Painting
May 20, 2026

Artist Reimagines Famous Portraits Using a Pixel-Like Painting Technique

Polish artist Erky shows that you don’t need to render every detail to create a recognizable form. His portraits are created with thick, colorful daubs of paint arranged in a grid, resulting in works that resemble pixelated images. His striking, abstract work is a contemporary take on pointillism with larger, more tactile marks. The full image only comes into focus when you step back from the canvas.

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Photo Contest
May 19, 2026

Ghostlike Hare at the Edge of a Cave Wins GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026

A ghostlike scene has won photographer Luca Lorenz the title of GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2026. Captured by the 20-year-old wildlife photographer from Berlin, the lauded image depicts a rugged slope in the Swiss Alps, high above the tree line. The photo has a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it quality, in which a white mountain hare is perched at the entrance of a small cave.

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Sculpture
May 18, 2026

People Are “Scrambling” to Get One of These Giant Hyperrealistic Egg Sculptures

How do you like your eggs in the morning? Erika S. Rhinelander likes hers covered in epoxy resin. The Newfoundland-based artist creates hyperrealistic dripping egg sculptures that look as though they’ve just been cracked open. Rhinelander has been making egg sculptures for around three years, and has a steady stream of egg-lovers scrambling to get their hands on one.

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Art
May 18, 2026

Major Exhibition Surveys 60 Years of Chicano Art Across the United States

At The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California, a new exhibition reframes Chicano art not as a parallel narrative to American art history, but as one of its defining forces. We the People: Chicano Art in the U.S.A. gathers 126 works by 61 artists in a sweeping presentation that explores migration, labor, cultural memory, identity, and everyday life through generations of Chicano artistic practice.

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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.