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"It is not about reproducing the past but about engaging in dialogue with it." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Membe...
What does it feel like to be inside a rainbow? Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent ...
Surrounded in her Massachusetts studio by pins, glue, and piles of brightly colored paper strips, a visitor might initially mistake Lisa Nilsson for a...
Matthew Smith's capture of two elephant seals in the Falkland Islands earns him to the Underwater Photographer of the Year award. Do stories and artis...
One of the leading postmodern painters of the last fifty years, David Salle’s art is one of juxtaposition, and his artistic “style” is the integration...
A funeral scene, wedding, and childhood home videos. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support indepe...
"The health of the world we see is deeply dependent on the health of the tiniest elements." Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a C...
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Simchowitz is pleased to present So Far Out of Sight, a solo exhibition of new work by Lily Ramírez, on view at Hill House Pasadena. In So Far Out of ...
Embellished disguises that won't go without notice. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support indepen...
AXA XL is excited to announce the launch of the ninth edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States, a leading platform dedicated to emerging figu...
Are we witnessing a time warp, a strange trip, or just a person who has stayed up way too late? Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become...
The women portrayed in Prudence Flint’s paintings are caught in moments of quiet, reflection, and impermanence. They appear fixed in a moment of repos...
Brightly colored wood elements, electronics, and intricate frameworks create joyful, interactive installations. Do stories and artists like this matte...
GRIMM is delighted to present No Longer, Not Yet - Paintings on Paper, an exhibition of new work by Jonathan Wateridge on view at the Amsterdam galler...
How has kudzu influenced the South? Joyce Lin unpacks its knotted legacy. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member tod...
What have I been working on today?" Dustin Yellin considers over a recent phone call… "I wouldn't even know where to start." Read the full article on ...
Marking Demetrius Wilson's sixth career solo, and second with Half Gallery, Light in a Dark Mirror is formed around Demetrius's fascination with human...
Perrotin Los Angeles is delighted to present a new solo exhibition by Takashi Murakami, Hark Back to Ukiyo-e: Tracing Superflat to Japonisme’s Genesis...
A first date, a shared kiss: This is how plenty of college romances begin. Yet, far fewer of these scenarios forge an internationally recognized pop-a...
The towering, inflatable sculpture fills a medieval church nave at Kunstmuseum Magdeburg. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Col...
Emily Quandahl and Madeline Cochran joined forces with Art Shanty Projects for one of dozens of projects on Minneapolis' Lake Harriet this winter. Do ...
Constanze Han offers a rare glimpse into a practice session at Escuela Nacional de Circo, Havana's center for circus performance. Do stories and artis...
Nine nights; Strange fruit brings together a new body of paintings by London-based artist Shaqúelle Whyte that trace the emotional and temporal reverb...
"I want to do with carpets anything that I can with all the instruments that exist, so no one can even do anything with them in the coming 100 years,”...
The Detroit-based artist finds joy in color and pattern. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support in...
This spring, TASCHEN releases 'Ai Weiwei. Updated Edition,' with a new decade's work included. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become ...
In February 2026, SPARC (Social and Public Art Resource Center) will return to Jeffrey Deitch to exhibit the latest complete segment in the expansion ...
You'll want to linger in winter just a bit longer. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independ...
Ten categories, ranging from portraiture to landscapes to travel, encompass the staggering breadth and beauty of nature and society captured throughou...
Leaves and blooms invite viewers to immerse themselves in a jungle-like atmosphere. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal ...
Vielmetter Los Angeles is thrilled to present Hayv Kahraman’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, Libations, on view through March 21st, 2026. Mar...
Peter Li captures the stupefying architecture of some of Europe's most striking sanctuaries. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a ...
3D Drawing has been at the core of Morling’s artistic practice for roughly a decade. Read all about the artist's work by clicking above. The post Blac...
“The world I build has no constraint, no logic. Everything is possible,” says Pontiroli. “My objective is to shake our imagination by developing a uni...
Throwback devices from the early 2000s like the Blackberry, T9 phones, and Nokia's "Bricks" are sources of both reminiscence, play, and inspiration. D...
From our friends at CAN: After 10 years of history in Madrid, and coinciding with the close of the 4th edition of CAN Art Fair Ibiza on the island, we...
