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• Maojin Lee's Fantastical Landscapes Blend Nature and Architecture artist

  Maojin Lee, also known as Yongqiang Li, creates concept art and illustrations that merge mountains, forests, and ancient structures into narrative-rich scenes. His hand-painted…

• Oskouei Brothers' Carved Wood Sculptures Render Everyday Objects Useless artist

  Saman and Sasan Oskouei, previously known as Icy & Sot, have created a series of wooden sculptures titled "The Weight of Less." The ongoing series features everyday objects such…

• Yu Jinyoung's Invisible Figures and a New Creative Direction After a Fire artist

  South Korean sculptor Yu Jinyoung, known for life-sized transparent figures exploring invisibility and isolation, is shifting her practice after a fire exposed her private life.…

• Kevin Puts Revises Pulitzer-Winning Opera 'Silent Night' for Met artist

  Kevin Puts, the composer behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'Silent Night,' has made significant revisions to the work in anticipation of a new production at the Metropolitan…

• Six Collaborators Reflect on Robert Wilson's Legacy One Year After His Passing artist

  On the first anniversary of avant-garde theater director Robert Wilson's death, CULTURED magazine published reflections from six artists and collaborators: actor Willem Dafoe, set…

• Vincent Lagrange's 'Never Enough' Turns Greed into Bulging Sculptures artist

  After two decades of animal photography, Vincent Lagrange pivots to sculpture with 'Never Enough,' a series that visualizes human greed as soft, bloated forms straining against…

• Vy Voi founder Steffany Tran mines Vietnamese craft for contemporary design objects artist

  Steffany Tran, a Vietnamese-American and the founder of New York's Vy Voi studio, focuses on handmade pieces that give a fresh take on traditional Vietnamese art. Her 'Re Cây'…

• KIDILL's Hiroaki Sueyasu Unveils Most Personal Collection Yet artist

  Japanese fashion label KIDILL, led by designer Hiroaki Sueyasu, presents its Spring/Summer 2027 collection titled CHAOTIC DISCORD. The collection marks a departure from external…

• Saya Irie Transforms Eraser Shavings into Intricate Bird Sculptures artist

  Japanese artist Saya Irie creates detailed bird sculptures from eraser shavings in her series 'Indiana Bird Dust' and 'Bird Dust.' She sources material by erasing printed images…

• Julie Hrudová's Ironic Street Photography Captures Surreal Urban Coincidences artist

  Czech-born, Amsterdam-based photographer Julie Hrudová (b. 1988, Prague) creates street photography that transforms everyday reality into surprising, surreal images through sharp…

• Lady Gorina's Transparency Series Explores Family and Perception artist

  Lady Gorina, the creative alias of Luciana Baldoni, is an Argentine artist whose practice merges photography, set design, and painting. She studied at the National University of…

• Ivan Cheng to Stage Performance in Active Aspen Landfill for AIR artist

  Ivan Cheng will stage his performance "16" in an active landfill as part of AIR, the second edition of Aspen Art Museum's site-specific series. The work is a live situation for…

• Miriam Governatori: Performance, Drawing, and the Queer Failure of Exhibition Space artist

  Miriam Governatori (Foligno, 2001) is an Italian artist whose practice resists traditional exhibition formats through performance, drawing, and DIY objects. In a recent…

• MK's Painterly Return: Instinct, Nature, and Emotional Color artist

  MK, a Belgian-born artist of Spanish heritage now based in Switzerland, has developed a distinctive painting practice rooted in instinct rather than formal training. After a long…

• Kerry Mansfield's The Intertidal Project: Eight Years Documenting Climate Change on the Sea Ranch Coast artist

  Kerry Mansfield's photographic endeavor, The Intertidal Project, initiated in 2018, captures an 11-mile segment of the Northern California coastline known as Sea Ranch. Over the…

• DATALAND Names Inaugural AI Artist Residency Cohort with Google Arts & Culture artist

  DATALAND, the world's first Museum of AI Arts, has selected four artists from over 500 applicants for its inaugural AI Artist Residency, a six-month program developed with Google…

• George Kempster's Stamp-Like Posters artist

  George Kempster, a graphic designer from Manchester, creates posters that mimic the style of postage stamps, complete with perforated edges and unique subjects. Unlike traditional…

• Giovanni Di Cicco: Contemporary Dance as Political Practice artist

  Giovanni Di Cicco (Genoa, 1963), dancer, choreographer, teacher, and artistic director, argues that contemporary dance is a political practice. In an interview with Artribune, he…

• Hannah Motzel Brown's graphite drawings explore skin and shadows artist

  Hannah Motzel Brown creates detailed mechanical pencil drawings that focus on skin, fingers, freckles, and folds. Her work blurs fantasy and realism to explore femininity and the…

• Jan Hoek's DIY Guide to Making AI Art Not Ugly or Boring artist

  Jan Hoek, an artist, shares his experience in creating films with AI, arguing that AI-generated art can be fresh and not just a tool for extremists. After a failed pole dancing…

