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• Aldwyth, Reclusive Collage Artist, Dies at 90 artist

  Aldwyth, an iconoclastic South Carolina artist known for intricate collages and assemblages made from found objects and printed materials, died on April 10, 2026, near Hilton Head…

• James Hayward, LA Abstract Painter and Cowboy, Dies at 82 artist

  James Hayward, an abstract artist celebrated for his monochromatic oil and wax impasto pieces and captivating cowboy image, passed away last week at the age of 82. He was born in…

• Fabian Oberhammer's 3,000+ Daily Digital Artworks artist

  Fabian Oberhammer, an Italian digital artist also known as The Dizzy Viper, has impressively produced more than 3,000 digital artworks daily since February 2017, maintaining this…

• Ruth Ige Explores Blue, Time, and Diaspora at São Paulo Biennial artist

  Nigerian artist Ruth Ige discusses her series 'For Time Is the Witness of Humanity,' presented at the 36th Bienal de São Paulo and its itinerancy in Curitiba. Ige uses blue as a…

• Xtian Miller's Kinetic Typography Posters Blend Swiss Modernism and Japanese Minimalism artist

  Christian Miller, a graphic designer and visual artist from Detroit, also known as Xtian Miller, specializes in experimental typographic posters that blend Swiss modernism with…

• Disney Art Director Justin Parpan's Dreamlike Landscapes artist

  So, there's this really talented guy named Justin Parpan from San Diego. He’s not just a writer and producer, but also an animator and visual development artist. He graduated from…

• Artist Tom Sanford Defends Knicks Cutouts at City Hall Amid Media 'Curse' Narrative artist

  Painter Tom Sanford has loaned his hand-painted wooden Knicks Cutout artworks to New York City Hall at the invitation of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, intended to celebrate the Knicks'…

• Hadieh Afshani on Motherhood, Migration, and Studio Life in Jersey City artist

  The 334th installment of Hyperallergic's 'A View From the Easel' series profiles New Jersey-based artist Hadieh Afshani, who works at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City. For two…

• Ekaterina Sky's 'Prayer for the Earth' Embeds Universal Prayer Under Gold Leaf artist

  Los Angeles-based artist Ekaterina Sky has created the 'Prayer for the Earth' series, a collection of watercolor and gold leaf works that embed a universal prayer beneath layers…

• Massimo Silverio: avant-folk musician from Carnia on art, music, and his new album Sùrtum artist

  Massimo Silverio, an experimental folk musician from the Carnia region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, has gained international acclaim for his poetic, avant-garde sound. He sings in…

• Kelsey Shwetz featured in Booooooom artist spotlight artist

  An artist spotlight on Kelsey Shwetz has been featured by Booooooom!, showcasing her artistic endeavors and digital footprint, complete with links to her website and Instagram.…

• Handiedan's Tridimensional Collages Merge Digital and Analog artist

  Handiedan, pseudonym of Hanneke Treffers, is a Dutch contemporary artist known for intricate hybrid works blending digital and analog techniques. Born in 1981 in the Netherlands,…

• Navid Baraty's Double-Exposure Photos Juxtapose Cities and Ancient Landscapes artist

  Photographer Navid Baraty's series 'The Time Between' merges cityscapes with dramatic terrain using digital double-exposure techniques. The composite images pair iconic skylines…

• Artist Jack Dickson paints jailed Post Office victim Seema Misra for BBC series artist

  Jack Dickson, an artist from Blandford, Dorset, has painted a portrait of Seema Misra, a former sub-postmistress wrongfully imprisoned during the Post Office Horizon scandal, for…

• Kazuhito Kawai: Bridging Japanese Ceramics and Pop Culture artist

  Kazuhito Kawai, born in 1984 in Kasama City, Ibaraki—a region celebrated for its ceramics—began his artistic journey focusing on conceptual art. He obtained a BA in Fine Art from…

• Earshot awarded three-year studio bursary at Gasworks artist

  Earshot, a non-profit established by artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan from Jordan, has secured a three-year studio bursary at Gasworks in south London. This initiative, funded by…

• Animalier sculptor Michel Bassompierre dies at 78 artist

  Michel Bassompierre, the French animalier sculptor known for his monumental bronze and marble bears, gorillas, and elephants, died on April 21, 2026, at age 78 after a fall at his…

• Arko Datto's 'Final Wave (Chapter II)' Documents Climate Crisis in Bengal Delta artist

  Photographer Arko Datto's project 'Final Wave (Chapter II)' visualizes the climate emergency in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta, the world's largest delta spanning Bangladesh…

• Justin Gignac's Trash Cubes: Bodega Edition Turns NYC Garbage into Collectible Art artist

  Justin Gignac's Trash Cubes project, launched in 2001, has evolved into the Bodega Edition: 100 transparent, numbered cubes filled with garbage collected outside New York City…

