Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Public arts organisation The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration has today launched the UK's first country-wide celebration of pictures and the people who make them with National Illustration Day, which will take place on 24 November. This will offer drop-in workshops on the day and encourage people to give the art of illustration a go.

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MARCH 1, 2025

Seattle is growing as an international haven for art, with a thriving and diverse community, and competition for the first 6 to 10 fellowships is heating up. Deadline: March 15, 2025. Winter $1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer.

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Design Milk

MARCH 18, 2025

Julian Opie’s distinct artistic language is recognizable across the world whether in massive pubic sculpture, digital animations, or paint, his human figures always surprise with how much individuality is conveyed in such reduced forms. Julian Opie, “Reception B.

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We And The Color

JANUARY 27, 2025

.” The exhibition opened its doors on January 24th, 2025. It is running until March 15th, 2025, at CARVALHO PARK in New York, this isn’t just another art show. Her art invites active participation. These are not your typical sculptural forms. They are constructed from horsehair and wool.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Through sculptural assemblages and paintings of puppy faces tucked in foliage or morphing from household items, Morrison evokes the timeless love for our pets. Likewise, a series of sculptures made from epoxy clay, resin, paper, and oil paint appear like assemblages of seemingly disparate items. The article The Dog Did It!

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Get your fix of extraordinary art at The Other Art Fair , presented by Saatchi Art, from February 20 to 23. Art Week for the first time. Get your tickets now for the 4-day art experience thats anything but predictable. fire relief efforts and hosting the after party for Art Weeks East Side Day.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 20, 2024

The always-incredible contemporary art space Dia Beacon , located just outside New York City, is currently hosting two additional awe-inspiring installations by Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Steve McQueen. Paired with the many additional world famous installations on long term view, a trip to Beacon is my #1 art pick this August.

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We And The Color

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Introduction to Faig Ahmed’s Vision Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery in New York City presents The Knot , a striking solo exhibition by the renowned Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed. His sculptural pieces blur the lines between the practical and the poetic, merging mystical narratives, mathematical precision, and cultural symbolism.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Over the past two decades, preeminent gallery fair Design Miami has led the charge as a vital platform for the ever-evolving collectible design industry, one forged out of the vintage furniture sector and to complement the fine art market. The gallery is set to host a solo show of new works by the Milan-based studio in spring 2025.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

City of Wichita Arkansas River Public Art Project (International) This open call seeks projects for three permanent, public works along the Arkansas Riverfront. Gen-Art: Exploring Creativity Across the Generations (U.S.) This open call welcomes all mediums and styles, including sculpture, installation, digital, and literature.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Last month at Quoz Arts Fest 2025 in Dubai, Forest Dancer comprised a monumental entry and an immersive exhibition of illuminated inflatable forms inside a contemporary building. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. Find more on ENESS’s website.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While 2024 has been pretty morale-sapping for many illustrators, perhaps 2025 will bring new hope and enthusiasm to the sector. Likewise, illustration agencies are always looking to sign new talent to tap into what creative and art directors currently want in design studios and agencies around the world.

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JULY 1, 2024

Fiberart International 2025 Call for Entry Featured Contemporary Craft and Brew House Art have teamed up for the 25th Fiberart International, which invites fiber artists to submit their work for a group exhibition in Pittsburgh. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art. Deadline: 5 p.m.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. Chorus Arts ‘Featured Artists’ 2024/2025 (U.K.) A new guest curator overseeing this year’s Chorus Arts program will select up to 10 artists to join the community.

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

BLINK Cincinnati Call for Artists Featured With the highly anticipated return of its massive public art spectacle, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave, is calling for artists working in light-based experiential installation, murals, projection mapping, digital art, or animation to submit proposals for the October 17 to 20, 2024, event.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While 2024 has been pretty morale-sapping for many illustrators, perhaps 2025 will bring new hope and enthusiasm to the sector. Likewise, illustration agencies are always looking to sign new talent to tap into what creative and art directors currently want in design studios and agencies around the world.

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MAY 1, 2024

Submissions will be juried by Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City and Maya Brooks, Assistant Curator, North Carolina Museum of Art. ARTS Southeast’s ON::View Artist Residency Program Featured Applications are now open for the On::View Artist Residency Program in Savannah, Georgia.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Tulsa Artist Fellowship 2025-2027 Award Term Featured U.S.-based based artists and arts workers of any discipline are eligible to apply for this three-year fellowship. The exhibition will open in mid-January, and applicants must be supporters of Arts Southwest, which starts at $50 per year. Deadline: January 12, 2024.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Image courtesy of Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Working across sculpture, installation, and video, the artist returns to the aesthetics of Africa and the African diaspora as she amends the art historical narrative by putting Black women and Black feminist thought at the center.

