Source artforum.com  Drawing on European folk traditions, Tole painting is a technique of decorating metalware so as to transform nondescript household objects into family heirlooms. The style was first imported into America

Source artforum.com  Between 1996 and 1999, Scott Treleaven produced the influential zine This Is the Salivation Army, which often featured violent, black-and-white collages of male bodies piled on top of one another. The

Source artforum.com  The Frick Collection, which since March 2021 has been housed in the Marcel Breuer–designed building at 945 Madison Avenue, will return to its elegant Gilded Age home on Fifth Avenue at Seventieth Street

Source Design You Trust  Derya Ozparlak is a Canadian artist who delves into the complexities of the human experience through her multidisciplinary artwork. Graduating with a BFA in Sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Anadolu University in Turkey, Ozparlak has showcased her work across Canada and internationally in countries such as Italy and…

Source Design You Trust  Ned Flanders An 18-year-old student from England, Jack Brook, has used artificial intelligence tool Midjourney to create human-like portraits of popular characters from the hit animated sitcom, The Simpsons. Despite some difficulties generating a few family and town members, Brook’s AI creations represent theoretical human versions of The Simpsons characters, fully…

Source Design You Trust  Venus Angelica is a talented children’s book illustrator from Canada who creates captivating art pieces. Her passion for art began at an early age when her parents would read picture books to her at night, using funny voices and acting out the characters. The colorful illustrations in those storybooks sparked her…

Source Colossal   All images © Barbora Batokova, shared with permission Pittsburgh-based photographer and self-proclaimed nemophilist Barbora Batokova has cultivated a deep passion for fungi ever since her childhood in the Czech Republic. Growing up mushroom hunting and foraging for hearty meals, Batokova shares the cultural nuances linked to moving overseas as she explains that the…

Source Colossal   “Nasi Lemak,” 126³ Voxel Hawker Stalls. All images © Shin Oh, shared with permission Illustrator Shin Oh nestles childhood memories of visiting traditional Malaysian shops and food stalls within tiny three-dimensional renderings, placing the immense affection she feels for such spaces in small confines. Part of two companion series titled 126³ Tiny Voxel Shops…