Denizens of a Crowded City Populate Erin Milez’s Dense Paintings — Colossal
Whether it’s scenes from the subway, streets, or Times Square, visions of New York City are often hectic…
A New Book Celebrates More Than 250 Trailblazing Women Photographers Across 200 Years — Colossal
In the introduction of a new book titled Great Women Photographers, Fiona Rogers writes, “If ‘greatness’ has long…
Suzanne Jongmans Recycles Everyday Materials for Elegant Renaissance-Style Portraits — Colossal
From materials we normally discard like padded packaging or the mesh sleeves that protect fruit from bruising, Suzanne…
Discover Millions of Artworks from Thousands of Museums with This Huge Art Search Engine — Colossal
Described by its anonymous creators as “the largest search engine for museum art,” The Last Museum is a…
Art historian explains why truly ‘reading’ Mark Rothko’s abstract paintings makes people cry
You walk into a museum, turn a corner, and there it is: a giant canvas with two or…
Presence, Memory, and Time Merge in the Surreal Works of ‘Architects of Absence’ — Colossal
“Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being,” philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre posited in Being and Nothingness,…
Cocoa Plantations Set the Scene for Divine Events in Marc Padeu’s ‘Memento Vivere’ — Colossal
“It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it,” wrote…
Experience Ana Mendieta’s Visceral, ‘Neolithic’ Work in a Major Survey — Colossal
Rarely do artists conceive of work that is prescient and, decades on, more urgent than when it was…
Helena Minginowicz Transforms Humble Paper Towel into Ethereal Paintings — Colossal
“Civilizations are remembered through their monuments, but understood through the things they throw away,” says artist Helena Minginowicz,…
Enigmatic Iconography and Incomplete Narratives Merge in Phlegm’s Murals and Engravings — Colossal
In his characteristically illustrative, enigmatic style, Phlegm’s monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles. Hybrid figures, strange interactions,…
Mark Rothko’s Color Fields Mirror the Elements in a ‘Weather-to-Painting Experiment’ — Colossal
Mark Rothko is known for his “color field” paintings, a genre that was coined in the 1950s to…
Wildfires and War Rage in Shawn Huckins’ Theatrical Paintings — Colossal
In Slow Burn, Shawn Huckins puts the cognitive dissonance that defines our current era in stark relief. The…