April 2021 Opportunities: Grants & Open Calls for Artists
Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. If you'd like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also join our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Open
Explore the Louvre's Entire Collection of 480,000 Artworks in a New Digital Database
The Louvre just launched a new online database compiling more than 480,000 artworks from its collections and those at the Musée National Eugène-Delacroix and The Tuileries Garden. Spanning Egyptian antiquities and medieval sculpture to Renaissance and modern decorative arts, the free digital catalog
Jeroen Smeets Shares the Story Behind The Jaunt, the Collaborative Travel Project Sending Artists Around the World
Jeroen Smeets is the founder of The Jaunt, an ongoing travel project that sends artists to new destinations around the globe with the goal of producing a single, hand-pulled screenprint. In this conversation with Colossal editor-in-chief Christopher Jobson, Smeets recounts The Jaunt's first collabor
A Van Gogh Painting Has Been Unveiled for the First Time Since It Was Painted in 1887
After spending more than a century in a private collection, one of Vincent van Gogh's artworks has been shown to the public for the first time since the Dutch artist painted it in the spring of 1887. "Street scene in Montmartre (Impasse des Deux Frères and the Pepper Mill)" depicts a couple walking
The New Issue of Create! Magazine Is Out Now
We're delighted at the release of Create! Magazine’s Issue #24, which was curated in part by our editor-in-chief, Christopher Jobson. Colossal readers might recognize some of the artists and photographers featured in the winter edition, including Patty Carroll (previously), Greg Olijnyk (previously)
Banksy Creates Bob Ross-Dubbed Process Video of New Work Depicting Oscar Wilde Escaping Prison
What begins as a soft-spoken clip of America's most iconic TV painting instructor, Bob Ross from his Joy of Painting show, suddenly shifts into a frenetic and extremely rare behind-the-scenes video of Banksy creating his latest work in Reading, Berkshire. Titled "Create Escape," the clip was just po
We're Back! The Colossal Shop Is Restocked
We just added a few fun goods to the newly reopened Colossal Shop, including these (reversible!) face masks featuring some of art history's most iconic works. Head to the shop for pins, magnets, and pop-up greeting cards that'll find a permanent spot on your fridge. Each purchase directly supports C
Plants Embedded in Wax Sprout from Fragile Hands in Memory-Infused Works by Valerie Hammond
In Valerie Hammond’s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax, preserving their fragile tissues long after they've been plucked from the ground. In outlining a pair of hands, she also secures a memory, or rather, "
Clothesline Farm Animals Graze the Countryside in Playful Illusions by Helga Stentzel
Instead of tossing an old pair of pants or T-shirt, Helga Stentzel puts her tired garments out to pasture. So far, the London-based artist has added Pegasus and Smoothie, a pair of clothesline equine and bovine, to her herd of playful interventions hung in bucolic landscapes. Stenzel's practice, whi
The First USPS Stamp Designed by an Alaska Native Artist Features a Trickster Raven as It Steals the Sun
When it's released later this summer, a new stamp from the U.S. Postal Service will illuminate a piece of Indigenous culture that's long been associated with an escape from darkness. Titled “Raven Story," the history-making postage features an iconic animal rendered by Rico Lanáat’ Worl, who is the
‘Black Art: In the Absence of Light,’ a New Documentary, Celebrates the Rich Legacy of Black Art
"I saw the need to build cultural awareness by helping to revise and redefine American art," says the renowned professor, artist, and curator David Driskell in Black Art: In the Absence of Light. His words echo throughout the new HBO documentary—which was directed by Sam Pollard, with executive
Mixed-Media Portraits by Nelson Makamo Reflect Childhood Innocence and Wonder
Nelson Makamo (previously) is known for his oversized, lively portraits of the children and teens he meets around Johannesburg. Using a distinct blend of acrylic, watercolors, monotypes, silkscreen, and oil paint, the South African artist often delineates their silhouettes with a thick line of charc
Dozens of Artists Collaborate with Puzzles with Purpose to Create Limited-Edition Jigsaws
The team at Puzzles with Purpose launched a multi-pronged initiative last fall that directly supports artists and charities around the globe while giving the rest of us a much-needed distraction. Art X Puzzles tasked more than 80 creatives—the list includes Louise Lawler, Nicole Rafiki, Spencer Tuni
Fantastical Atmospheres Are Rendered with Dark Impasto Strokes in Digital Paintings by RHADS
Impasto strokes in deep shades of blue and gray form the volatile environments that backdrop Artem Chebokha’s surreal works. The Saint Petersburg-based artist, who uses the moniker RHADS, mimics the texture of oil paint in his digital pieces. Situated within heavy clouds and pockets of lightning, el
Delightful Nighttime Landscapes Nestle into Stacked Wooden Boxes in Allison May Kiphuth’s Dioramas
Allison May Kiphuth (previously) shrinks the expansive landscapes found throughout the eastern United States into picturesque dioramas brimming with natural life. Through layered watercolor and ink renderings, the Maine-based artist creates a mix of quiet forest scenes and ocean habitats often under
February 2021 Opportunities: Grants, Fellowships, and Open Calls for Artists
Every month, Colossal shares a selection of opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. If you'd like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. You can also join our monthly Opportunities for Artists newsletter.