• Four Inuit Artists Who Transformed Arctic Art artist

  Inuit art from Baffin Island, particularly the hamlet of Cape Dorset (Kinngait), has been revolutionized by four key artists: Manasie Akpaliapik, Kenojuak Ashevak, Tim Pitsiulak,…

• Don Eddy and Leigh Behnke Share a SoHo Loft Studio artist

  In a historic 10-story building in SoHo, originally built in 1903 as a garment factory, Don Eddy and his spouse, Leigh Behnke, who are both artists, create their paintings in a…

• Jeyoon Ryu’s Ceramic Sculptures Merge Landscape and Body artist

  Jeyoon Ryu, a South Korean-born ceramic artist based in Kyoto, Japan, creates glazed ceramic sculptures that collapse the boundary between creature and environment. In works such…

• Lola López-Cózar: Fusion of Image, Sound, and Text in Grafopoemas artist

  Lola López-Cózar is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist whose work merges images, sounds, and texts into a unified aesthetic she calls 'grafopoema.' Her creative process rejects…

• Manuel Tejera on working small-scale and the need to abolish the art system artist

  Manuel Tejera, who was born in 1996 in Torrelavega, Cantabria, is a performance artist, stage director, and designer now based in Madrid. His art combines body movement, text, and…

• Kamal al-din Bihzad: Master of Persian Miniature Painting artist

  Kamal al-din Bihzad, the renowned Persian miniature painter and head of royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz, is celebrated as one of the leading artists in Islamic miniature…

• Artist Cristina Tichitoli Turns Cancer Diagnosis into Creative Fuel artist

  In August 2020, 39-year-old Cristina Tichitoli was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver. Rather than succumb to despair, she channeled her…

• Taina H. Cruz: Young Painter Featured in Whitney Biennial and MoMA PS1's Greater New York artist

  An interview with artist Taina H. Cruz, initially published for the Whitney Biennial's launch, has been brought back into the spotlight for the Greater New York exhibition at MoMA…

• Argentine Abstract Painter Ides Kihlen Dies at 108 artist

  Ides Kihlen, the Argentine abstract painter who had her first solo exhibition at age 85, died on April 14 at 108. Her death was announced by Galería Via Margutta in Córdoba, which…

• Olivia Crumm's 'Wake' Series Explores Grief Through Photography artist

  Photographer Olivia Crumm, based in Brooklyn, created the series 'Wake' after her father's death from Alzheimer's disease two years ago. Using a large-format camera, she…

• Victor Llorente's 'Folklore' Captures Dominican Carnival Group in New York artist

  Victor Llorente, a Madrid-born, New York–based photographer, spent five years documenting Los Andulleros de Santiago, a Dominican carnival group based in the Bronx. The project,…

• Megha Singha’s ‘I Love My Friends But They’re Killing Me’ artist

  Megha Singha’s series 'I Love My Friends But They’re Killing Me' (2024–ongoing) captures young women in Mumbai who have built online fame as influencers, reality TV stars, and…

• Farren van Wyk Explores Mixedness in Photography Series artist

  Farren van Wyk, a Dutch photographer originally from South Africa, is currently working on her series 'Mixedness is my Mythology' (2021–), which explores her mixed heritage. She…

• Austn Fischer's High-Contrast Black-and-White Photography Explores Fashion and Identity artist

  Wisconsin-born, London-based photographer Austn Fischer creates black-and-white images that blend fashion with performance, using contrast to explore identity. His work features…

• Matthew Hansel's Morbid Delectatio: Celebrating Hidden Demons artist

  Matthew Hansel's project 'Morbid Delectatio' explores the grotesque and contradictory aspects of human nature through paintings that blend Northern Renaissance and Norman Rockwell…

• Dima Rebus Paints with Crowdsourced Water Samples from Around the World artist

  Dima Rebus, an artist based in London, integrates water samples sourced from individuals around the world into her expansive watercolor artworks. Her series titled 'Floaters'…

• Jacopo Benassi: punk artist returns to La Spezia, launches book 'Scritti per nessuno' artist

  Jacopo Benassi, born in 1970 and raised in the punk scene, left Milan to return to his hometown La Spezia. He left a job as a photographer for Rolling Stone to rebuild his life in…

• Eser Gündüz: Utopian Architecture on Canvas artist

  Eser Gündüz's artwork functions as intricate cognitive frameworks of potential realities, deeply influenced by architecture while evolving into a spatially designed painting…

• Sangre Blue's Kintsugi Tattoos Transform Scars into Gold artist

  Tattoo artist Antonio, known as Sangre Blue, creates body art inspired by kintsugi, the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer. His designs feature blue…

• Japanese wood sculptor Shigeo Toya dies at 78 artist

  Shigeo Toya, a distinguished wood sculpture artist from Japan, has passed away at the age of 78. Born in 1947 in northwestern Nagano, he gained recognition for his intricate…

• Victoria Vinas: Photography as Cinematic Scene artist

  French photographer Victoria Vinas constructs images where photography, makeup, and direction merge into a cinematic language. Her portfolio spans portraiture, fashion, beauty,…