A Caterpillar in the Amazon Rainforest Camouflages Itself as an 8-Legged Tarantula Spider
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In an exquisite if not terrifying act of self-preservation, the Monkey Slug Caterpillar has evolved to disguise itself as a predator, mimicking the form and color of a Tarantula Spider on it’s back. Nature photographer David Weiller captured this partic
A Monumental Figure Reveals a Fern-Canopied Tunnel Inside Its Chest in Sculpture by Daniel Popper
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Cape Town-based artist Daniel Popper has become well-known for his towering sculptures of human figures adorned with or penetrated by thick canopies of foliage. His latest piece titled Thrive stands nearly 30 feet tall and is constructed from 14 tons of glasDreamy Illustrations by Daniela Gallego Merge Human Experiences with Fantastical Images
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Colombian illustrator Daniela Gallego takes us on a delightful journey through a world tinged with magic and brimming with plants. Her subdued color palette enhances the effect, firmly planting each of her drawings somewhere between fantasy and reality. The BPlay a Game of UNO with Nina Chanel Abney’s New Deck Featuring Her Bold, Energetic Style
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Artist Nina Chanel Abney revitalizes the classic game of UNO with her distinct fragmented figures and bold blocks of color in a new collaboration with Mattel. Straying from the minimal, numbered cards, lively portraits and mirrored personas emblazon the transA Pair of Vibrant, Color-Blocked Murals by Lakwena Transform Two Basketball Courts in Arkansas
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Tucked into the verdant landscape of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, are two dramatically altered basketball courts primed for play. Commissioned by the women-led curators of Justkids (previously) and OZ Art, the public project was conceiA Forgotten Pinhole Camera Made from a Beer Can Captures the Longest Exposure Photograph Ever
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Eight years one month. That’s how long a beer can pinhole camera spent capturing this solargraph at the University of Hertfordshire’s Bayfordbury Observatory. Featuring 2,953 light trails of the sun’s movement, the image is thought to be the lonCreate a Kaleidoscopic Coloring Experience with goober’s Stackable Block Crayons
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Thanks to their waxy coating, goober’s nutty snacks are sure to stay fresh—that is, until they undergo a heavy round of coloring. Based in Seoul, the company manufactures crayons shaped like peanuts and in LEGO-like forms that can be stacked into firetrucNatural Elements Emerge from Vintage Garments in Trompe L’oeil Sculptures by Artist Ron Isaacs
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Vintage clothing and nature collide in the trompe l’oeil works of Ron Isaacs (previously). Autumn leaves flow from a pastel pocketbook, songbirds emerge from a dress seam, and branches extend the length of formalwear. Despite appearing as fully formed sInnumerable Porcelain Pieces Form Flowers and Coral in Zemer Peled’s Textured Sculptures
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From her Baltimore studio, Israeli artist Zemer Peled (previously) sculpts countless spikes and oblongs into densely textured artworks. Amorphous forms bristle with porcelain pieces of varying shape and hue, mimicking organic elements like coral reefs and intAn Undulating Sculpture Recreates Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ in 50,000 LEGO Pieces
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Japan-based artist Jumpei Mitsui is one of just 21 LEGO Certified Professionals in the world—this means his full-time job is to create artworks with the plastic building blocks—and is the youngest of the renowned group. He’s fulfilled this title mosDive Into the Incredibly Satisfying Art of Japanese Wood Joinery
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Since the 12th Century, Japanese artisans have been employing a construction technique that uses just one simple material: wood. Rather than utilize glue, nails, and other fasteners, the traditional art of Japanese wood joinery notches slabs of timberInterview: Peter Bellerby Discusses Precision, His Love of Disruption, and the Art of Globemaking
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Peter Bellerby (previously) ventured into globemaking when searching for a gift for his father’s 80th birthday, an endeavor that spurred him to launch Bellerby & Co. Today, the bespoke studio is known for its entirely handcrafted works, which BellerSwirling Plumes of Black-and-Gold Rattan Fill the Ceiling of a Bangkok Lounge
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The rattan devotees over at Enter Projects Asia are back with a sweeping installation that swells through a Bangkok restaurant overlooking the Chao Priya River. Occupying the lounge of Spice & Barley, two 30-meter pillars ascend from the ground level befoContemplative Artworks of Cicada Wings, Hair, and Thorned Branches Evoke Rebirth and Change
