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Ogawa Kazumasa, colorized photograph from ‘Some Japanese Flowers’ (1896) May 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists April 29, 2026 Opportunities Colossal Share Email Bookmark Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthly Opportunities Newsletter. Scenerium…

All images ‘We Make Years Out of Hours’ installation view at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (2026). Photos © Lina Lapelytė , courtesy of Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, shared with permission Lina Lapelytė Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building April 28, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark Inside…

The sea grasses of Monterey Bay glow in the evening light. All images © Jon McCormack, courtesy of Damiani Books, shared with permission From Micro to Mega, Jon McCormack’s Striking Photos Reveal Nature’s Patterns April 28, 2026 BooksNaturePhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Growing up in the Australian Outback, where he first picked up a…

Shoplifter’s hair installations. All images courtesy of Louisiana Channel 7 Artists Discuss the Power and Urgency of Textiles April 28, 2026 ArtFilm Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark “We live with so many hard things,” says Sheila Hicks, “that we’re crying for softness.” The pleasure, simplicity, and tactile qualities of textiles ground a new film from…

“Where Powerlines Sing.” All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky Collagraphs April 27, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark One of the most common sights in cities is birds perched on power lines, although it rarely elicits a second look. Starlings chortle, pigeons coo, and…

Image by Rota6 Films. All images courtesy of the artist and the Museum of the City of New York, shared with permission Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City April 27, 2026 ArtCraftDesignHistory Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Over the course of two decades, Queens resident Joe Macken meticulously…

All images courtesy of Cassandra Dias, shared with permission Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with Thread April 27, 2026 BooksCraft Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark What better way to meditate on nature’s most majestic features than to recreate its details one stitch at a time? Since picking up a needle and thread…

All images © Navid Baraty, shared with permission Navid Baraty’s Atmospheric Photos Explore Contrasting Scales of Time April 24, 2026 Photography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark When we consider that enormous metropolises like New York City and Chicago have only come into being within the past few hundred years, it’s impossible not to stand in…

Image courtesy of Unruly Play An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’ April 24, 2026 ArtDesign Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark “Play is how we give permission,” says Vitor Freire, co-founder of the Amsterdam-based studio Imagination of Things. “Permission to challenge what’s fixed, rehearse what doesn’t exist yet, and close the…

“Eruption Series No. 78” (2025), hand-cut silk fabric, acrylic paint and canvas, mounted on wall, 80 x 100 x 12 inches. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Thousands of Strips of Silk Undulate in Kenny Nguyen’s ‘Deconstructed Paintings’ April 23, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Silk has been crafted…