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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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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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Text • Kate Mothes

Could a Kid Do It? The Wa Transforms Buildings into Childlike Drawings

Could a Kid Do It? The Wa Transforms Buildings into Childlike DrawingsIn his series 'A Kid Could Do It,' The Wa transforms otherwise nondescript structures into jubilant, youthful drawings.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi

Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of FungiFollowing surveys of butterflies, birds, oceans, and trees, the editors at Phaidon have settled on their next topic of inquiry: fungi. This October, the publisher will release an expansive tome gathering more than 200 photographs, artworks, historical objects, and more all devoted to the vast diversity and creative potential of mycology. Fungi: The World ofContinue reading "Spanning 200+ Works, a New Book Celebrates the World of Fungi"

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‘The Otherworld Is Home’ Explores Personal Reclamation, Cultural Identity, and Spiritual Passage

‘The Otherworld Is Home’ Explores Personal Reclamation, Cultural Identity, and Spiritual PassageThe Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University hosts free exhibitions inviting a journey across multiple centuries and continents.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Edge-to-Edge Splendor Fills Maria Yolanda Liebana’s Buoyant Paintings

Edge-to-Edge Splendor Fills Maria Yolanda Liebana’s Buoyant PaintingsTarot, ancient mythologies, pop culture, and personal narrative converge in the NYC-based artist's maximal works.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Henry Wessel’s Candid California Photos Underscore the Art of Noticing

Henry Wessel’s Candid California Photos Underscore the Art of Noticing“There is the world, and there is the photograph. The photograph is not the world, it’s a completely different thing."

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Text • Grace Ebert

In ‘An American Fiction,’ Ronald Jackson Casts an Imagined Screenplay

In ‘An American Fiction,’ Ronald Jackson Casts an Imagined ScreenplayRonald Jackson creates a sort of casting list for an imagined screenplay that titles the exhibition: 'An American Fiction.'

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Text • Kate Mothes

Go Behind the Scenes of Blackwing Pencils’ Ode to Analog Creativity

Go Behind the Scenes of Blackwing Pencils’ Ode to Analog CreativityThe company shares its multi-step process in factories in Japan and California.

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Text • Kate Mothes

‘Inploration’ Highlights Dozens of Artists Who Explore Space to Understand Earth

‘Inploration’ Highlights Dozens of Artists Who Explore Space to Understand EarthNearly 100 artists, scientists, astronauts, futurists, and others explore how the cosmos teach us about ourselves.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Denizens of a Crowded City Populate Erin Milez’s Dense Paintings

Denizens of a Crowded City Populate Erin Milez’s Dense PaintingsMilez's new body of work goes on view this month in 'Everything the Light Touches' at Monya Rowe Gallery.

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Text • Grace Ebert

40 Filmmakers in 25 Countries Team Up for an Ode to Nature Shot Entirely on Super 8 Cameras

40 Filmmakers in 25 Countries Team Up for an Ode to Nature Shot Entirely on Super 8 CamerasBringing together 40 collaborators in 25 countries across five continents, 'Super Nature' is a collective ode to our planet.

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Text • Kate Mothes

75,000 Patterned Paper Kites Cascade in Jacob Hashimoto’s Largest-Ever Installation

75,000 Patterned Paper Kites Cascade in Jacob Hashimoto’s Largest-Ever InstallationHashimoto’s elaborate 'Giant Arc' installation is a vibrant "cloud canopy" at SFMOMA.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Hans Op de Beeck Taps into Memory, Time, and Enigma in ‘Vanishing Point’

Hans Op de Beeck Taps into Memory, Time, and Enigma in ‘Vanishing Point’The artist's solo exhibition 'Vanishing Point' opens soon at Almine Rech in Brussels.

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Avian Beauties and Rarities Top the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards

Avian Beauties and Rarities Top the 2026 Audubon Photography AwardsAudubon Photography Awards runs parallel opportunities for photographers in the U.S. and Canada and in Chile and Colombia.

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