Art & visual culture since 2010. https://www.thisiscolossal.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muzmtsev322dA new book dives into the practices of dozens of artists who explore space to better understand Earth. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/inploration-richelle-ellis-art-space-book/08 Sep 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmtsev322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muzg6c3cns2dFor his exhibition on view in Baltimore, Ronald Jackson creates a sort of casting list for an imagined screenplay that titles the show: An American Fiction. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/ronald-jackson-portraits-an-american-fiction/08 Sep 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzg6c3cns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mupm26nkg22iwe ❤️ analog https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/how-blackwing-pencils-are-made-video/04 Sep 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupm26nkg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mupcerekck2t75,000 patterned paper kites cascade in Jacob Hashimoto’s largest-ever installation on view at SFMOMA. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/jacob-hashimoto-giant-arc-sfmoma-installation-exhibition/04 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupcerekck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mup34w4yhc2glong weekend plans via Erin Milez https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/erin-milez-everything-the-light-touches-city-paintings/04 Sep 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup34w4yhc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mun3xehpns2g"Looking at your subject—be it a grasshopper or a glacier—with the eye or through an old camera with vintage glass is very different to whipping out your iPhone and taking 20 shots." —Ed Sayers, filmmaker https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/ed-sayers-super-nature-collaborative-film/03 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun3xehpns2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mumop7v4g227Imagining we're here on the Seine with Clio Sze To during this Chicago heatwave https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/clio-sze-to-paris-paintings/03 Sep 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumop7v4g227https://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mumi63zmkc24Hans Op de Beeck, “Pond (Roe Deer)” (2026), mixed media, 19 1/2 x 78 1/2 x 78 1/2 inches https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/hans-op-de-beeck-vanishing-point-sculptures/03 Sep 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumi63zmkc24https://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mukkgx3ec22tAvian beauties and rarities top the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards. We shared some of our favorite images today on Colossal. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/audubon-photography-awards-2026-birds/02 Sep 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukkgx3ec22thttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muk4pejnvk2vGood morning from these lil guys 🐦 https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/ashley-percival-animal-illustrations/02 Sep 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk4pejnvk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mujxmwtpac2a625 images and illustrations highlight humans’ pursuit of knowledge in a new five-volume tome with an introduction by engineer and PBS favorite, Bill Nye. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/world-unfolding-book-human-knowledge-history-the-huntington/02 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujxmwtpac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mui7em56v22xkelogsloops, “Against the World” https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/kelogsloops-watercolors-fantasy-memento-mori-paintings/01 Sep 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui7em56v22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muhobjvr2c23In his bold portraiture, Marka27 superimposes pop culture, graffiti, and political critique, creating colorful pastiche. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/marka27-ni-de-aqui-ni-de-alla-portraits/01 Sep 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhobjvr2c23https://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muhjcpckzc2jThe classroom we'd like to return to 🌈 https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/04/sako-kaleidoscope-kindergarten/01 Sep 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhjcpckzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mufq37slw22cChicago artist Isaiah Lee creates fantastic paintings that zoom in and out of a central dollhouse. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/isaiah-lee-paintings/31 Aug 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufq37slw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3muf2wkngys24In Ben Sledsens’ new body of work, saturated fields of color meet methodical patterns constructed from grasses, leaves, brick, and more. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/ben-sledsens-an-apple-for-the-road-paintings/31 Aug 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf2wkngys24https://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu5tsloycs2oYour weekend longread: Kate Mothes on the new book, 'Handmade Utopia,' which relishes the vernacular architecture of the 1970s back-to-the-land movement in California. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/handmade-utopia-david-jacob-kramer-michael-schmelling-architecture-california-book/28 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5tsloycs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu5otuyy5c2zAttn: artists! https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/september-2026-open-calls-residencies-artist-grants/28 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5otuyy5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu5knyidj22eXanthe Burdett, “Janus” (2026), oil on linen, 30 x 25 centimeters https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/xanthe-burdett-foliage-portraits/28 Aug 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5knyidj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu5dwrefh22d“Artists are in a unique position to bring awareness to issues of great urgency like this by reaching the hearts and minds of viewers, not just with information but with the poetic force of their creativity." —Leslie Wayne https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/leslie-wayne-the-unintended-blues-paintings-rivers-aerial-landscapes/28 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5dwrefh22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu3mjacphs2mFrom the Tanzanian grasslands around Mount Kilimanjaro to the ever-evolving icy realm of Antarctica and beyond, Swedish photographer Björn Persson captures the majesty of the natural world and its wild denizens. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/bjorn-persson-the-earth-we-share-book-photography/27 Aug 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3mjacphs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu3cya5edk2pMinyoung Kim, “Reflector” (2024), oil on canvas, 90 x 80 centimeters https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/minyoung-kim-cats-paintings-humor/27 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3cya5edk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu2zvonucs2zSmall scenes from 'The Peace of Wild Things' opening tomorrow at Joy Machine in Chicago ✨ https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/emmy-star-brown-danym-kwon-peace-of-wild-things/27 Aug 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zvonucs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mu2tvfktr22aRemembering Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) with some gems from the archive https://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/yayoi-kusama/27 Aug 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2tvfktr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mtyjz5uk622pAudun Rikardsen (Norway), “Icy Window,” Arctic sea ice north of Svalbard, Norway https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-finalists/26 Aug 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyjz5uk622phttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mtyd5i66zs2qPhotographer Luca Battaglia presents Europe's carousels in a perpetual whirl https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/luca-battaglia-ticket-non-remboursable-carousels-photography/26 Aug 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyd5i66zs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mtw5s3z6fs2gMeticulously cut wooden panels, semi-precious beads, and layered thread and cordage transform into intricate geometric reliefs by Nosheen Iqbal. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/nosheen-iqbal-inherited-forms-wooden-patterns-thread-reliefs/25 Aug 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw5s3z6fs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mtvymkp47k2iEstefanie Acjip, “Four paths/Two paths?” (2026), birch plywood sheet, foam board, acrylic sheets, paper mache, lights, acrylic on panel, 25 x 38.5 x 13 inches https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/estefania-ajcip-sculpture-paintings-folded-memories/25 Aug 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvymkp47k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/thisiscolossal.com/post/3mttpnqv2vk2iHanging onto summer a little longer thanks to Craig & Karl 🌞 https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/craig-and-karl-under-the-sun-dubai-installation/24 Aug 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:uvhtqlf2lnpxilszteynolpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttpnqv2vk2i