Their presence is implied. They’ve built gravity-defying structures from shopping carts, stacked newspapers, and plywood. They’ve hung laundry and lef...
Monya Rowe Gallery is pleased to announce the first New York solo exhibition by Lily Taylor titled Left Open. The opening reception for the artist wil...
A new book for the color obsessed. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publish...
Hieu Chau compares his dense, dynamic compositions to his always active mind. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member...
You're invited to the Chicago debut of the award-winning documentary on March 25. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Me...
Voorlinden is proud to present the first major museum-wide retrospective of the work of Claire Tabouret (1981). The French painter’s solo exhibition W...
Makó's images delve into uncanny realms and evoke a dreamlike sense of unfettered imagination. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become ...
"What does it mean to care for, drape, dress, and accommodate change and instability?" Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Coloss...
Galerie Nordenhake Mexico City is pleased to present Zigzags and Curves, an exhibition by Sarah Crowner that brings together her sustained research in...
Amid the ongoing climate crisis, how do artists express concerns about water and the environment? Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Beco...
A bad Facebook experience turned Brown off to social media, but he ultimately brought David Henry Nobody Jr. to Instagram... Read the full article by ...
Whether working in the studio or street, James Reka gravitates for vivid abstraction. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossa...
"The head is more than the center of the brain and thought; it is the place where the soul lives and must be protected," the artist says. Do stories a...
OSCAR MURILLO (b. 1986, La Paila, Colombia) has developed a multifaceted and challenging practice that spans painting, collaborative projects, video, ...
Panels of thick, gestural brushstrokes animate a story of loss, grief, and remembrance. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colos...
Boafo is known for his stylized portraiture of Black people, whose skin the artist renders in swirling gestures made with his fingers. Do stories and...
Thomas celebrates the nomadic lifeway and ancient customs of livestock herding and eagle hunting in the Altai Mountains. Do stories and artists like t...
The Long Beach Museum of Art is pleased to present Jux founder Robert Williams: Fearless Depictions, a survey exhibition featuring 57 paintings spanni...
Spanish design firm PET Lamp puts some of the millions upon millions of discarded one-time-use plastics to use. Do stories and artists like this matte...
In 1979, with the publication of The Lowbrow Art of Robt. Williams, Williams unintentionally coined a term that would come to define an art movement. ...
On the eve of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Victoria Dugger reconsidered a national symbol. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Bec...
Director Florence Miailhe's short animated film is nominated for an Oscar and based on a true story. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? B...
From the streets of Kampala to streaming platforms worldwide, Tungi is Uganda’s newest Afrobeat voice. With tracks like Bebe and G Energy, he blends local rhythms with global influences, building a rising presence in East Africa and beyond.
Jeatee is emerging from Kampala as one of Uganda’s most disciplined new voices blending Afrobeat, UK rap influence, and introspective writing into a sound built for longevity. His rise is quiet, intentional, and rooted in belief rather than hype.
Akeine emerges from Kampala with a voice that feels both ancestral and future-bound.
Harman Projects, in conjunction with Spoke Art and Deadly Prey Gallery, is pleased to announce an exhibition of hand-painted movie posters from Ghana....
In the Ugandan music scene, a new name has been quietly building buzz from his lakeside hometown: Soundlykbb. The Entebbe-born singer-songwriter’s sound is “a vibrant blend of Afrobeat rhythms, reggae influences, and a touch of contemporary R&B”, reflecting both his island upbringing and global ambitions.
The State of Royalties in 2026 Music royalties are the lifeblood of a sustainable career. In East Africa, the landscape...
Minimalism is back, but with a twist. This season, we see a move away from the bold, chunky statement pieces of 2025...
Megan Mulrooney is pleased to present Taut, our first solo exhibition of abstracted still life paintings with Los Angeles-based artist Annie Pendergra...
The creative landscape is undergoing a radical transformation. Digital art, once relegated to the fringes, is now at the...
François Ghebaly is proud to present Golden Days, Dabin Ahn’s solo exhibition at the gallery’s Los Angeles space. Painter and sculptor Dabin Ahn trans...
From Simon Basset to Anthony Bridgerton, we rank the most eligible bachelors of the ton.
“When I look for places in the city to locate my sculptures, or take photographs, it is a bit similar to [mushroom hunting]. I like to observe the cit...
