Category Archives: Art

Dovydas Bou | watercolor painting of pomegranate

Posted on February 9, 2025 by agogo22
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An Origami woman in dress, folded from a single square of paper

Posted on February 8, 2025 by agogo22
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Timo Fahler’s Stained-Glass Sculptures Question Symbols and Curtailed Freedoms | Colossal

Posted on February 8, 2025 by agogo22

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 →

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Michelangelo’s 16th century grocery list. He illustrated it because the servant was illiterate

Posted on February 8, 2025 by agogo22
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Behind the Doodle: Celebrating House Music

Posted on February 7, 2025 by agogo22

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 →

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In Paintings and Quilts, Stephen Towns Spotlights Black Leisure in the Jim Crow South | Colossal

Posted on February 5, 2025 by agogo22

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 →

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Plastic Packaging Gets New Life in Xuanhao Li’s Elegant Jellyfish Lamps | Colossal

Posted on February 3, 2025 by agogo22

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 →

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Misawa, Japan

Posted on January 29, 2025 by agogo22
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Blu Protests the Valencia Port Expansion with a Tumultuous Battle Between Nature and Guards | Colossal

Posted on January 28, 2025 by agogo22

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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Chunbo Zhang Sandwiches Rich American Fare Between Ancient Chinese Treasures | Colossal

Posted on January 27, 2025 by agogo22

January 24, 2025 Art Food Grace Ebert All images courtesy of Chunbo Zhang In ‘Food Treasure,’ Chunbo Zhang cooks up delicate paintings that question the divide between two cultures. In Chunbo Zhang’s Food Treasure series, cheese oozes from a patterned … Continue reading →

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