Source Colossal   All images © Taschen Six years after the release of a monumental compendium of Dutch birds, the publisher and naturalist Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) shifted his focus from avians to geology. In 1776, he issued Marmor Soorten, or The Book of Marble, a striking catalog of scientific illustrations and annotations featuring 570 types…

Source Design You Trust  Dutch contemporary artist Desiree Palmen has gained worldwide recognition for her unique camouflage installations that explore human mimicry in urban environments. Her work is inspired by the installation of police surveillance cameras in dangerous areas of Rotterdam, and she uses clothes painted to match the background to reflect on the possibility…

Source artforum.com  Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson. By Suzaan Boettger. University of Minnesota Press, 2023. 440 pages. ASTONISHINGLY, it has taken fifty years since his death for a “life” of Robert

Source Colossal   All images © Omar Reda, shared with permission In the rapidly modernizing ‘Asir Province of southwest Saudi Arabia, the Qhatan tribe preserves an enduring tradition. The men of the group, which is said to descend from Ishmael, son of Abraham, fashion vibrant flower crowns made from marigolds, jasmine, herbs, and other plants, wearing…

Source artforum.com  ON A CRISP NIGHT IN NEW DELHI last December, I made my way to Vivan Sundaram’s brutalist bungalow, nested in a leafy garden and casually adorned with some of the most iconic exemplars of Indian

Source Colossal   All images © Katie Rose Johnston, shared with permission The practice of assembling cabinets of curiosities, or Wunderkammers, may date back to the 16th century, but the human impulse to collect, document, study, and learn from our surroundings goes back millennia. Scottish artist Katie Rose Johnston, who works as Manifesto, celebrates the timeless…

Source Artsy Shark  Some ideas and alternatives for artists who have been asked to donate their artwork to a charitable cause. The post Should You Donate Your Artwork? appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Carlo Van de Roer’s portraits capture a subject’s aura – the energy field that surrounds all living things – using instant film and sensors that measure biofeedback. Each color in the resulting photograph corresponds to certain traits, reflecting how the subject is perceived by others. For example,…