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Text • Kate Mothes

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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Luscious Hair Sculptures Sprout Like Branches in a Symbiotic Exhibition

Luscious Hair Sculptures Sprout Like Branches in a Symbiotic ExhibitionMerryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez's synthetic hair sculptures suspend from the ceiling and splay across the floor like organic growths.

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How Fatinha Ramos Channels ‘Visual Activism’ in Her Richly Layered Illustrations

How Fatinha Ramos Channels ‘Visual Activism’ in Her Richly Layered Illustrations"Art should broaden how we see the world—and that includes how we see bodies, too.”

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NASA Just Dropped More Than 12,000 Photos from the Artemis II Mission

NASA Just Dropped More Than 12,000 Photos from the Artemis II MissionExplore thousands of images taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their 10-day flyby mission around the moon.

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Janusz Jurek Embraces the Weirdness of Everyday Life in Captivating Street Photographs

Janusz Jurek Embraces the Weirdness of Everyday Life in Captivating Street Photographs"For me, street photography is the antithesis of all the technical perfection and imperfection that's everywhere on the internet these days."

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Text • Kate Mothes

Wander through Adrienna Matzeg’s Embroidered, Late-Night City Explorations

Wander through Adrienna Matzeg’s Embroidered, Late-Night City ExplorationsThe Toronto-based artist chronicles a midsummer trip to Kyoto, Tokyo, and Seoul.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Maxwell Mustardo Sculpts Ancient Ornamentation in Brilliant Glazed Forms

Maxwell Mustardo Sculpts Ancient Ornamentation in Brilliant Glazed FormsThe shapes of Maxwell Mustardo’s ceramic works evoke ancient forms, although their surfaces feel distinctly organic.

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We Spent a Week Quarantined on an Uninhabited Island with 80 Artists

We Spent a Week Quarantined on an Uninhabited Island with 80 ArtistsThis is what happens when 80 artists are confined to a historic quarantine island without phones or internet access for one week.

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Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully Reimagines a 16th-Century Belgian Abbey Church in Steel

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully Reimagines a 16th-Century Belgian Abbey Church in SteelThe ethereal, life-size sculpture is an ode to the historic Herkenrode Abbey.

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Vibrant Victorian-Era Transparencies Illuminate a Host of Microscopic Creatures

Vibrant Victorian-Era Transparencies Illuminate a Host of Microscopic CreaturesOne man's obsession with microscopic creatures is literally illuminated in marvelous transparencies.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Kim Dacres Revitalizes Sleek Tires, Chains, and Gears in Defiant Sculptures

Kim Dacres Revitalizes Sleek Tires, Chains, and Gears in Defiant SculpturesKim Dacres gravitates toward renewal and care, transforming worn rubber into expressive sculptural portraits.

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Text • Grace Ebert

In Monica Rohan’s Paintings, Tablecloths and Chairs Uncannily Perch in Remote Landscapes

In Monica Rohan’s Paintings, Tablecloths and Chairs Uncannily Perch in Remote LandscapesMonica Rohan's patterned fabrics and indoor furnishings once again make their way outside, although now, humans are nowhere to be found.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Dozens of Suspended ‘Halos’ Glimmer in a Florentine Factory

Dozens of Suspended ‘Halos’ Glimmer in a Florentine FactorySpY's latest installation suspends metallic discs inside of an industrial space as part of Bright Festival.

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Laura K. Sayers’ Vibrant Postage Stamps Celebrate the Beauty of Everyday Moments

Laura K. Sayers’ Vibrant Postage Stamps Celebrate the Beauty of Everyday MomentsThe artist's solo exhibition 'The Wee Small Hours' continues through May 3 in Glasgow.

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May 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

May 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for ArtistsThe latest opportunities you don't want to miss.

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Linocuts by Eduardo Robledo Celebrate Mexican Heritage and Community

Linocuts by Eduardo Robledo Celebrate Mexican Heritage and CommunityRobledo draws on his upbringing in the Mexico City borough of Xochimilco for bold prints.

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Spell Your Name with NASA’s Earthly Alphabet of Aerial Images

Spell Your Name with NASA’s Earthly Alphabet of Aerial ImagesLandsat, a NASA and USGS program, has documented the surface of Earth from space since 1972.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Lina Lapelytė Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building

Lina Lapelytė Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building"We Make Years Out of Hours" invites the public to remake structures from 10-centimeter blocks.

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7 Artists Discuss the Power and Urgency of Textiles

7 Artists Discuss the Power and Urgency of Textiles"We live with so many hard things," says Sheila Hicks, "that we're crying for softness."

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Text • Kate Mothes

From Micro to Mega, Jon McCormack’s Striking Photos Reveal Nature’s Patterns

From Micro to Mega, Jon McCormack’s Striking Photos Reveal Nature’s PatternsThe idea for 'Patterns: Art of the Natural World' emerged from a period of quiet reflection.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with Thread

Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with ThreadWhat better way to meditate on nature's most majestic features than to recreate its details one stitch at a time?

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Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York CityThe expansive model consists of 340 individual sections, each constructed with materials like balsa wood, cardboard, and glue.

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Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky Collagraphs

Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky CollagraphsNature's resilience is at the center of a practice also focused on sustainability and environmental renewal.

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Text • Grace Ebert

An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’

An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’"Play is how we give permission." —Vitor Freire

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Navid Baraty’s Atmospheric Photos Explore Contrasting Scales of Time

Navid Baraty’s Atmospheric Photos Explore Contrasting Scales of TimeThe contrasts and tensions of contemporary urban life and timeless landscapes merge in otherworldly images.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Contrast Reigns in Austn Fischer’s Conspicuous Black-and-White Photos

Contrast Reigns in Austn Fischer’s Conspicuous Black-and-White PhotosAustn Fischer's work harnesses an exuberant sense of play, utilizing fashion and style to explore identity.

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Water Samples from Around the World Melt into Dima Rebus’ Dreamy Paintings

Water Samples from Around the World Melt into Dima Rebus’ Dreamy PaintingsThe London-based artist incorporates water samples collected from strangers around the globe.

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Thousands of Strips of Silk Undulate in Kenny Nguyen’s ‘Deconstructed Paintings’

Thousands of Strips of Silk Undulate in Kenny Nguyen’s ‘Deconstructed Paintings’The North Carolina-based artist draws on his Vietnamese heritage and his background in fashion design.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Tania Yakunova’s Expressive Figures Entwine with Plant Life in Digital and Graphite Illustrations

Tania Yakunova’s Expressive Figures Entwine with Plant Life in Digital and Graphite IllustrationsGrainy textures and gestural lines characterize the lush compositions of Tania Yakunova.

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Vibrant Sea Creatures Spring to Life in Lisa Stevens’ Textured Sculptures

Vibrant Sea Creatures Spring to Life in Lisa Stevens’ Textured SculpturesThe Bristol-based artist's vibrant practice is inspired by underwater organisms.

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