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Awash in Color, Alice Pasquini’s Murals Exude Hope and Affection

For Alice Pasquini, painting outside among pedestrians, cars, and the milieu of local life is an inherent component of her practice. The artist begins each mural by studying the intended wall and its physical qualities. Material, paint color, and various markings and damages offer indications about the area's history and people, she says, and form a well-worn, culturally situated canvas. She then renders large-scale pieces of affectionate couples, children, and figures with extraordinarily kind and welcoming faces, expressions that contrast the largely subversive and politically charged messages…

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Seamlessly Tour 37 Artists’ Studios From Around the World in a Successive Compilation

 Berlin-based artist Falk Lehmann, who's better known as AKUT (previously), recently decided to funnel the energy he would have been using during this time for exhibitions and festivals toward a collaborative project intended to connect artists around the world. After feeling cut off from his previously robust social and professional life, AKUT tasked 37 artists living in 30 different cities with creating "Isolated," a short film that glimpses into each of their studios. Participants—keep an eye out for Paola Delfín, Andreas Englund, Bezt, and others we've mentioned on Colossal—provided four-second clips spanning their workspace and some in-progress pieces before…

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Walls and Canvases Rich with Narrative by Artist Duo Herakut

German street art duo Hera and Akut of Herakut have been traveling the world since 2004, filling canvases and walls with their collaborative form of painting. Each piece offers a glimpse into a character or scene, usually accompanied by a bit of text providing a bit of context or perhaps further intrigue. Their creative process begins with Hera setting each figure's form and proportions, while Akut fills in the photorealistic details. Via Vertical Gallery: Hera is a classically trained painter who creates gestural, emotional figures in a freestyle manner using numerous tools including spray cans, brushes, and her hands. Akut…

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