Art

July 2, 2025

Monumental Botanical Paintings Energized With Vibrant Electric Hues [Interview]

Artist Tim Fowler creates monumental botanical paintings with a vivid twist. Although plants can be colorful in real life, Fowler imagines a world in which leaves and blooms are alive with electric pinks, purples, and blues, and a blend of artistic approaches. Acrylic paint, oils, spray paint, and pastels all grace his canvases.  This allows him to create compositions that feature bold brushstrokes in one section with fine-lined drawings in another.

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June 25, 2025

Artist Captures the Charm and Chaos of New York City With Miniature Models [Interview]

There are countless ways to describe New York, but Danny Cortes typically veers toward words like “fast,” “layered,” “gritty,” and even a “little messy.” For the Brooklyn-based artist, though, “authentic” is perhaps the most important descriptor for the city in which he was born and raised. By design, it also happens to be the guiding principle behind his work.

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June 23, 2025

46-Foot-Tall Mural Beautifully Expresses a Balance Between Strength, Fragility, and Resilience

Every year for the past decade, the Alpine city of Grenoble, in southeastern France, becomes a beacon for street art. That annual transformation is thanks in large part to the Street Art Festival of Grenoble, which, since 2015, has brought more than 400 murals to the city by artists from around the world. For this year’s edition, the UK-based duo SNIK unveiled Flourish, their newest and, in many ways, most technically complex artwork to date.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.