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• Devid Biscontini Transforms Industrial Plastic into Sculptural Memory artist

  Devid Biscontini creates sculptures using co-extruded polyethylene films and various methods like open flames, heat, and gravity. His art blurs the lines between painting and…

• Sasha Yazov’s Airbrush Paintings Recreate The Sims and Forgotten Game Worlds artist

  Georgia-based artist Sasha Yazov uses airbrush to create screenshot-realistic paintings that capture the aesthetics of late-2000s video games like The Sims, Morrowind, and other…

• Linder's first permanent public artwork is a 53-foot snake mosaic at London Zoo artist

  Artist Linder has unveiled her first permanent public artwork and first-ever mosaic, a 53-foot (16m) snake mosaic titled 'Sirona' at ZSL London Zoo, marking the conservation…

• Chilean Puppet Theatre Silencio Blanco Tours World with Poetic Works artist

  Chilean theatre company Silencio Blanco, founded in 2010 by Dominga Gutierrez and Santiago Tobar, has gained international acclaim for its puppet-theatre works exploring loss and…

• Aleksandra Waliszewska's Dark Art Explored artist

  Aleksandra Waliszewska, born in 1976 in Warsaw, has established herself as a significant figure in contemporary art. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she has…

• Herman Hesse's Watercolors as Therapy Against Depression artist

  Herman Hesse created approximately 3,000 watercolors over his lifetime, many depicting the landscapes of Montagnola, Switzerland, where he moved after World War I. There he wrote…

• Ukrainian Illustrator Anna Kostiv on Color and Portraiture artist

  Anna Kostiv, a digital illustrator whose expertise lies in graphic design, prioritizes color in her artistic endeavors. She pursued her graphic design education at the Ukrainian…

• Andres Rios Creates Horror Digital Art with Pennywise and Original Monsters artist

  Digital artist Andres Rios specializes in horror-themed illustration and creature design, with his work hosted on ArtStation. His pieces include a "Pennywise fanart" for the…

• Korean artist Bae Young-hwan dies at 57 artist

  Bae Young-hwan, the South Korean artist who represented his country at the 2005 Venice Biennale, died suddenly on June 19 at age 57. Gallery BB&M in Seoul announced his death…

• Artist talk with Umida Akhmedova, Oleg Karpov, and Mikhail Gulin at Ambasada Kultury artist

  In Berlin, Ambasada Kultury and Pickle Bar are hosting a discussion featuring artists Umida Akhmedova, Oleg Karpov, and Mikhail Gulin. This event will showcase presentations from…

• Barcelona architect Tito Merello creates digital paintings on iPad artist

  Tito Merello Vilar, an architect from Barcelona, has built a massive digital art practice using only an iPad and apps like Procreate and Corel Painter. With over 224,000 Instagram…

• Mads Nissen's photograph of a boy clowning in Colombian cocaine corridor artist

  Mads Nissen recounts his iconic 2017 photograph of nine-year-old Didiller clowning on a basketball court in a Colombian cocaine corridor. The image was part of Nissen's…

• Gillian Wainwright's Perceptual Painting Explores Home and Nature artist

  Gillian Wainwright, an artist from Chicago and an alumna of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, identifies as a perceptual painter, emphasizing the importance of…

• Lindsay Mapes Transforms Vitra Eames Chair in Charity Project artist

  Since 2008, Lindsay Mapes has been an artist residing in East London. For a charitable project by The Furniture Practice benefiting The Peel Charity, she undertook a radical…

• Banksy's Grin Reaper: A 2005 Print Merging Death with Rave-Era Smiley Culture artist

  Created in 2005, Banksy's screen print 'Grin Reaper' features the Grim Reaper perched on a clock face, wielding a scythe, with a vibrant yellow smiley face replacing its skull.…

• Pio Abad discusses Marcos dictatorship, colonial collections, and Turner Prize in podcast artist

  In a podcast interview, artist Pio Abad discusses his practice, which examines objects with personal and political resonance through installations combining drawing, textiles,…

• Arianna De Luca: Ceramics as Characters in Rome artist

  In the Pigneto district of Rome, Arianna De Luca's studio transforms ceramics into vibrant, sculptural figures. Originally from Abruzzo, she pursued Industrial Design at Central…

• Émile Bernard's Cloisonnist Masterpieces and Symbolist Legacy artist

  Born in Lille in 1868, Émile Bernard (1868–1941) began his artistic journey at the age of 14. By 16, he was part of Fernand Cormon's studio in Paris, where he forged friendships…

• Bae Young-whan, conceptualist who used K-pop lyrics in art, dies at 56 artist

  Bae Young-whan, a South Korean artist celebrated for his fusion of conceptual art with K-pop lyrics and everyday materials, has passed away. He was born in 1969 and initially…

• Mindy Seu Presents 'A Sexual History of the Internet' at Nicer Tuesdays LA artist

  Designer and researcher Mindy Seu presented 'A Sexual History of the Internet' at the Nicer Tuesdays event in Los Angeles. The project is a compendium-cum-performance-piece…

