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Banksy Claims New London Statue of Flag-Waving Man
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Banksy has claimed responsibility for a statue of a man brandishing a flag that appeared in central London. The artwork's emergence comes just over a month after a Reuters…
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London Perfumer Cherry Cheng's Eclectic Art Collection
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Cherry Cheng, founder of fragrance house Jouissance Perfumes, has assembled an eclectic art collection in her Notting Hill flat that reflects her instinctual approach. The…
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Banksy Installs Faceless Bronze Figure on London Plinth
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In London’s Waterloo Place, Banksy has unveiled a bronze sculpture named “Anonymous Flag-Bearer,” positioned on an empty stone pedestal directly across from the Guards Crimean War…
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Victoria Miro and Sean Kelly Gallery to Co-Represent Shahzia Sikander
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Victoria Miro has revealed a collaboration with Sean Kelly Gallery to co-represent Shahzia Sikander. The New York artist will showcase her inaugural exhibition with Victoria Miro…
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Metal Singer Maphra Goes Viral on YouTube with Covers
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Maphra, a metal singer, has become a viral sensation on YouTube with her cover of "Doomed" by Bring Me The Horizon, uploaded in early 2026, which has amassed over 18 million…
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Jevon Brown on Heritage, Textiles, and Miami Roots
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Jevon Brown, a Miami resident with roots in the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the Black Southern community, delves into themes of cultural identity, queerness, and history through various…
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Túlio Pinto's Sculptures of Gravity and Tension
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Túlio Pinto, a Brazilian artist born in 1974 in Brasília and currently residing in Porto Alegre, constructs sculptures that highlight the effects of gravity through materials like…
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Banksy statue appears on Waterloo Place in central London
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On Wednesday, April 29, a new statue attributed to Banksy emerged in central London's Waterloo Place. The piece depicts a man in a suit, obscured by a large flag that covers his…
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Anni Albers' Hardware Necklace: Found Objects as Jewellery
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Anni Albers, renowned for her textile work, created a necklace from found hardware objects including an aluminium sink strainer, paper clips, and a metal chain. The piece is one…
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Joseph Coventry: Neo-Expressionist Works in Mixed Media
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Joseph Coventry, a mixed media artist born in Tacoma, Washington in 1957 and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, presents a collection of surreal, neo-expressionist paintings. After…
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Timm Ulrichs, German 'Total Artist' of Provocative Works, Dies at 86
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Timm Ulrichs, the self-proclaimed 'Totalkünstler' (total artist) known for extreme performances and conceptual works, died at 86 on Wednesday afternoon, as announced by the…
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Possible New Banksy Statue Appears in London
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An over-life-sized statue has appeared on Waterloo Place in central London, depicting a figure stepping off a pedestal into the void, with a large flag blowing into its face. A…
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Unconfirmed Banksy statue appears in central London
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A large statue of a man in a jacket marching off his plinth, with a windblown flag covering his face, has appeared at Waterloo Place in London's St James's district. The base…
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Tadanori Yokoo: Japan's Enduring Graphic Design Maverick at 89
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Tadanori Yokoo, the 89-year-old Japanese artist and graphic designer, remains active despite a recent Covid-19 bout. He opened an exhibition of all-new works at Tokyo's Setagaya…
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Khaled Sabsabi's Sufi-Inspired Art Explores Beyond Human Perception
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Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi has spent nearly 40 years exploring questions of divine consciousness and existence beyond human perception through his art, drawing on…
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Liu Shuai's Interspecies Collaborations at Shanghai Biennale
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Liu Shuai, hailing from Shandong province in China, produces multimedia pieces that delve into the connections between humans and nature, focusing on themes such as mortality,…
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Li Yi-Fan's Uncanny Marionettes and Digital Puppetry
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Li Yi-Fan, a Taiwanese artist born in 1989 who splits his time between Taipei and Amsterdam, crafts unsettling marionettes characterized by pale, uneven skin and disconcerting…
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Shuo Phoebe Li Explores Resilience and the Body in Sculpture
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Shuo Phoebe Li, an artist originally from China and currently splitting her time between Los Angeles and Hong Kong, produces sculptures, installations, and performances that…
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Anaïs Kugel's Photography Explores the Female Gaze and Intimacy
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Paris-based photographer and filmmaker Anaïs Kugel creates portraits that distinctly embody the female gaze, weaving themes of identity, intimacy, and femininity. Influenced by…
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Unconfirmed Banksy statue appears in London's Waterloo Place
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An unconfirmed statue signed 'Banksy' in chalk appeared in Waterloo Place, St. James's, London, near the Crimean War Memorial, Edward VII statue, and Florence Nightingale statue.…
