The Cardiff-based artist taps into storytelling, masking traditions, and public ceremony and celebration.

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"I rarely paint a folktale exactly as it's written," Lee says. "I'm more interested in its symbols, emotions, and the questions it leaves behind."

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"Civilizations are remembered through their monuments, but understood through the things they throw away," the artist says.

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The Bozeman-based artist is known for his eccentric wooden sculptures that draw on folklore, personal memory, and daily observations.

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Color ripples across each canvas, presenting the stylized florals in various states of blossom and decay.

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The lively flora and fauna of a tiny Filipino island commingle with harrowing memories of California prisons in the surreal works of Gil Batle.

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See the 101 top photos submitted from around the world.

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"Improbable but not impossible" is how Brazilian artist Ana Elisa Egreja describes the unexpected companions in her work.

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Hann's subjects range from handmade road signs and vintage buildings to peculiar local attractions.

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This year, photographers in 160 countries submitted more than 108,000 images.

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The Dutch artist reflects on both the momentous and mundane, particularly loss, grief, and the therapeutic powers of nature.

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The London-based artist's monochrome compositions evoke wonder, mischief, and riddles.

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"You can almost build up a whole character for someone based on what’s inside their pocket or what socks they are wearing to work!"

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769 photographers and astronomers submitted more than 4,000 images to this year's competition.

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Art history and ecology merge in Van Hillik's bold, vaguely unsettling murals.

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Maddux often stacks the bunches of folds several feet high, mirroring human proportions.

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"Creating isn't something we do (in Spain), it's something we are," the artist says. "And I come from that; I carry it in my body."

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The art institution is accepting applications from June 22 through August 15 for artists and designers considering graduate study.

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The artist wanders along deer paths on Block Island, which sits a few miles off the coast of Rhode Island.

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The Seoul-based artist's lush paintings have an aura of wistfulness and quietude.

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Imagine being a beetle and looking up at a forest of flowers.

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Scientists can pinpoint exoplanets and measure their mass by monitoring tiny changes in starlight over time in a process called microlensing.

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Visualize your local weather with art history.

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Flores is the first Indigenous artist to represent Peru at the Venice Biennale.

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Grow your practice and make meaningful connections by becoming part of DeviantArt's creative community today.

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In the distance beyond the docked ships... a giant coffee mug?

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Don't miss these July and August deadlines!

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Permanently on view at ARoS, "As Seen Below" is the latest iteration of the beloved series.

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The biennial global platform from Hyundai Motor Group amplifies creators whose work engages with the context of Asia.

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Captured by Webb’s NIRCam across 65 hours, the enormous image features a dense galaxy 12 million light-years away.

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