The frolicking skeleton children, bat-human creatures, and a lizard girl named Claudine embody the wild imagination of Matt Gordon, a mixed-media arti...
“A line is a line, whether it’s wool or oil,” says Zavaglia, who was trained as a painter. “The art world is finally embracing it. They're breaking do...
With works that simultaneously convey the awe of nature and the whimsy of fairy tales, Clémentine Bal sculpts a world full of wonder and imagination. ...
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With dye-like paints on raw linen, Pedro Pedro creates vivid still lifes. He depicts bounties of fruit, large The post Pedro Pedro transforms The Ever...
Todd Schorr creates weird and ambitious works that feel like fever dreams about death, sex, and a fear that the good times are long gone. Read the ful...
In some ways, Di Piazza’s work is influenced by his own environment. Although he was born in Syracuse, Sicily, Di Piazza was raised and continues to r...
Scott Teplin gets his artistic kicks by turning things inside out, by mangling and mashing and cohabitating the objects of his obsession.Read the full...
Julia Randall’s drawings are unexpectedly seductive, like a sudden whiff of perfume caught brushing past a stranger. The content of her work is not so...
Strange—the sensation one gets when confronted with mounds of bruised, tumorous flesh, mingled with various forbidden fruits, festering produce, and d...
Casey Weldon's work is like the house of mirrors at a carnival. Instead of stretching and distorting the human patrons that stumble into the labyrinth...
With a two-headed, dozen-eyed Mona Lisa, a disjointed Frida Kahlo exploding like tiny little pieces of glass, and a tiny Napoleon in Egypt sitting on ...
The 77th issue of Hi-Fructose is coming soon. Click above to see previews! The post Hi-Fructose Issue 77 Preview first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazin...
"I’m more interested in revealing the quiet violence of what we call ‘normal’ than in telling anyone what to feel. If a viewer finds their own discomf...
"I'm trying to create a portrait of a person without their face, which is really interesting to me," Laurie Lee Brom says. Instead, she allows the set...
“I don't aim for my art to be political, but because I have my own perspective and worldview, that inevitably comes through in the art,” says Shyama G...
Max Seckel's paintings are all about the details. His landscapes come alive with the messy signs of humanity: a traffic cone standing in a puddle surr...
Sean Norvet has long been described as a Renaissance-inspired satirist, a mish-masher of photorealism and cartoons into goofy–gruesome critiques of co...
“I never imagined being a ceramic artist when I was a kid,” Iwamura admits. “I had no interest.” But today, he is a ceramicist living and working in S...
"I have a hunch that any successful painting creates work for the viewer,” says the painter Ben Spiers. “I think that's part of the reason why it can ...
“My art has always tried to illustrate the spiritual world leaking into the material world. Two worlds affect and play off each other..." Read the ful...
“Creating new characters is a way for me to collect ‘things’ without having to collect actual physical things. Read the full article on Matt Furie by ...
James Lipnickas has used horror tropes for a long time. But his works were once much more linear. That used to mean monsters, aliens, and isolated lan...
Peter Ferguson creates scenes filled with intriguing characters often caught in very strange situations. His people quite often exist in darkly humoro...
Katie Heck has built an immense body of work that crosses disciplines, from painting to sculpture to film. Read the full article on the artist by clic...
Erin M. Riley, an artist out of Philadelphia, is urging you to really rethink your notion of weaving and looming by transforming it from traditional t...
Wayne White’s pictures start with thrift store paintings... White seizes on a startup surface that was a middle class decorator staple in the ‘50s and...
"Even though I would hope to be remembered as a portrait artist—canonizing the image of Indigenous people within art history—I am constantly set upon ...
Cartoonist Jay Howell is "looking forward to the next thing, always". Click above to read the full article. The post Punks Git Cut: The Art of Jay How...
GWAR was never an ordinary rock band. And in the recent documentary This Is GWAR, director Scott Barber digs into the past and present of the music an...
“When I learned that there was a technique called honkadori, I thought it was interesting,” says Watanabe. “It seemed like an invasion or challenge to...
Yuko Shimizu is a New York-based illustrator, whose bold manga lines depict intimate narrative scenes from myth, science fiction, and pop iconography,...
Incorporating a mix of objects—everything from old toys to dead bugs to simple paper constructions—Lewis Chamberlain builds unusual scenarios... Read ...
