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Gasworks launches three‑year Studio Bursary for Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Earshot
Gasworks announced a Studio Bursary running from spring 2026 to 2029 for Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s nonprofit Earshot, funded by patron Mercedes Vilardell. Earshot uses forensic audio to document human‑rights and environmental abuses, supplying evidence to more than 30 leading media outlets and advocacy groups such as Amnesty International.
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Dries Van Noten’s Fondazione in Venice Opens with a Show on Craftsmanship
“I think the boundaries that you had in the past, where you had pigeonholes of art and craftsmanship, are over,” says Dries Van Noten when we meet in Venice. “The machines are taking over.” We’re in the Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the banks of the Grand Canal, originally built in the 15th century and used as a warehouse, a place of trade. Today, it’s been reinvented as the home of the Fondazione Dries Van Noten, home to a differenthellip; read more raquo; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; View Gallery (20 images)nbsp;
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An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’
"Play is how we give permission." —Vitor Freire Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’ appeared first on Colossal.
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Pittsburgh’s New $31m Arts Landing Combines Public Art with Civic Engagement
The project was completed just in time for the NFL draft and the Carnegie International
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Stockholm's Market Art Fair Wants to Prove the 'Periphery Is Now Essential'
Proudly regional, but with global ambitions, the 20th edition of Sweden's largest commercial art event sees 54 dealers gather in a new venue
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Chernobyl 40 Years on, Paula Rego at Munch in Oslo, Gluck’s Flower Painting—Podcast
In this week's episode, Ben Luke discusses an exhibition commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, learns about Paula Rego's interest in Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, and explores a floral still life by Gluck featured in a new group exhibition at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge.
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Why do 1980's Sesame Street books look so much better than modern versions? Look at the first 3 images vs the last. The first has warm colors, tiny details in background, imperfect shapes, background is packed with cool things to find. In the 1970s and 80s an illustrator Joe Mathieu drew many of the Sesame Street books. I was gifted one of his books and read it to my kids each night. I fell in love with the drawings so I've been buying all his work on eBay. Some of the books cost $200! But look at the illustrations. It's all done by hand. Watercolor and colored pencil. Imperfect edges, the pigment pooling in the corners, that's what makes it feel warm. Compare this to modern Sesame Street books. Colors from a digital picker, cranked to max saturation, more perfect shapes. Its like the book is a screen. They hurt your eyes. Somebody sat at a desk with a brush and made the old ones. That's the difference.