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Woven throughout Selva Aparicio’s cicada veils and fringed floor coverings are the complexities of rebirth, transition, and beauty’s ability to endure. Organic ephemera—human hair, thorned branches, scavenged wings—become poignant installations anWho’s Watching Who? The Moon Forms A Massive Eye Peering Out Over Utah
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Utah is full of strange occurrences these days: first, the mysterious monolith popped up in a remote region of the Southwestern state, and now, the moon was caught peering over its landscape in an act of supernal surveillance. During Halloween weekend, PhoeniAachoo!! A Sneezing Pensioner Knocks Down a Row of Houses in New Banksy Work in Bristol
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In what could be interpreted as a tongue-in-cheek warning about not wearing a mask during the times of COVID-19, residents of Totterdown, Bristol, awoke to a new mural by the elusive artist Banksy. The work depicts an older pensioner sneezing her dentures ouEmbroider Away Your Worries with Pela’s DIY Stitch Case
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Gripping your phone in anxiety for hours on end? Why not embellish it with your own artwork to ease your dread? That’s the idea behind Pela’s new Stitch Case, which features a rectangular grid for embroidering a mystical landscape, minimal scene, or oWooden Benches Unfurl into Pasta-Esque Strands in Pablo Reinoso’s Works
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The unbound slats of Pablo Reinoso’s unassuming benches curl sideways and up walls in a tangle of wood and metal. Based just outside of Paris, the French-Argentine artist and designer (previously) applies a rebellious and playful lens to his otherwise simplDescend Into the Endlessly Repetitive Loop of ‘Jigsaw Jigsaw’
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If 2020 were packaged in a box, it would be Darren Cullen’s “Jigsaw Jigsaw.” Just like our repetitive days and seemingly endless fascination with simple pastimes, the 1,000-piece game relies on the Droste effect and features a recursive image thLucy Sparrow Opens The Bourdon Street Chemist, a Fully Stocked Felt Pharmacy
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Although Lucy Sparrow is adept at treating scrapes and bouts of indigestion, her medical specialty lies in helping folks suffering from heart disease, IBS, and various illnesses caused by fiber deficiencies. The U.K.-based artist set up shop with The BourdonLucy Sparrow Opens The Bourdon Street Chemist, a Fully Stocked Woolen Pharmacy and Surgical Unit
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Although Lucy Sparrow is adept at treating scrapes and bouts of indigestion, her medical specialty lies in helping folks suffering from heart disease, IBS, and various illnesses caused by fiber deficiencies. The U.K.-based artist set up shop with The BourdonSurreal Sculptures of Translucent Glass and Clay Explore the Body’s Transformative Processes
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“I have always viewed the body as a transitory object,” writes artist Christina Bothwell. From human-animal hybrids to pregnant creatures to figures fused together, Bothwell’s oeuvre suspends various life forms in states of flux: a baby precEnergetic Lines Circulate Through the Dynamic, Vibrant Portraits of Martin Satí
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Just as a ceramicist would smooth the harsh edges of clay, Martin Satí renders the supple contours of a subject’s face with sweeping motion. Thick drops of color form the light of a cheekbone or eyelid crease, and the swirling lines that overlay the SeClusters of Candy-Colored Domes Designed for Communal Living Populate Iran’s Hormuz Island
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Along the beaches of Hormuz Island in the Persian Gulf lies a series of gumdrop-esque abodes. The multipurpose project, titled “Presence in Hormuz,” features earthen structures that dot the sandy landscape in a textured cluster of peaks and bulbs.Sweeping Gestures of Negative Space and Typography Complete Bronze Works by Jesús Curiá
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The bronze sculptures of Spanish artist Jesús Curiá are intentionally ambiguous. Evoking ancient relics, the patina-covered works denote no explicit gender or ethnicity. Instead, the sculptures center on nondescript figures severed by an abstract element oDizzying Kinetic Sculptures by Anthony Howe Billow and Writhe in the Wind
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Washington-based artist Anthony Howe (previously) has mesmerized viewers for nearly a decade with towering kinetic sculptures that twist and turn with hypnotic motion. Weighing hundreds of pounds, the hefty artworks are activated with even the slightest breezQuirky Faces and Limber Vases Comprise Madriguera Workshop’s Minimal Ceramics
