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• Bryce Dessner: From Indie Rock to Classical Composition artist

  Bryce Dessner, guitarist of the indie rock band The National, is increasingly focusing on classical music composition. He is known for testing the boundaries of what is playable…

• Jody Guralnick's Studio Overlooking Castle Creek in Aspen artist

  Jody Guralnick's studio is located high on the banks of Castle Creek, a snowmelt-fed river in Aspen, Colorado. The setting reflects the artist's focus on the intersection of…

• Reiner Izquierdo: entre la memoria urbana y la identidad en tránsito artist

  El cubano Reiner Izquierdo, nacido en La Habana en 1969 y actualmente residenciado en Elche (Alicante), comparte sus pensamientos sobre su arte en esta entrevista. Su obra, que…

• Tarek Atoui on Sound Sculptures and the Sonic Turn in Art artist

  Artist Tarek Atoui, born in Lebanon and based in Paris, creates environments where sculptures double as experimental musical instruments activated by audiences or performers. At…

• Mindy Seu's 'A Sexual History of the Internet' Turns Instagram into a Collective Incantation artist

  Artist and technologist Mindy Seu presented her lecture performance 'A Sexual History of the Internet' at Section80 Bar in Milan, Italy, on September 20, 2025, as part of a tour…

• Brazilian Duo FARIAS.ARTES Creates Global Murals artist

  The Brazilian artists Lucas and Thalita, known for their work at FARIAS.ARTES, specialize in distinctive murals that merge realistic pointillism with line-art techniques.…

• Anna Mantzaris' Stop-Motion Film 'PLEASE' Explores Desperate Love artist

  Swedish animator Anna Mantzaris has released a new stop-motion short film titled 'PLEASE,' which humorously depicts the lengths people go to in search of love. The film features…

• Zig Jackson’s Photography Confronts Native Erasure with Humor artist

  Zig Jackson, also known as Rising Buffalo, is a prominent artist from the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes, born in 1957 in North Dakota’s Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. A…

• Georgica Pettus Premieres Play 'Truck' at MoMA PS1 artist

  Playwright Georgica Pettus, 28, will premiere her new play 'Truck' at MoMA PS1 in Queens on June 27. The play is set at a used car dealership in Liberty, Texas, in 2021, centered…

• Peter Marinker, 84, with Alzheimer's, performs Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape artist

  Actor Peter Marinker, 84, is performing Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape' at the Cockpit theatre in London, two years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Marinker…

• Richard Tsao on Coming Out, Art as Play, and Leaving NYC for DC artist

  Hyperallergic interviews Richard Tsao, a Bangkok-born, New York-based artist known for his labor-intensive "Flood Room" paintings made by pouring, soaking, and layering pigments,…

• Chris Millar's Intricate Mixed-Media Works Blend Painting and Sculpture artist

  Canadian artist Chris Millar, known for his detailed mixed-media sculptures, has created two new works: "Loom Beneath the Loam" and "A Prize Every Time." "Loom Beneath the Loam"…

• Anita Steckel: Feminist Artist Who Fought Censorship artist

  Anita Steckel, born on February 24, 1930, was a pioneering feminist artist known for her provocative artwork that contested societal norms. Educated at Cooper Union and the Art…

• Solid Lines Agency Bridges First Nations Artists with Commercial Industry artist

  Emrhan Tjapanangka Sultan, co-founder of Solid Lines, a First Nations-led illustration agency, discusses the agency's mission to connect remote Aboriginal artists with commercial…

• Ruth Ewan's 'Dagenham Agates' honor Ford sewing machinists who inspired UK Equal Pay Act artist

  Ruth Ewan's public sculpture 'The Dagenham Agates' was unveiled in Dagenham Green, east London, honoring the Ford Dagenham sewing machinists whose 1968 strike led to the UK's 1970…

• Carolin Ruggaber: From Florist to Fine Artist artist

  Carolin Ruggaber, a Berlin-based artist, transforms flowers into sculptural works that blur the line between nature and architecture. Raised in the Black Forest, she began as a…

• David Hockney dies at 88, leaving a legacy of color and record-breaking sales artist

  David Hockney, the British artist known for his vibrant pool scenes and landscapes, died at 88 on June 11, 2026. His 2018 painting 'Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)'…

• Shanti Simonetti's Magical Realism Photography artist

  Shanti Simonetti's photographic series 'Il Realismo Magico' presents recognizable yet subtly altered scenes that provoke questions without offering answers. The project explores a…

• Taron Marukyan: Minimalist Abstraction and the Power of Restraint artist

  Taron Marukyan, an artist born in Armenia in 1989, has cultivated a contemporary painting style that emphasizes abstract minimalism, using reduction as a means to enhance…

• Michelangelo Pistoletto at 93: Mirror, Truth, and the Third Paradise artist

  On his 93rd birthday, Michelangelo Pistoletto (Biella, 1933) gives an interview reflecting on truth, ego, and art as social transformation. He argues the mirror does not lie…

