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Text • Kate Mothes

Around North America, Community Members Are Stitching Nearly 11,000 Birds

Around North America, Community Members Are Stitching Nearly 11,000 BirdsChicago-based artist and educator Holly Greenberg facilitates dozens of workshops to sew fabric birds and raise awareness of bird collisions.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Play ‘Liminal Bingo,’ Pat Perry’s Participatory Photo Treasure Hunt

Play ‘Liminal Bingo,’ Pat Perry’s Participatory Photo Treasure HuntHow many spaces on Pat Perry's bingo card can you get?

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Text • Kate Mothes

Baumgartner Restoration Painstakingly Brings a Neglected Portrait Back to Life

Baumgartner Restoration Painstakingly Brings a Neglected Portrait Back to LifeA neglected portrait is given what seems like an almost miraculous second chance.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Four Dozen Artists Celebrate Marine Wildlife and Lore in ‘Common Waters’

Four Dozen Artists Celebrate Marine Wildlife and Lore in ‘Common Waters’Arch Enemy Arts joins forces with PangeaSeed for a group show and fundraiser to help conserve our oceans.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Gaia Sleeps Amid Sarah Eberle’s Award-Winning Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Gaia Sleeps Amid Sarah Eberle’s Award-Winning Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower ShowA team of artists and artisans created the figure from a fallen tree, willow branches, and stone.

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Text • Grace Ebert

From Two Tons of Celadon, Jean Shin Sculpts a Metaphor for the Korean Diaspora

From Two Tons of Celadon, Jean Shin Sculpts a Metaphor for the Korean DiasporaJean Shin's 'Celadon Landscape' presents large-scale vessels made of the lustrous green-blue material.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints

Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock PrintsWhen Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop sets out to make a woodblock print, it's rare that she only uses a single block.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Zendaya Taps into the Creative Process in a Quirky Ad Directed by Spike Jonze

Zendaya Taps into the Creative Process in a Quirky Ad Directed by Spike JonzeThe actor engages in a bit of trial and error in a "dream lab" where anything is possible.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Glimpse the Fantastical Animated World of ‘Wildwood’

Glimpse the Fantastical Animated World of ‘Wildwood’LAIKA Studios emphasizes both human-made elements and cutting-edge technology in the feature-length film, coming this October.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits

Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural PortraitsArghavan Khosravi grapples with the structures and ideological strictures that shape our lives.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Nasher Museum’s ‘Everything Now All At Once’ Celebrates Diversity, Resilience, and Joy

Nasher Museum’s ‘Everything Now All At Once’ Celebrates Diversity,  Resilience, and JoyDuke University's art museum exhibits dozens of works from Nick Cave, Ai Weiwei, Nina Chanel Abney, Wangechi Mutu, and many others.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Blood-Red Landscapes by Andrew McIntosh Conjure the Terrifying Unknown

Blood-Red Landscapes by Andrew McIntosh Conjure the Terrifying UnknownTypically gravitating toward dreamy palettes of soft blues, grays, and oranges, Andrew McIntosh opts for a sanguine red.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Mirei Monticelli’s Hand-Woven Banana Leaf Lamps Swell Between Material and Movement

Mirei Monticelli’s Hand-Woven Banana Leaf Lamps Swell Between Material and Movement“Human rhythm is what gives the material its character," says the artist.

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At Joy Machine, ‘Feel Free’ Plumbs the Tension Between Chaos and Control

At Joy Machine, ‘Feel Free’ Plumbs the Tension Between Chaos and ControlAutonomy or control are a fantasy rather than a concrete reality. In 'Feel Free,' we witness four artists grappling with this enduring paradox.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Faig Ahmed Weaves Mysticism, Science, Technology, and Craft into ‘The Attention’

Faig Ahmed Weaves Mysticism, Science, Technology, and Craft into ‘The Attention’At the 61st Venice Biennale, Ahmed expands upon his interest in the dialectic between digital processes and hand-crafted techniques.

