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Text • Grace Ebert

Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital Illustrations

Fantastic Plants Spring from Taehyoung Maria Jeon’s Digital IllustrationsTaehyoung Maria Jeon reimagines the plants cohabitating in her apartment, beginning with leaves and stems before venturing into surreal terrain.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Red Moons and Lightning Illuminate Sarah Lee’s Uncanny Landscapes

Red Moons and Lightning Illuminate Sarah Lee’s Uncanny LandscapesSupple mountains cradled by lakes and forests are tinged with magical realism.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Woodland Creatures Inhabit an Imaginary World in Kanako Abe’s Intricate Paper Cuts

Woodland Creatures Inhabit an Imaginary World in Kanako Abe’s Intricate Paper CutsAbe imagines dreamlike scenes reminiscent of childhood narratives and folk tales.

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Text • Kate Mothes

John Wilson’s ‘The History of Concrete’ Is Anything But Mundane

John Wilson’s ‘The History of Concrete’ Is Anything But MundaneWilson's movie debut is primed for absurdity, delving into something that's immanently mundane yet fundamental to the way we live.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Microscopic Universes Come Alive in Nikon’s Small World in Motion Contest

Microscopic Universes Come Alive in Nikon’s Small World in Motion ContestThis year's cycle received more than 340 video entries from 40 different countries.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Emmy Star Brown’s Vivid Murals Channel Youthfulness and Play

Emmy Star Brown’s Vivid Murals Channel Youthfulness and PlayBrown's work is currently on view in 'The Peace of Wild Things' at Joy Machine.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Diverse and Dramatic Behaviors Top the 2026 Bird Photographer of the Year Contest

Diverse and Dramatic Behaviors Top the 2026 Bird Photographer of the Year ContestThis year, the competition welcomed more than 24,000 entries from photographers around the globe.

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Text • Kate Mothes

France Celebrates the Bicentennial of Photography with Traveling Themed Exhibitions

France Celebrates the Bicentennial of Photography with Traveling Themed ExhibitionsIn our era of digital screens and virtually endless images and videos, it's a challenge to imagine the time before photography existed.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Lush Mixed-Media Collages by Clotilde Jiménez Piece Together an Artist’s Lineage

Lush Mixed-Media Collages by Clotilde Jiménez Piece Together an Artist’s LineageThrough vivid collages layering fragments of paper and fiber, Clotilde Jiménez echoes his own mélange of experiences and histories.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Classical Musicians Interpret Astronauts’ Footage of the Planet for Earth Music Theater

Classical Musicians Interpret Astronauts’ Footage of the Planet for Earth Music TheaterThe multimedia project marries sonic experiences with incredible imagery captured from Earth's orbit.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Step Inside the Studios of 20 Contemporary Black Artists in ‘Another View’

Step Inside the Studios of 20 Contemporary Black Artists in ‘Another View’Featuring Nick Cave, Nina Chanel Abney, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, Kerry James Marshall, and many more.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Across Two Exhibitions, Jaume Plensa’s Monumental Sculptures Unite Scale and Material

Across Two Exhibitions, Jaume Plensa’s Monumental Sculptures Unite Scale and MaterialAn exploration of the human figure, use of architectural materials, and the perception of space.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Through Carved Wooden Assemblages, Daniel Minter Communes with the Spiritual

Through Carved Wooden Assemblages, Daniel Minter Communes with the Spiritual"Do objects transmit spirituality? No, they remind us of our spirituality." —Daniel Minter

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Text • Kate Mothes

South Tyrol’s Bunkers Shoulder WWII History in Vincenzo Pagliuca’s Portraits

South Tyrol’s Bunkers Shoulder WWII History in Vincenzo Pagliuca’s PortraitsThe photographer explores unexpected architecture in the Italian Alps.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Art by Humans, For Humans: A Letter from Our Editorial Director

Art by Humans, For Humans: A Letter from Our Editorial DirectorArt is an act of faith in a world that can make hope feel impossible.

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Text • Kate Mothes

The Largest Roman Mosaic Ever Excavated Opens to the Public in Rome

The Largest Roman Mosaic Ever Excavated Opens to the Public in RomeThe "Great Mosaic" may be the largest in the Roman world.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Pablo Luna Studio Takes Inspiration from Nature for Its Climate-Responsive Architecture

Pablo Luna Studio Takes Inspiration from Nature for Its Climate-Responsive ArchitectureThe Bali-based firm's designs blur the boundary between structure and environment.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Please No Photos! A Short Film Focuses on Tourists’ Obsession with Capturing the Moment

Please No Photos! A Short Film Focuses on Tourists’ Obsession with Capturing the MomentSerenity now!

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Text • Grace Ebert

The Legacy of Colonialism Haunts Hew Locke’s Era-Defying Flotilla

The Legacy of Colonialism Haunts Hew Locke’s Era-Defying FlotillaHow people, capital, cargo, and ideas traverse the globe has long been central to Hew Locke's work.

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Text • Kate Mothes

How Monumental Environmental Works by Meg Webster Cultivate Reconnection

How Monumental Environmental Works by Meg Webster Cultivate ReconnectionInside Webster's interdisciplinary practice that advocates for nature.

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Text • Kate Mothes

In ‘Ascent,’ Debra Baxter Explores the Power in Vulnerability, Mysticism, and Time

In ‘Ascent,’ Debra Baxter Explores the Power in Vulnerability, Mysticism, and TimeBaxter uses materials derived from the earth that are explicitly solid, evoking an intimate tension between vulnerability and strength.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Art History and Pop Culture Converge in Frederich Kunath’s ‘The Nearest Faraway Place’

Art History and Pop Culture Converge in Frederich Kunath’s ‘The Nearest Faraway Place’The artist describes that he aims to make his paintings “feel like songs.”

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Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Silver Exhibition

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Silver ExhibitionThe most reflective element on Earth, silver has transformed the ways in which humans perceive, record, and understand the world

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Text • Grace Ebert

Symmetry and Biomorphic Forms Characterize Roberta Gentry’s Sensual Paintings

Symmetry and Biomorphic Forms Characterize Roberta Gentry’s Sensual PaintingsRoberta Gentry is interested in the relationship between the constructed and the natural, cultivating abstract, biomorphic forms.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon Mythology, Dreams, and the Renaissance

Sara Anstis’ Soft Pastels Summon Mythology, Dreams, and the RenaissanceAnstis' solo show 'Pastels' just opened at Olney Gleason in New York City.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper Pal

Say Hello to PÉPET, a Pear-Shaped, Palm-Size Paper PalEver imagined a pear or an apple with a personality?

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Text • Grace Ebert

Anna Ortiz Traverses the Multiple Realities of the Borderlands

Anna Ortiz Traverses the Multiple Realities of the BorderlandsFor Anna Ortiz, the jaguar is a fitting metaphor for entering into a mythic borderland.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Hannah Beuchler Loops Thousands of Colorful Loom Bands like Brushstrokes

Hannah Beuchler Loops Thousands of Colorful Loom Bands like BrushstrokesTh artist taps the small, colorful rubber bands as an accessible material for an inventive application.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Contest

Diminutive Seahorses Top the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year ContestThe annual competition highlights some of the most beloved, impressive, and little-seen aspects of our oceans.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Karla Wong’s Folkloric Portraits Conjure Mysterious Portals to Another World

Karla Wong’s Folkloric Portraits Conjure Mysterious Portals to Another WorldIn Chicago, Karla Wong presents a suite of vivid paintings that double as mysterious portals.

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