• Paul Hutzli's Carnivalesque Art: Papier-Mâché and Chocolate as Political Tools artist

  Swiss artist Paul Hutzli, currently in residence at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma as part of Roma Calling 2025/2026, employs carnivalesque methods—papier-mâché, trompe-l'œil, and…

• Darla Ferrara's Digital Expressionism Blends Texture and Technology artist

  Darla Ferrara, a Midwest-based artist, creates digital artworks that mimic the tactile qualities of handmade collage using Procreate. Her signature "torn-paper" technique builds…

• Ememem Repairs Potholes with Mosaic Street Art artist

  French artist Ememem uses a technique called flacking to repair potholes, cracks, and manholes in urban streets by inserting colorful tiles and mosaics. Inspired by the Japanese…

• Nienke Hoogvliet on Rethinking Material Value Through Waste and Seaweed artist

  Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet, founder of Studio Nienke Hoogvliet (2013), argues that the true cost of materials has been obscured since the Industrial Revolution. In the 1800s,…

• Sandra Cattaneo Adorno: From Street Photography to Venice Biennale artist

  Sandra Cattaneo Adorno, a 1953-born photographer from Rio de Janeiro, launched her career at 60 in 2013. Known for her street photography, she examines themes surrounding reality…

• Mark Farid on Surveillance, Agency, and the Politics of Crossing the Street artist

  British artist Mark Farid, in a residency at the British School at Rome, discusses his decade-long practice investigating how digital infrastructures shape subjectivity,…

• Surrealists Expelled Dalí in 1934 for Alleged Fascist Sympathies artist

  In 1934, the Surrealist movement, led by André Breton, put Salvador Dalí on trial and expelled him for 'the glorification of Hitlerian fascism.' The trigger was Dalí's painting…

• David Heofs blends handcrafted tactility with music identity design artist

  Madrid-based graphic designer David Heofs, founder of the creative studio Bandiz (established 2010), builds music identities using physical materials like Tipp-Ex, ink, pencils,…

• Ana Terral's 'Surface Memory' Turns Everyday Pain into Rothkoesque Art artist

  Moldovan-born visual artist Ana Terral uses alcohol markers on thin beige paper to depict everyday pains like heel blisters, sunburns, and bite marks. Her soft pink palettes…

• David Shrigley Paints Giant Cockerel Mural at Cubitts' New King's Cross Manufactory artist

  David Shrigley, a British artist, has unveiled a vibrant mural at The Yard, the headquarters and optical manufactory of Cubitts in King's Cross. This artwork showcases a colorful…

• Lufo: Illustrations Between Play and Community artist

  Lufo, born Luca Longi in 1995, is an illustrator from the Marche region now based in Bologna. His detailed, playful drawings reference medieval art and Flemish precision. After a…

• Modigliani and de Chirico: Parallel Departures in 1906 artist

  In 1906, two Italian artists destined for international fame left their formative environments. Amedeo Modigliani departed Livorno for Paris, the capital of the avant-garde, where…

• Quasizero’s QZMini Extruder bridges biomaterials and 3D printing artist

  Laura Civetti and Juanda Cabrera Cobo founded Quasizero in Perugia to close the gap between bio-based materials and additive manufacturing. Their core methodology, called Nexus,…

• Anish Kapoor's Duality: Minimalism and Visceral Art in Five Works artist

  Anish Kapoor, a prominent artist born in Mumbai in 1954, is the son of an Iraqi Jewish mother and a Punjabi Hindu father. He relocated to the UK in the 1970s, pursuing his studies…

• Anish Kapoor on Scale as Content in Sculpture artist

  Anish Kapoor, a renowned British artist originally from Mumbai, has made a significant impact on the art world with his exploration of scale. Residing in London since the 1970s,…

• Carl Warner's Foodscapes: Edible Landscapes artist

  British photographer Carl Warner, born 1963, creates fantastical landscapes entirely from food. His ongoing project "Foodscapes", begun in 1998, uses vegetables, fruit, bread,…

• Lari Pittman’s New Show Explores Analog Space and Time artist

  Lari Pittman, a Colombian-American artist known for his maximalist paintings that blend design, decoration, typography, cartoons, architecture, and high art, will debut a new body…

• Alexis Trice's Dreamy Paintings Explore Nature, Emotion, and Transience artist

  Alexis Trice, a New York City-based painter, creates dreamlike works featuring ethereal animals, water, and symbolic elements like candles and pearls. Her latest series explores…

• Saype Paints 23,000-Sq-Ft Grass Mural in Minneapolis artist

  Franco-Swiss artist Saype created a monumental 310-by-75-foot biodegradable grass mural at Boom Island Park in Minneapolis as the 22nd iteration of his Beyond Walls series,…

• Nur Matta's 'Cuerpo de obra' Performance at Unarte, Puebla artist

  On May 21, 2026, Mexican artist Nur Matta (b. 1994) presented 'Cuerpo de obra' at Galería La Miscelánea, Unarte, in Puebla, Mexico. The performance involved Matta being…