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Funny Doodles By Nadia Tolstoy Illustrating Literal Meanings And Puns Found In The English Language
Source Design You Trust Stockholm-based artist Nadia Tolstoy is the cartoonist currently making waves on social media with her delightfully wacky doodles. Known for sprinkling a generous dash of humor into her surreal sketches, Nadia’s artwork transforms mundane words into visual puns that’ll tickle your funny bone! Her series, dubbed “Surrealians,” is a wild cocktail…
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Artist and Activist Zanele Muholi Grapples with Exposure in a New Monograph
Source Colossal “Buciko I” (2019). All images from ‘Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II'(Aperture, 2024), © 2024 Zanele Muholi Following their lauded 2018 monograph, South African artist and activist Zanele Muholi has released a second book collecting the most recent additions to their series Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness. Volume…
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Verdant Landscapes and Burgeoning Plants Crawl Across Walls in ONIRO’s Vibrant Anatomical Murals
Source Colossal “Coltivazione del Sé” (2021), Cassino, Italy. All images © ONIRO, shared with permission Greenery abounds in the large-scale murals of Italian artist ONIRO, who often focuses on themes of interconnectedness and balance, especially between humans and the natural world. In “Coltivazione del Sé,” or “self-cultivation,” a human form emerges from the leaves and…
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IED Firenze Launches a New Master Course in Future Store Design
Source Colossal Valkyrie Miss Dior at the Dior Autumn-Winter 2023-2024 Women Ready-to-Wear show on February 28, 2023. Photo © Lionel Balteiro, courtesy of Atelier Joana Vasconcelos When you decide to buy something, there are many key factors involved. Customer experience has become one of the most relevant aspects to consider when designing a retail journey,…
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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures
Source Colossal ‘Les Lalanne: Zoophites,’ Kasmin, New York. All photos by Charlie Rubin, courtesy of Kasmin, shared with permission Now obsolete, the term zoophytes once referred to organisms that exhibited both animal and plant characteristics. It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude…
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Are You Under or Over-Pricing Your Art?
Source Artsy Shark How can you set prices for your art correctly, without over or underestimating the value? Use these tips to get it right every time. The post Are You Under or Over-Pricing Your Art? appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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A Wavy Place: Gabrielle Garland Gives a New Perspective
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home “The house, even more than the landscape, is a “psychic state,” even when reproduced as it appears from the outside, it bespeaks intimacy,” wrote Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space. When I recall the quote to painter Gabrielle Garland, she’s quick to tell me that she,…
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A Portfolio (Nuart Aberdeen Edition): Bahia Shehab
Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home We continue to look at the 2024 Nuart Aberdeen roster through our A Portfolio section on the site, today we look at the works of Cairo, Egypt-based artist and speaker, Bahia Shehab. The artist works in film, stencil street art, installation, murals and
