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  • August 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
    by Colossal on 30.07.2025 at 16:10

    It's time to update your CV! Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article August 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists appeared first on Colossal.

  • In Miniature Models, Thomas Doyle Envisions an Unsettling Future of Technological Takeover
    by Grace Ebert on 29.07.2025 at 21:04

    "I’m fascinated by the way we are hurtling toward what seems to be a new way of being human, leaping without looking, hoping for the best." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Miniature Models, Thomas Doyle Envisions an Unsettling Future of Technological Takeover appeared first on Colossal.

  • Hypnotic Patterns Envelop Sofia Bonati’s Nostalgic and Stylish Imagined Portraits
    by Kate Mothes on 29.07.2025 at 17:19

    The Argentinian artist cloaks her figures in bold, geometric patterns and natural details like insect wings. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Hypnotic Patterns Envelop Sofia Bonati’s Nostalgic and Stylish Imagined Portraits appeared first on Colossal.

  • An Expansive Survey in Scotland Celebrates Five Decades of Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy
    by Kate Mothes on 29.07.2025 at 15:20

    The National Galleries of Scotland present 'Andy Goldsworthy: Fifty Years.' Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article An Expansive Survey in Scotland Celebrates Five Decades of Land Art by Andy Goldsworthy appeared first on Colossal.

  • ‘Outcasts’ Highlights the Scientific Contributions of Trailblazing Artist and Naturalist Mary Banning
    by Kate Mothes on 28.07.2025 at 22:09

    In 19th-century Maryland, Mary Elizabeth Banning emerged as one of America's first mycologists. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article ‘Outcasts’ Highlights the Scientific Contributions of Trailblazing Artist and Naturalist Mary Banning appeared first on Colossal.