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April 23, 2026

DRIFT Lights up the Los Angeles Sky With Drones in Honor of LACMA’s New David Geffen Galleries

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) marked the opening of the David Geffen Galleries, the new home of its permanent collection, with a gala packed with Hollywood celebrities. But for all the stars on sight, none shined brighter than the sky above the new building. For the evening’s big finale, the museum teamed up with DRIFT for a mesmerizing light show featuring 1,000 drones.

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Tattoos
April 23, 2026

Kintsugi-Inspired Tattoos Honor the Broken Parts of Ourselves Put Back Together

The Japanese art of kintsugi is a repair method that takes broken pottery and makes it more beautiful through visible mending. Metallic lacquer fills the cracks, shaping the piece into something recognizable but more special than before, as the breaks are now part of its story. A tattoo artist named Antonio, working under the moniker Sangre Blue, uses this idea as the basis for his beautiful body art.

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Birds
April 22, 2026

Brazil’s World-Famous Blue-And-Yellow Macaws Return to Rio After a 200-Year Absence

The blue-and-yellow macaw may not be Brazil’s national bird, but it’s nothing short of a national symbol to the South American nation. Its colors even evoke a sense of the Brazilian flag, and the birds are seen in everything, from t-shirts to murals. But for 200 years, they were gone from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s cultural capital and top tourist destination. Now, a “refaunation” effort has finally brought them back.

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April 21, 2026

Cyanotypes of Folded Paper Tessellations Unveil Crystal Patterns With Sunlight

Working with alternative photographic processes such as cyanotype and platinum-palladium, artist Fritz Horstman captures the geometry of folded forms and renders them as compelling two-dimensional images that suggest depth and volume. Horstman’s current exhibition, Folded Worlds, transforms simple sheets of paper into intricate, illusionistic compositions. The show brings together his Folded Cyanotypes—including his largest works to date—alongside a new series of Folded Palladiums.

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