audience by using the power of tiered pricing. The post Increase Art Sales with Tiered Pricing appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Troy Lamarr Chew II is a Juxtapoz favorite, as evidenced at our recent LA exhibition celebrating thirty years of the magazine. His masterful paintings continue to inspire and elevate conversations, but wait… he’s got a sick apparel line too? Inspired by the process of painting, Wet Paint…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  It feels like a major oversight that this is the first museum survey of the Venezuelan-born, L.A.-based artist’s prolific career. Magdalena Suarez Frimkess is an intergral part of the tradition of California ceramics, but often, she has become more of the artist’s artist than celebrated on an institutional…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  “Are you feeling stressed or anxious? Has the erosion of democracy and the feeling of impending societal collapse got you down? Are you tired of technological solutions no one asked for? Worn out by end stage capitalism? Sick of social media? Billionaires? Traffic? War? The Supreme Court?…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  The midweek A Portfolio sees us looking at the works of the exciting painter, Shyama Golden. Her recent show at Harper’s caught our attention, works that had these elements of the Los Angeles landscapes and, as the gallery notes, the “figure of the yakka in Sri Lankan folklore.” 

Source Colossal   “The Wildflowers Whisper To Him” (2023), woodblock prints on archival paper, Japanese rice paper, muslin, acrylic, spray paint, colored pencil, and wood mounted on canvas, 74 x 64 inches. Photo by Sveva Costa Sanseverino. All images © Yashua Klos, courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Early in the morning of July 23,…