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Text • Kate Mothes

In ‘Piercing the Veil,’ Marina Kappos Gets to Know the Spectre of Grief

In ‘Piercing the Veil,’ Marina Kappos Gets to Know the Spectre of GriefKappos' solo exhibition of new paintings opens on Friday at SHRINE in New York.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Birds Flock Amid Vibrant Blooms in Vasilisa Romanenko’s Acrylic Paintings

Birds Flock Amid Vibrant Blooms in Vasilisa Romanenko’s Acrylic PaintingsThe artist's solo exhibition, 'Flora & Flight,' continues through the end of the month at Arch Enemy Arts in Philadelphia.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Ornamental Carpets Release Wild Animals in Debbie Lawson’s Provocative Sculptures

Ornamental Carpets Release Wild Animals in Debbie Lawson’s Provocative SculpturesThe British artist draws on the lineage of nature motifs in art, especially wildlife.

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Text • Jackie Andres

In ‘Door to Life,’ Pacita Abad Evokes Traditional Yemeni Architecture

In ‘Door to Life,’ Pacita Abad Evokes Traditional Yemeni ArchitecturePacita Abad ruminated over the immutable significance of cultural practices—and their value—despite periods of upheaval.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Bespoke Glass Studio’s Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass

Bespoke Glass Studio’s Sculptures Challenge Traditional Conventions of Stained Glass"One of my personal obsessions is trying to convince people to hang glass on the wall instead of in the window."

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Text • Kate Mothes

Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’

Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’The show opening at the Brooklyn Museum this week reaffirms Iris van Herpen’s one-of-a-kind approach to sustainable, sculptural fashion.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Markus Brunetti’s Monumental Photos Venerate European Ecclesiastical Landmarks

Markus Brunetti’s Monumental Photos Venerate European Ecclesiastical LandmarksAlong with collaborator Betty Schöner, Brunetti travels around the continent in a firetruck that has been converted to a photo lab.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Habib Hajallie’s Meticulous Ballpoint Pen Drawings Examine the Depths of Emotion

Habib Hajallie’s Meticulous Ballpoint Pen Drawings Examine the Depths of EmotionIn 'Black & Blue' at Larkin Durey, the Kent-based artist grapples memories, connection, and devastating loss.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Creative Thought Is Essential: A Letter from Our Editor

Creative Thought Is Essential: A Letter from Our EditorThe ability to learn about and enjoy art must be universally available.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast Life

Hilary Pecis Paints Saturated Snapshots of West Coast LifeIn Love Letters, Hilary Pecis captures the mundane moments and under-appreciated views of daily life.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Collaged Denim Sculptures by Nick Doyle Unravel American Mythology

Collaged Denim Sculptures by Nick Doyle Unravel American Mythology"The world's image of America has changed, but our country's nostalgia for itself is making us late to the party."

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Text • Kate Mothes

In ‘Reverence,’ Three Decades of Paul Nicklen’s Remarkable Photographs Exalt Nature

In ‘Reverence,’ Three Decades of Paul Nicklen’s Remarkable Photographs Exalt NatureThe conservationist and wildlife photographer has traveled the globe to highlight our planet's phenomenal biodiversity.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Explore 25 Incredible Photos of the Milky Way Captured Around the World

Explore 25 Incredible Photos of the Milky Way Captured Around the WorldOrganized by Capture the Atlas, the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year saw a record number of submissions from around the globe.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Jake Messing’s Hyperrealistic Paintings Celebrate the Abundance of Nature

Jake Messing’s Hyperrealistic Paintings Celebrate the Abundance of NatureThe Northern California-based artist explores nature as a reflection of our inner lives.

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Irina Werning Chronicles 18 Years of Photographing ‘Las Pelilargas’ in a New Book

Irina Werning Chronicles 18 Years of Photographing ‘Las Pelilargas’ in a New BookWerning's chronicle of a time-honored Latin American Indigenous tradition highlights patience, joy, and cultural pride.

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