• Ben Sanders on absurdist airbrush art and self-publishing at Nicer Tuesdays LA artist

  Artist and designer Ben Sanders appeared on the Nicer Tuesdays stage in Los Angeles to discuss his absurdist airbrush paintings, which feature frames made of salt, pool noodles,…

• Eric Aydin-Barberini's Post-Diagnosis Photography Embraces Distortion and Blur artist

  Eric Aydin-Barberini, a London-based visual artist and commercial photographer, is redefining his practice after a late-in-life autism diagnosis. Known for shooting festivals,…

• Trent Parke: Street Photography Between Reality and Fiction artist

  Australian photojournalist Trent Parke, born in 1971 and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales, is known for his poetic street photography tinged with black humour. His…

• Giorgio Galotti on His Career Turning Point: From Turin to Hypermaremma artist

  Giorgio Galotti, curator, gallerist, and founder of Hypermaremma, identifies his 2013 move to Turin as the pivotal moment in his career. He describes a night drive through fog as…

• Egyptian Photographer Farida Mahdy Documents Grandmother's Style in 'Grandma and the Fur Coat' artist

  Egyptian photographer and assistant curator Farida Mahdy started the project 'Grandma and the Fur Coat' in 2024 to document the style of her grandmother, Ehsan Ouf, in Cairo.…

• Frida Giannini on Her Gucci Legacy, Fashion, and Collecting artist

  Frida Giannini, former creative director of Gucci from 2006 to 2015, reflects on her tenure and legacy in an interview with Collezione da Tiffany. She discusses the recent…

• Prudence Heward's Portraits of Modern Canadian Women artist

  Prudence Heward (1896–1947) was a Canadian painter known for her figurative works depicting women with psychological depth and unidealized realism. A member of the Beaver Hall…

• Kent Monkman: Reimagining Indigenous History Through Five Paintings artist

  Kent Monkman, a Cree artist, uses his gender-fluid alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle to challenge colonial narratives across five key works. In 'Death of the Female' (2014),…

• Tom Thomson's Life and Legacy: From Photoengraver to Canadian Icon artist

  Tom Thomson was born in 1877 in Claremont, Ontario, and as a child, he relocated to Leith before moving to Seattle in 1901 to attend business school. He soon left to join a…

• Lori McNee Returns to the Yellow Canoe in New Paintings artist

  Artist Lori McNee revisits a yellow canoe she first photographed in Missouri years ago, creating multiple paintings over time. Her latest work, 'Summer Memories' (2026, oil on…

• Ballroom Legend Andre Mizrahi Clark on Pioneering New Way Vogue artist

  Icon Andre Mizrahi Clark, founder of the House of Mizrahi, is a pioneering figure in ballroom culture who originated the New Way vogue style. A Brooklyn native, he became the…

• Magnhild Kennedy's Mask-Making Journey from Trondheim to London artist

  Magnhild Kennedy, a self-taught mask-maker based in London, began her creative journey after moving from Oslo in 2007. Growing up in Trondheim, Norway, she was inspired by The…

• Brandi Milne's Artistic Evolution: From Party to Purpose artist

  Brandi Milne, a Huntington Beach-based artist, reflects on her career spanning over fifteen years, marked by a shift from a frenetic pace to deliberate introspection. Her early…

• Rapha and Yinka Ilori Launch London-to-Lagos Cycling Collection artist

  Rapha has partnered with British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE, known as the "Architect of Joy," for an exclusive members-only collection. The line, titled "London…

• Manuel Puig's Collection: The Soul of Art on Paper artist

  Manuel Puig, a doctor of medicine, delivered his inaugural address to the Royal European Academy of Doctors on collecting rather than medicine. His private collection of about 250…

• Rashid Johnson on interior compass, melancholy, and rest as resistance artist

  This summer, Rashid Johnson, a Chicago native born in 1977, is curating the exhibition 'Directionless' at Hauser & Wirth Menorca. He has invited artists Charles Gaines, Firelei…

• Cristina Iglesias on Mediterranean dialogue and immersive sculpture artist

  Cristina Iglesias (b. 1956, Donostia-San Sebastián) has built a sculptural universe over four decades, merging architecture, literature, psychology, mechanics, and nature into…

• Hans Werner Henze's 100th Birthday: Composer, Dandy, Communist artist

  Hans Werner Henze, the world-renowned composer, gay dandy, communist, and aesthete, would have turned 100. Born in 1926, his unconditional love for freedom resonates in every note…

• Residuum Movement: Jet Le Parti and Base 36 Forge a New Aesthetic Framework artist

  The Residuum movement, centered on artist and theorist Jet Le Parti and the Base 36 collective, has been quietly developing since 2020. Emerging from Agency Media Group in…

• Romain Laprade’s Forgotten Architecture artist

  French photographer Romain Laprade captures overlooked urban architecture, treating buildings as time capsules. His series Heliopolis documents a naturist city built in the 1970s…