• Trent Anthony Francis: Bleak Beauty and the Fractured Self in AI Art artist

  Trent Anthony Francis's practice is examined in a curatorial text by Wiktor V/R, founder of creAtIva | AI Art Book, highlighting his use of AI to explore identity as a fragile…

• Ulises Baine Paints 'Mural of Life' in Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires artist

  Argentine artist Ulises Baine has completed a new mural titled 'Mural de la vida' ('Mural of Life') in the Palermo Soho neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The artwork, located along…

• Gibrán Turón: Walking as a Method to Slow Down Urban Experience artist

  Anny Ventura Puac writes about Gibrán Turón, an artist from Tepic, Nayarit, whose practice centers on walking through popular streets as a method for creating paintings, murals,…

• Misha Japanwala Creates Sculptural Pieces for Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' artist

  Misha Japanwala, a Pakistani artist and fashion designer, crafted two sculptural creations for Lupita Nyong'o in Christopher Nolan's forthcoming film 'The Odyssey.' Nyong'o,…

• Christine Borland, Scottish artist probing medical ethics, dies at 60 artist

  Christine Borland, a Scottish artist celebrated for her explorations of medical history, colonial impacts, and ethical dilemmas, has passed away at the age of 60. In 1994, she…

• CFGNY Marks 10 Years With Video-Inspired Fashion Show at Amant artist

  On Friday night, the Asian-American collective CFGNY (Concept Foreign Garments New York) marked its 10th anniversary with a conceptual fashion show held at Amant in Brooklyn.…

• Joana Vasconcelos on Beauty, Politics, and Monumental Installations artist

  The Citadelle de Villefranche-sur-Mer currently showcases Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos alongside Arne Quinze in the exhibition "L'Absurde et le Rêve," running until October…

• Daesung Lee's 'Nirvana' Celebrates Korean Women Through Playful Mother-Son Photos artist

  In 2024, Paris and Korea-based photographer Daesung Lee began photographing his mother during extended visits to his hometown in Korea, resulting in the series 'Nirvana.' The…

• Johnson Tsang: Porcelain Sculptor Wins Major Awards, Collections Worldwide artist

  Johnson Tsang, a renowned sculptor from Hong Kong, has made a name for himself worldwide by crafting stunning sculptures from porcelain. His famous series, like Lucid Dream and…

• Dina Pearl's Mixed Media Paintings Explore Beauty and Nature artist

  Artist Dina Pearl shares a portfolio of mixed media oil paintings that celebrate beauty and nature. Her works, such as "Scarlet Nectar" (24" x 20"), "My Way" (20" x 16"), "Song of…

• Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Freed After Five Years artist

  Cuban dissident performance artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in Miami on Saturday, July 18, after his release from a five-year prison sentence for 'contempt, defamation,…

• Claudia Moreno's 'Gender Quota' Documents Women in Mexican Politics artist

  Mexican photographer Claudia Moreno, born in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, is developing her project 'Cuota de Género' (Gender Quota) under the Mexican Art Creators National System…

• Chiara Enzo on Tactile Gaze and Intimate Painting artist

  Venetian artist Chiara Enzo (born 1989) creates small-scale, intimate paintings that explore the tension between vision and touch. In an interview with Alessia Baranello for C41…

• Sam Hutchinson Explores Unstable Realities in New Photography Project artist

  Photographer Sam Hutchinson has released a new project examining unstable realities, as reported by 1854 Photography. The work delves into themes of gender, sexuality, power,…

• Charlotte Perriand: Designing with Ideals artist

  In 1927, Charlotte Perriand, then 24 years old, sought a furniture design role with Le Corbusier in Paris but was initially turned away. However, after viewing her Bar sous le…

• Gretchen Verplanck's Hand-Built Ceramic 'Scary Monsters' artist

  American sculptor Gretchen Verplanck creates hand-built ceramic monsters called 'Scary Monsters' from white stoneware, each with a unique name and biography. After studying…

• Combolution Art: Street artist active in Netherlands artist

  Combolution Art is a street artist active in the Netherlands. Their profile on StreetArtCities is based on community input and does not represent the artist formally. The artist…

• Cuban Dissident Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Exiled to Miami artist

  Cuban dissident performance artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in Miami on July 18, 2026, after being exiled following a five-year prison sentence for 'contempt,…

• Sam Hutchinson's Ethereal Serotonin Climax Blurs Reality and Photography artist

  Photographer Sam Hutchinson, born in Sunderland in 1993 and based in Leeds, explores unstable realities through his series Ethereal Serotonin Climax. Influenced by counterculture,…

• Ken Gonzales-Day's Erased Lynching Series Examined in New Article artist

  In her piece for Art and Cake LA, Victoria Thomas explores Ken Gonzales-Day's Erased Lynching series, focusing on the issue of lynching in the American West. His publication,…