An exhibition at the Guggenheim Bilbao centres on the 20th Century’s wildest and most creative era. What can we learn from the 1920s’ many parallels with today, asks Cath Pound.
Source: www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210810-roaring-twenties-are-we-entering-a-new-age-of-hedonism
Inside photographer Hugo Huerta Marin’s new book ‘Portrait of an Artist: Conversations with Trailblazing Creative Women’.
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/dyvmz7/photos-of-women-artists-fka-twigs-agnes-varda
Lockdowns made these creatives look at the current landscape, and ask, does it have to be like this? As a result, MOTHER.LOADING was founded.
The supermodel turns curator for Captivate!, a new exhibition examining the decade that changed fashion forever
Each day, 90-year-old Wayan gathers his nets and mesh sacks and sets his small boat out on the coast of Bali. The jewel-toned waters used to be a prime location for fishing, a profession Wayan practiced throughout childhood and continued for decades, but today, instead of reeling in massive cat
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/08/dana-frankoff-voice-above-water/
Plus, 6 delicious recipes to cook them with!
A soft and chewy oatmeal cookie recipe our neighbor Lisa made for us when we came home after the birth of our son.
Selected from 2,000 applications, the talented 30 winners of Dazed and Circa’s Class of 2021 initiative will have their work showcased in London, Seoul and Tokyo
For years, the music of pop’s most introspective protégé has been a rock for the gays and girls. Her healing new album asks you to look beyond her.
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/akg8np/solar-power-album-review-lorde
Beating the heat in the town of Alhaurín de la Torre, in Malaga is an art, literally. A massive patchwork of crocheted squares now blankets the main shopping corridor thanks to local crochet teacher Eva Pacheco and more than one dozen students. Three years ago, the city council’s Department of the E
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/08/crocheted-canopy-malaga/
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Marvel Harris traces a five-year journey of finding self-love and acceptance in his new book, ‘MARVEL’.
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/pkb897/marvel-harris-photography
In 1988, one Spanish photographer transformed a commission to shoot French designer Philippe Model’s accessories line into a quirky exploration of her own artistry.
Source: hyperallergic.com/667758/ouka-leele-fantastical-fashion-photos/
Ground yourself before the opening of ‘ROOTS’, an exhibition by London collective Baesianz and the environmental community organisation, Grubber.
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/3aqe59/6-asian-artists-discuss-decolonising-our-relationship-with-nature
Do you struggle with motivation? Are you unsure what drives you? Understanding the drive theory of motivation can help you find your true motivation.
Ever fantasised about a more bucolic, cottagecore way of life? A new wave of creators are teaching us how to get there, and pick the right fungi .
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/epn7ew/tiktok-foraging-foragers
If there’s one theme that ties the epic stories unfolding in works by Sheffield-based Phlegm (previously), it’s a sense of action, toil, and perseverance. The otherworldly characters that appear in the Welsh artist’s murals, prints, paintings, and comic books are often unceasingly busy and cause mis
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/08/phlegm-murals/?utm_source=feedly
A conversation on unruly bodies in painting and in literature.
Source: www.artnews.com/art-in-america/interviews/fatness-feminism-representation-1234601645/
Marvel Harris opens up about their award-winning self-portrait journey, MARVEL: an unflinchingly honest depiction of isolation, trans identity, and mental illness
For some, it was the sourdough starter kit. Others took to tie-dyeing. Christian Siriano picked up his paint brushes.
Another lunar year looms. Time is slipping through our fingers like sand. Lovely photos, though.
Source: i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/88nbgv/pirelli-calendar-2022-cast
Here’s what we’re reading this morning.
Though Olympic events are closed to the public, these influential galleries are open to anyone in Tokyo during the games (and beyond).
Source: www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-8-tastemaking-tokyo-galleries
Scrolling through the Instagram postings of American influencers whose brands rely on a certain adjacency to European culture, I’ve noticed that the standard fare of empty Diptyque glasses, Matisse…
A traveling survey exposes previously unseen sides of her oeuvre.
Source: www.artnews.com/feature/alma-thomas-who-is-she-why-is-she-important-1234599867/
Valencia-based duo Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda (previously) add a playful twist to mundane settings and architectural backdrops. Whether flaring a skirt into a wide, cheesy grin, posing to prop up a facade’s stripes, or gripping the tail of a balloon that looks like a tethered sun, their minimal com
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/07/daniel-rueda-anna-devis/?utm_source=feedly
The latest installation by Dutch artist Suzan Drummen (previously) masks a stately salon in the Royal Palace Amsterdam with a gleaming carpet of crystals placed in psychedelic swirls. A response to the Golden Age-era architecture, the bright colors of Drummen’s work are intended to clash with the ri
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/07/suzan-drummen-royal-palace-amsterdam/
Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu made history in 2019 when her four bronze sculptures became the first ever to occupy the niches of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s facade. Stretching nearly seven feet, the seated quartet evokes images of heavily adorned African queens and intervenes in the othe
Source: www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/07/wangechi-mutu-studio-visit/?utm_source=feedly
A comic about reading coincidences, by Grace Farris.
Source: cupofjo.com/2021/07/reading-coincidences/?utm_source=feedburner
Recipe: Chicken with olives, lemon and spinach.
Source: cupofjo.com/2021/07/easiest-chicken-dinner/?utm_source=feedburner
