Art

March 17, 2025

Desert X Returns With Installations That Consider the Relationship Between Nature and Humanity

Much like a canvas, the desert provides a vast expanse and, with it, seemingly endless possibilities. This philosophy is one that guides Desert X, a recurring site-specific, international art exhibition. Now celebrating its fifth edition, Desert X returns to Californiaโ€™s Coachella Valley with 11 installations from a global selection of artists, such as Cannupa Hanska Luger, Kimsooja, Ronald Rael, and Muhannad Shono.

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March 15, 2025

Delicate Paper Sculptures Showcase the Beauty of Nature and Botany [Interview]

Under Ann Woodโ€™s patient hands, paper isnโ€™t as fragile as usual. Instead, itโ€™s magic: it transforms into decadent clusters of blueberries, ornate flower bouquets, and charming toadstool mushrooms. For years, Wood has created dazzling sculptures through Woodlucker, a visual partnership founded in the 1980s with Dean Lucker. Woodโ€™s work primarily revolves around paper and showcases the mediumโ€™s endless possibilities through botanical and naturalistic forms, such as flowers, fruits, and, most recently, mushrooms.

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March 13, 2025

The Art Institute of Chicago Will Return a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal

For the past few years, renowned art institutions around the world have reckoned with their museum collections and questions of fraught provenance, theft, and repatriation. Now, the Art Institute of Chicago joins this movement with the return of a stolen artifact, namely a 12th-century Buddha sculpture, to Nepal. Dubbed Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda, the sculpture depicts the serpent king (nฤga)

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