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Timo Fahler’s Stained-Glass Sculptures Question Symbols and Curtailed Freedoms | Colossal
February 5, 2025 Art Social Issues Kate Mothes “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside … Continue reading
Behind the Doodle: Celebrating House Music
Chicago House didn’t just move bodies—it moved culture. This Black History Month, our Doodle pays homage to this legendary musical genre and Marshall Jefferson’s hit “Move Your Body.” Check out the House Music easter eggs within the Doodle. Learn more … Continue reading
In Paintings and Quilts, Stephen Towns Spotlights Black Leisure in the Jim Crow South | Colossal
January 2, 2025 Art History Social Issues Kate Mothes “Looking for Lorraine” (2024), natural and synthetic fabric, polyester and cotton thread, and acrylic and crystal glass beads, 55.5 x 68 inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Rockwell Museum … Continue reading
Plastic Packaging Gets New Life in Xuanhao Li’s Elegant Jellyfish Lamps | Colossal
January 31, 2025 Design Grace Ebert ‘Polycycle Illumination’ is a collection of tabletop lamps that reflect how a jellyfish pulsates and swims through the water. Polyethylene is the most common plastic in the world. Used for food packaging, grocery bags, … Continue reading
Blu Protests the Valencia Port Expansion with a Tumultuous Battle Between Nature and Guards | Colossal
October 5, 2022 Art Social Issues Grace Ebert All images © Blu The legendary anonymous street artist known as Blu has spent his career critiquing the ills of capitalism, the carceral system, and the destruction of the environment, among myriad … Continue reading
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