In Edward Telleri's paintings, eyes become living forms.. Read more by clicking above! The post Miradas: Edward Telleri’s Gaze-fueled Artwork first ap...
You will want to find a way back to the sideways world, the dirty world, the alien world of Tetsunori Tawaraya. Click above! The post Tetsunori Tawara...
For artist Sarah Slappey, the body is both subject and setting. It entrances and repels, can be beautiful and grotesque. Above all, it is a means of a...
The drawings of Laurie Lipton have bewildered and enchanted audiences for several decades. Each piece wields a cacophony of influences and experiences...
Once scheduled to be on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait gallery, Amy Sherald's American Sublime is now on view at the Baltimore Museum of ...
Painter Laura Ball's hypnotically engaging paintings give the viewer a multi-planed insight to the roiling energy of the subconscious, as well as the ...
The hues in Cowan's work are distinct, matched and paired among disparate findings from various locales. Read Andy Smith's full article on this unique...
Cinta Vidal’s intricate paintings often foster favorable comparisons to graphic prints by M.C. Escher, especially the latter’s impossible construction...
Vincent Castiglia started experimenting with painting in blood in The post Reign in Blood: Vincent Castiglia Brings His Subjects to Life With His own ...
"I did not always know that I would be making this particular work,” says painter Vickie Vainionpää, “but that’s the beauty of being an artist. To fol...
A fine balance of light, dark, serious, and silly, the paintings of Rachel Hayden are the culmination of her life experiences, expressed through pecul...
"Color for me is very much about that initial emotional impact; it is almost like a precursor to the mood of a painting,” says Koak. Read the full art...
David Cerný is by all accounts the most famous artist in the Czech Republic. A quick Google search confirms that diagnosis by revealing the byproduct ...
Using striking symbolic language that seems to drift from subconscious realms, Arghavan Khosravi commands the subjects of her vibrant, sculptural pain...
Jess Johnson’s universe is filled with intricate, near-hypnotizing patterns, bold colors, an array of symbols that recall ancient rituals, and a narra...
Murray Bowles was, by all accounts, the very best kind of artist. For more than forty years, he was in regular attendance at punk shows billing up-and...
Sam Jinks’ work hits like a shot to the body. There’s a sudden impact, and it bruises the most important organs. The uneasy feeling settles in and dee...
A sculpture or painting created by Jen Stark often functions as a vehicle—an entry point to some technicolor dreamworld. Read all about the artist fro...
An imaginative animal kingdom unfolds in Creatura, a new print from Mark Ryden available through Porterhouse Editions that will benefit Creatura Wildl...
Younguk Yi’s work delves into the dimensions of repetition, where figures are deconstructed and reassembled in fragmented ways. The repetition and arr...
Hi-Fructose 76 is Coming. Click Above to see sneak peeks from the next print issue. The post Hi-Fructose Issue 76 is Coming! first appeared on Hi-Fruc...
Madsen’s narrative, semi-autobiographic paintings frequently position young adults inside spaces made for children. Their bodies might be awkwardly cr...
There is something contagious about the work of Brazilian artist Rafael Silveira, as if the zeal he gleans from transmitting vision to canvas are some...
From Moscow to Osaka, Timur Fork’s “plasticine realism” has been turning heads. In recent years, the Russian painter, who got his start in the street ...
Upon first glance, Kent Williams’ subjects are all part of the same narratives, yet upon closer inspection perhaps that’s not the case at all. Read Ke...
While words like “bust” or “monument” come to mind to describe Kaju Hiro’s sculptures, the artist simply refers The post Larger Than Life: The Sculptu...
rom the elbowing to the knee-shoving, there’s no denying that the full-contact, female-dominated sport of roller derby is a The post Roller Derby “Kis...
There's a lot of humor in The London Police's work, from the armies of smiling Lads that propagate the scenes to other characters, like a dog astronau...
The world of multi-disciplinary artist Floria Sigismondi is a surrealist dystopia. The Italian born, Canadian raised photographer and filmmaker has cr...
"I think I was born to be a composer," says Kuksi by phone from Lawrence, Kansas, "maybe, secondarily, an artist." Kuksi is certainly an artist, but h...
Rammellzee was a polymath. Shortly following his start in graffiti in the early ‘70s, tagging trains in his hometown, Far Rockaway in Queens, he began...
