Art

June 29, 2026

Artist Transforms Her Hair Into Incredible Sculptures Inspired by African Culture

While most of us can just about manage a basic braid or messy bun, New York-based actress and artist Laetitia KY can style her hair into all kinds of designs and shapes. Originally from the Ivory Coast in West Africa, she uses her natural coils as a medium for artistic expression, creating intricate hairstyles that celebrate her culture and identity. KY has spent almost 10 years exploring the creative possibilities of hair.

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June 26, 2026

Painter Luke Chueh Captures the Weight of Isolation Through Dark Humor

In the work of Los Angeles-based artist Luke Chueh, endearing yet melancholic characters inhabit pared-down compositions. But this restraint is deliberate: the visual economy heightens the emotional and psychological tension at play. Chueh turns in universally relatable artworks, capturing the complexities of the human condition in this day and age. These anthropomorphic figures exist in ambiguity, but it’s in this lack of narrative that Chueh allows the viewer to project their own wonderings and feelings.

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June 25, 2026

This Floating Store on Lake Ontario Challenges How We Think About Convenience

In most cities, convenience stores are never too far away, but have you ever seen one floating on water? Moored in the Harbour Square Park Basin on Toronto’s Lake Ontario, a fully stocked shop called Global Convenience is turning the familiar bodega into something far less accessible, and that’s exactly the point. It invites visitors to think about daily rituals, accessibility, and the ways we interact with the urban environment.

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June 22, 2026

Fleeting Fog Installation Transforms Historic Paris Museum Into a Shifting Cloudscape

Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has spent more than five decades creating sculptures from something that can never hold a permanent shape. Since unveiling the world’s first fog sculpture at Expo ‘70 in Osaka, she has transformed mist into an artistic medium at museums and landmarks around the world, including the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Grand Palais in Paris, and Philip Johnson’s Glass House in Connecticut.

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