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a pair of hands holding playing cards, showing off nails with intricate patterns and bright designs

Fresh Sets: Tembe Denton-Hurst Celebrates 35 Boundary-Pushing Nail Artists

May 16, 2025

an abstracted painting composition of a fan with four faces merged with it or behind it, set against a dark background

‘Wonder Women’ Celebrates the Dazzling Figurative Work of Asian Diasporic Artists

May 15, 2025

a Masai warrior stands on a hillside, looking out over a hazy landscape, with a pink picnic blanket on the rocks behind him

In His New Book, Photographer Zed Nelson Lifts the Veil on ‘The Anthropocene Illusion’

May 13, 2025

a group of Indigenous Papua New Guinean men with yellow facepaint and elaborate headdresses and regalia

Remarkable Photos by Cristina Mittermeier Spotlight the Need for Hope Amid Crisis

April 16, 2025

a silver installation hangs from the ceiling with a wood mural in the back

‘Ukrainian Modernism’ Chronicles the Nation’s Midcentury Architectural Marvels

April 15, 2025

a photograph of elaborate designs on the ceiling of a palace

Christopher Wilton-Steer’s 25,000-Mile Journey Captures a Contemporary View of an Ancient Trade Route

April 9, 2025

a spread from the book 'Eastern Blocks II' featuring a full-bleed photo of numerous residential windows in a huge building

More Than 180 Photographs Chronicle Brutalist Suburbs and Public Buildings in ‘Eastern Blocks II’

April 2, 2025

a cyanotype of a fragment of cloth resembling a botanical specimen, labeled "Gigartina sunday"

Mandy Barker’s Cyanotypes Revive a Pioneering Botanist’s Book to Warn About Synthetic Debris

March 18, 2025

a painting by Wayne Thiebauld of a meal spread with dishes of fish, ham, chicken, appetizers, and desserts in pastel oil paint

Wayne Thiebaud’s Passion for Art History Shines in ‘Art Comes from Art’

February 20, 2025

a portrait of a man in a brown suit, sitting on a brown leather couch, covered in spaghetti

A Provocative Photography Exhibition Invites You to Experience ‘Chromotherapia’

January 28, 2025

a striking portrait of a figure wearing a niqab, with roses on her head and wire worn like glasses in front of her eyes that reads "love"

Mous Lamrabat’s Striking Portraits Put Unity, Love, and Compassion in Sharp Focus

December 27, 2024

a detail of an installation of various handmade fur and seal skin mittens illuminated in a gallery

Sonya Kelliher-Combs Merges Collective Knowledge and Native Alaskan Heritage in Mixed Media

December 26, 2024

an aerial view of very long, narrow, undulating fields in rural Poland

George Steinmetz Journeys Around the World to Illuminate Where Food Comes From

December 18, 2024

a bright white and blue facade of a castle-themed love hotel in Japan along the roadside

Quirky Facades of Japan’s Love Hotels Feature in François Prost’s Vibrant Portraits

December 16, 2024

a collage of book covers

Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2024

December 4, 2024