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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
MFA galleries offer new look at history during 250th celebration
As the nation marks its 250th birthday, one of Boston’s most beloved museums is also going through ***…
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…
The Frick Collection and Gilded Age Lessons in Art Collecting
What began as modest collecting in Pittsburgh became a model of ambition and taste with lasting influence. Sir…
David Daigle’s Elaborate Punch-Cut Paper Pieces Excavate Commercial Imagery — Colossal
Whether it’s a large-scale wallpaper reproduction of Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” or pages of deconstructed Artforum…
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…
A Leonora Carrington Biopic Traces the Surrealist Icon’s Life and Work — Colossal
“Don’t you think it’s dangerous to blur the distinction between abstraction and reality?” asks actress Olivia Vinall in…