Photography
April 13, 2026

New Exhibition Offers Portals Into the Past, Present, and Future of Blackness

For Todd Gray, a portal isn’t so much about its destination or even its origin point. Rather, it’s about connecting two distinct modes of being, however disparate they may be. That idea is at the core of Gray’s photographic practice, which often visualizes the fraught relationship between Blackness and colonialism. His solo exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles expands upon this line of inquiry, contending that Black identity is far from static.

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Architecture
April 12, 2026

Rammed Earth-Inspired Concept House Looks Like a Rocky Formation in the Desert

In the remote landscape of the Utah desert, architecture blends seamlessly with geology. This is epitomized by the conceptual Desert Observatory House, a dwelling that appears to emerge directly from the earth. Designed by the firm Vrantsi, the project features low, angular volumes that echo mesas, plateaus, and eroded canyons. As a result, the structure reads like a natural formation shaped over time.

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Photo Contest
April 10, 2026

Winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest Present an Urgent Visual Record of Global Upheaval

Photojournalists bear an outstanding, if not essential, duty: to document the world with clarity, accuracy, and, perhaps above all else, humanity. That ethos sits at the heart of World Press Photo’s annual competition, which provides an urgent visual record of life across almost every continent through photojournalism. Now, the nonprofit organization has officially announced the winners of its 2026 World Press Photo Contest, meticulously selected from more than 57,000 images submitted across 141 countries.

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Art
April 10, 2026

Inside de Young Museum’s New Indigenous American Art Galleries

The de Young Museum has unveiled its reimagined Arts of Indigenous America galleries, offering a renewed look at one of the most significant collections of its kind in the United States. Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the institution has collected works from across the Americas since 1895. The updated installation builds on that history while reconsidering how these works are presented. Museums have long struggled with how to exhibit Indigenous art.

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