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Madriguera Workshop’s eccentric characters might be the quietest guests at your next dinner party. Helmed by Lydia de la Piñera and Luis Llamas, the Galicia-based studio handcrafts a range of anthropomorphized clay pieces that are shaped into playful potsNew Photos from the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients’ Reveal Details About Prehistoric Amazonian Life—Like a Fondness for Bungee Jumping
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Who knew people have been flinging themselves into open air since ancient times? Earlier this week, we reported that archaeologists discovered a massive collection of prehistoric art deep in the Colombian Amazon, and new photographs of the findings reveal earNew Photos from the ‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients’ Reveals Details About Prehistoric Amazonian Life—Like a Fondness for Bungee Jumping
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Who knew people have been flinging themselves into open air since ancient times? Earlier this week, we reported that archaeologists discovered a massive collection of prehistoric art deep in the Colombian Amazon, and new photographs of the findings reveal earSMILE: Ride an Emotional Rollercoaster with These Perpetually Grinning Characters
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The googly-eyed cast in Lucas Zanatto’s new looped animation is all of us this year: Beaming one moment, bummed the next. “SMILE” follows an array of pastel characters as they quickly twist from one mood to another. Whether spurred by a dowA Flurry of New Notebooks from Field Notes Features 99,999 Unique Snowflake Designs
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U.K.-based artist Brendan Dawes channels the infinite crystalline shapes of snowflakes in a new collaboration with Field Notes. For its 49th limited-edition series, the Chicago-based notebook manufacturer tasked Dawes with designing an algorithm that mimics tIntense Emotions Overwhelm the Figures in Stefan Zsaitsits’s Graphite Illustrations
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Despite their uncanny elements, the black-and-white worlds of Stefan Zsaitsits (previously) deftly encapsulate the ennui and angst of modern life. The meticulously cross-hatched scenes depict solitary figures in states of psychological stress as they wrap thePaper Torsos Covered with Ancient Chinese Paintings by Peng Wei Reimagine Femininity
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Through delicately layered flax and cotton paper, Peng Wei (previously) reconceptualizes common notions of femininity. The Chinese artist casts figurative sculptures depicting only the human torso, which are shapely in front and abstractly gathered in back. IAn Oversized Zipper Ship Opens the Sumida River Flowing Through Tokyo
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Japanese artist Yasuhiro Suzuki long has wondered about what lies beneath the surface of Tokyo’s Sumida River, a question he’s symbolically remedied with a sleek vessel that unzips the middle of the waterway. Suzuki’s “Zip-FaPrecisely Arranged Stones Coil and Surge Across the Land in Jon Foreman’s Mesmeric Works
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A scroll through Jon Foreman’s Instagram proves just how prolific the Wales-based artist has been this year—he’s collaborated with artist James Brunt (previously) on a few projects, too. From coils arranged in gradients to whirling patterns embeddeTHE COIN: A Moving Stop-Motion Short Reveals the Power of a Family’s Cooking Traditions
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Siqi Song reminds us that the simple traditions of home stick with us no matter how far we travel. The Los Angeles-based director and writer, who created the highly regarded animation “SISTER” about China’s one-child policy, released a n‘Sistine Chapel of the Ancients’: Tens of Thousands of Ice-Age Paintings Discovered in a Remote Area of the Amazon
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Archaeologists have discovered an enormous collection of prehistoric art that spreads across a nearly eight-mile-long cliff within the Amazon rainforest. Now dubbed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” tens of thousands of paintings depict humColossal’s 2020 Gift Guide of Creative Experiences
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Colossal hasn’t shared a gift guide in a few years—2020 is full of surprises—but we’ve prepared our first-ever list with two principles in mind: the desire to support small businesses and reduce giving items that’ll be forgotten in the cA Storm of Paint Entangles the Enigmatic Subjects of Glenn Brown’s Winding Portraits
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Winding lines and sinuous strands form the textured labyrinths that surround Glenn Brown’s subjects. The uncanny portraiture that comprises his series And thus we existed seamlessly revitalizes icons of pop culture and art history with the London-based art