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Connie Rogers Named Featured Artist by Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery has selected Connie Rogers as its new featured artist for a 14-day showcase. Rogers, an award-winning self-taught photographer and acrylic…
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Alai Ganuza's Pop Realism: Everyday Subjects in Vivid Color
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Alai Ganuza is a painter whose work blends everyday realism with vibrant color, inviting viewers to examine minute details. Her creative process is documented on Instagram and her…
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Decoding Piet Mondrian's Abstract Art
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Piet Mondrian, co-founder of De Stijl, reduced his artistic vocabulary to straight lines and primary colors to express cosmic order. Starting with figurative painting, he evolved…
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Sanja Marušić's Dreamlike, Hyper-Saturated Portraits
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Dutch-Croatian photographer Sanja Marušić (b. 1991) creates surreal portraits and self-portraits with vibrant, intense colors. She blends analog and digital photography with…
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George Febres: Ecuadorian Queer Diasporic Artist Finally Gets Scholarly Attention
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The article examines the life and work of George Febres (1943–1996), an Ecuadorian artist who migrated to the United States and developed a hybrid, irreverent body of work…
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George Herms, West Coast Assemblage Pioneer, Dies at 90
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George Herms, a founder of the West Coast Assemblage movement, died on April 24 at age 90. Known for sculptures and collages made from found materials and debris, his work blended…
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Th97 Paints Shamanic Healing Mural in Buenos Aires
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In Munro, Buenos Aires, Brazilian street artist Thiago (th97) has unveiled a mural that illustrates themes of shamanic healing and natural medicine. The artwork showcases a…
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Christel Delrieu-Pétraud's Dripping Portraits Blur Identity and Perception
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Christel Delrieu-Pétraud, a French artist, crafts portraits that merge meticulous charcoal or chalk illustrations with flowing vertical paint drips, transforming realistic faces…
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Daniel Vega's Terra Hypnagogica: Gothic Symmetrical Beasts
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Chilean artist Daniel Vega, known as THE CODEX NOIRMATIC, has created the TERRA HYPNAGOGICA universe, a bizarre gothic fantasy world inhabited by nightmarish symmetrical…
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Víkingur Ólafsson on Performance, Improvisation, and His April 29 Recital at Zellerbach Hall
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Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, who’s 42, is set to conclude his Artist in Residency with Cal Performances on April 29, 2025, at 7:30 PM. He’ll take the stage at Zellerbach…
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Elliot McGucken Visualizes Einstein's Relativity with Drone Light Cones
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Elliot McGucken, a physicist and fine art photographer, has developed a collection of long-exposure images in the American Southwest that illustrate Einstein's theory of…
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Maya Prokhorova's Experimental Prototypes Blend Technical Aesthetics with Future Functions
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Maya Prokhorova, who runs the innovative Mayaprodesign in Paris, is all about creating prototypes that evoke emotions instead of just being practical. She studied at the Stieglitz…
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Vítor Esteves Captures Cinematic Aerials of Madeira, Hong Kong, and Croatia
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Vítor Esteves, a Portuguese photographer, focuses on aerial and travel photography, showcasing striking landscapes, urban scenes, and architectural forms through a cinematic,…
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Eduardo Robledo's Linocuts Blend Mexican Heritage and Social Activism
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Mexico City-based artist Eduardo Robledo creates intricate linocuts that celebrate Mexican heritage and community. Born and raised in Xochimilco, a borough famous for its…
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Linda Zhengová Named BJP Ones to Watch 2025
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Czech-Chinese photographer, curator, and writer Linda Zhengová has been selected for British Journal of Photography's Ones to Watch 2025, as nominated by Ukrainian artist Alex…
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Vita Vel Regula: A Lifelong Game of Envelopes and Time
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Artist and curator Pablo Helguera conceived a durational participatory artwork titled Vita Vel Regula, launched in 2013 at an exhibition in Milan curated by Julia Draganović. The…
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Italian artist Simone Silvestri on art directing Sony's sci-fi game Saros
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Simone Silvestri, an Italian artist, serves as art director for Saros, a sci-fi action game by Housemarque (Sony), releasing April 30, 2026 exclusively on PlayStation 5. The game…
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Todd Antony captures brutal Tajikistan buzkashi sport in black and white
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Photographer Todd Antony discusses his black-and-white series on buzkashi, a brutal Central Asian sport dating back to Genghis Khan. The game involves horsemen competing to grab a…
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Paolo Gonzato's Studio as an Archaeology of the Present
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Since 2019, Paolo Gonzato has been utilizing a 120-square-meter basement in Milan's NoLo district, previously an electronics lab and accountant's office. He reimagined the area to…
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Pol Taburet on Faery Tales, Fascism, and Villa Medici Debut
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Pol Taburet, a French artist of Guadeloupean descent, discusses his upcoming debut solo exhibition at Villa Medici in Rome in May 2026, his collaboration with Daniel Lopatin…
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