Category Archives: Art

Ememem Playfully Revitalizes Cracked Pavement With Vibrantly Patterned Tiles | Colossal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 KATE MOTHES Lyon, France. All images © Ememem Ememem, also known as “the pavement surgeon,” continues to scout out gaps in the pavement that he fills with colorful tiles. No crack in a wall, step, or curb … Continue reading

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A mindbending trip that summons the forgotten women of surrealism | Aeon Videos

The feminist academic who heard the call of the forgotten women of surrealism and went on a mindbending trip to find them While writing her dissertation on surrealism as a graduate student at New York University in 1971, Gloria Feman … Continue reading

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Whale Mural on Detroit Building Is Uncovered by Storm | My Modern Met

By Regina Sienra on September 1, 2023 Photo: ehrlif/Depositphotos Mother Nature saved this legacy work of public art. Nature can be an artist, filling our world with sweeping colors and shapes. Not only that, but it seems like it can … Continue reading

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Eva Jospin’s Vegetal Growths and Enchanting Architectural Ruins Transform the Gothic Palais des Papes | Colossal

AUGUST 30, 2023 GRACE EBERT “Nymphées (Grande chapelle)” (2022) . All images © OTresson Within the gothic chapels of Avignon’s Palais des Papes, Eva Jospin carves parallel narratives tinged with enchanting ecologies. The Parisian artist, who’s known for her large-scale … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – The Art of Relativity

Einstein’s theory of relativity revolutionised science. But how did it transform the arts? Einstein’s theory of relativity created a profound shift in human thought, overturning deeply held certainties about time and space, appearance and reality, stillness, movement and speed. It … Continue reading

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Trains Intersect with Everyday Life in Nostalgic Illustrations by Shinjiro Ogawa | Spoon & Tamago

AUGUST 27, 2023 / JOHNNY Keisei Tateishi Station in Tokyo. Work began in 2022 to elevate the train tracks so this cityscape no longer looks like this Trains are an integral part of daily life in Japan, supporting commutes, errands … Continue reading

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Afrofuturism in sculpture: How Wangechi Mutu addresses African diaspora | UNIQLO ArtSpeaks

How can Afrofuturism in art inspire new futures and reclaim dark histories? Watch how a filmmaker interprets Wangechi Mutu’s, “MamaRay,” a lifesize sculpture—half woman, half manta ray— as a call to legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and lives lost … Continue reading

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Brief Bouts of Mischief: David Zinn’s Chalk Drawings Imbue Everyday Street Scenes with Playful Character | Colossal

AUGUST 25, 2023 KATE MOTHES All images © David Zinn Ann Arbor-based artist David Zinn gathers a humorous cast of characters on the sidewalks, streets, and walls of his hometown. Since 1987, Ann Arbor-based artist David Zinn (previously) has gathered … Continue reading

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