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JUNE 1, 2024

1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. 2024 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award (International) Artists, photographers, and illustrators are invited to submit cohesive bodies of work they’d like to see turned into a book.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

1,800 Innovate Grants for Art + Photo Featured Innovate Grant awards two $1,800 grants each quarter to one visual artist and one photographer. 2024 NOT REAL ART Grant for Artists Featured Six visual artists based in the U.S. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Submissions will be juried by Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Rachel Winter, Assistant Curator of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. 2024 NOT REAL ART Grant for Artists Featured Six visual artists based in the U.S. National Sculpture Society Stanley Bleifeld Memorial Grant (U.S.)

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JULY 3, 2023

Mophradat Orbitals Open Call (International) This open call will take four curators and art researchers to Dakar, Senegal. During the one-week guided research trip, the participants will meet and share experiences with peers from the art scenes they are visiting. El Paso Museum of Art–2024 Border Biennial/Bienal Fronteriza 2024 (U.S.)

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Design Milk

JULY 28, 2023

The artist: New York-based artist Julie Mehretu , a MacArthur Award and the US Department of State Medal of Arts Award recipient with works exhibited at LACMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Walker Museum of Art. John Baldessari standing with the BMW M6 GTLM Art Car #19 in 2016.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Hampi Art Labs, Tungabhadra, India by Sameep Padora and Associates Mumbai architect Sameep Padora has been creating sublime architecture attuned to its context – like the wonderful Maya Somaya Library at Kopargaon – since setting up practice in 2006. Due to be completed imminently, the Hampi Art Labs is his most recent masterstroke.

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JUNE 1, 2023

ArtPrize Call for Artists Featured ArtPrize is an open art competition that takes place for 18 days from September 14 to October 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and any artist working in any medium from anywhere in the world can participate. If you’d like to list an opportunity here, please get in touch at hello@colossal.art.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At the chain’s new Brooklyn outpost , the ethos evolves to encompass art, with a public gallery (devoted to local talent) seamlessly added to the mix. Combining a bar, art display spaces and a diverse array cafe-style seating, the room is a welcoming public hearth. ” Tadao Ando, Architect. Photos by Patrick Tourneboeuf.

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MARCH 31, 2025

From his mountainside studio in Nova Friburgo, Brazil, Guy Larame ( previously ) creates otherworldly sculptures that mirror nearby peaks like Pico da Calednia. When viewed from certain angles, each sculpture’s identity as volumes of text nearly vanishes as we perceive mountains in miniature.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s been almost exactly a decade since we first featured the concentric, ceramic vessels of Matthew Chambers on Colossal, and in that time, we’ve come to find his sculptures no less stupefying. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. From his studio in St.

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APRIL 3, 2025

“Al Otro Lado de Texcoco” (2025), oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches For her upcoming solo exhibition at Mindy Solomon Gallery , Ortiz conjures a surreal borderland that suspends time. Twin agaves appear in “Pareja,” while “Tula” depicts a couple of totemic sculptures that appear to be standing guard.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Publishing has been one of the greatest joys of our lives and demonstrated again and again how art can connect us all. Our new art gallery, Joy Machine , opens on February 21. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

Currently, Kaminski is working on a pair of tube socks and preparing for an exhibition in early 2025. You can follow his latest sculptures on Instagram. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. Photo by Robert Bredvad Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Installation view of ‘Tau Lewis: Spirit Level’ (2024) at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. From found fabrics and objects, Lewis created the towering sculptures for Spirit Level , her first solo museum show in the U.S. Photo by Mel Taing. Find more from the artist on her website and Instagram.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Rooted in graffiti and street art, their works will be on view at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden later this month for their largest U.S. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. exhibition to date.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Ornamented with stylized creatures, botanicals, and figures, each sculpture tells its own enigmatic story, drawing on the inextricable link between past and present. ” Rubio is currently working toward a couple of show in 2025 and continuing New Prophets. Find more on the artist’s website , and stay up to date on Instagram.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Each December, the city’s infrastructure is pushed to its breaking point by Miami Art Week. The festival is anchored by Art Basel (an art world extravaganza perfectly encapsulated by this year’s Goya , a four-metre tall tornado sculpture by Alice Aycock), but it also encompasses dozens of other art and design fairs.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Made from everyday materials like cardboard, tinfoil, wire, and epoxy clay, his sculptures capture harried moments of disarray seemingly frozen in time. In the artist’s current solo exhibition, Under the Floorboards at Moskowitz Bayse , the sculptures jump off the wall, angles jutting this way and that.

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