Building a wunderkammer is a surrealist exercise, in a way,” Paris-based Amandine Urruty explains of the cabinet of curiosities motif that appears in ...
“My figures express the loneliness of people living today. People make exaggerated gestures and stiff, expressionless faces when The post Nothing To H...
Human relationships with nature inform Martin Wittfooth's work. His oil paintings feature animals in the starring roles. Humans are absent from the sc...
“I was never interested in art. I never got into it,” says Daniel Martin Diaz on a recent phone call with Hi-Fructose. “I never looked at art books. I...
he paintings of Andrew Hem linger just left of reality. With his instantly recognizable style, Hem blends figurative painting and atmospheric landscap...
From a distance, the storefront appears as a nondescript convenience mart, tucked underneath the Standard, High Line hotel in New York City's Meatpack...
Adam Parker Smith takes famed—perhaps infamous—sculptures from Greco-Roman antiquity and squishes them. It’s in their squashing that new meanings, and...
he glass figurines in Lola Gil’s latest work are essentially still lifes. She owns each one, treasures each one. Holds and manipulates them to underst...
ear the dawn of the twenty-first century, Brian Dettmer was primarily a painter. But one day he embarked on a series of works where he applied the tor...
The realities that Hattie Stewart manifests have a carnival quality—gleaming, trashy fun with a slightly sinister undertone like golden midway tokens ...
Anna Weyant’s work appears to have more in common with film than painting. Liz Ohanesian delves into the rising art star's latest work. Click above to...
Talk with Jean-Pierre Roy for long enough and you begin to get the sense that, with the right amount of imaginative discernment, the boundaries betwee...
The only softness to be found in the sculptures of Tamara Kostianovsky is the material. Using upcycled fabric mostly found from items in her own home—...
With their color palettes like rare, tropical birds, Erik Jones’ paintings present beauty as it might exist in a vacuum. Or at least that’s the illusi...
“I'm not even sure I have an imagination anymore,” Toor says. “Or maybe my process of imagining became fully visual: I need to draw and see things in ...
Kate MccGwire creates spellbinding, darkly sensual The post Kate MccGwire: Powerfully Quiet first appeared on Hi-Fructose Magazine....
If you’re not ready for it, the work of Cleon Peterson can The post The Violence of Man: Cleon Peterson’s Bold & Brutal Paintings Depict Humanity’s St...
There's a lot in Sandberg's tool box. He has worked with acrylic and oil, etching and photoengraving. Frequently, he plays with characters that blur t...
Lee calls his process "organized chaos." He describes a typical day in the studio: "Just idly staring at a blank canvas for hours, me jumping up and d...
Though represented in a signature mounted or freestanding taxidermy style, Fosik’s work is less about the animal in the form and more about the cultur...
Whether floating on open water to an international art fair , or within the bounds of a white cube gallery , the artist known as Swoon has creating i...
Paolo Del Toro has been quickly gaining recognition for his large, felt sculptures of faces that come alive with exaggerated features caught in active...
Aafter nearly two decades as a professional artist, his work retains an authenticity that many attempt, but few master. Read Clayton Schuster's interv...
In Ghana, while the cinematic menu was delightfully omnivorous, there were not nearly enough screens to satisfy the locals. This was particularly true...
In Anna Park’s drawings, contemporary party-goers mingle and cavort, each a snapshot that can appear at once playful and somewhat sinister. Read all a...
In galleries, churches, museums, on walls, and the streets, Okuda San Miguel lights up spaces with his faceted surrealism. Read the full article on th...
Take a dive into the intricate sculptures of Katsuyo Ayoki with this article by Joseph Williams, just click the image above! The post Predictive Drea...
Discussing Haroshi's work is impossible without having a conversation about skateboarding. The Japanese artist's wood sculptures—objects composed of s...
Laura Laine is a Finland-based artist whose spectral illustrations bridge the worlds of fashion, art, and the surreal. Read he Hf exclusive interview ...
The towering behemoths that saunter and wage war through Mu Pan’s paintings are rooted in several aspects of the Brooklyn artist’s psyche. Read the fu...
Whether portraying people of the past or present, of great fame or total anonymity, Bisa Butler brings the viewer face to face with images of dignity ...