Painting
March 10, 2025

Exquisite Exhibition of Swirling Landscape Paintings Imagine Intangible Elements of Earth Through Color

Taiwanese artist Su Yu-Xin visualizes intangible elements of Earth. She's created a series of paintings around this idea for her exhibition titled Searching the Sky for Gold. Now on view at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), the show is her first solo museum exhibition outside Asia. In this new body of work, she uses natural and synthetic materials to create pigments and delves into atmospheric and geological phenomena within her paintings.

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Architecture
March 10, 2025

Dramatic Wellness Retreat Serves as a Verdant Oasis in Dubai’s Skyline

For over 40 years, the New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R) has reimagined the limits of architecture, whether it be through New York’s iconic High Line or the Blur Building for the 2002 Swiss Expo. DS+R’s newest initiative is no exception. Part of Dubai’s Quality of Life Strategy 2033, Therme Dubai combines wellness with architectural ingenuity and incorporates water as a core facet of its design.

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Painting
March 8, 2025

Colorful, Dreamlike Paintings Tell Stories of Women Standing in Their Power

At first sight, the paintings of Indian-American artist Rupy C. Tut seem to depict tranquil scenes in lush landscapes. But looking deeper, there's uneasiness and defiance beneath the colorful compositions. Particularly, feelings of fear of losing these idyllic spaces, and a will to fight for them. This represents the experience of Tut, who knows this anxiety all too well.

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Art
March 7, 2025

Spring Has Sprung With an Ambitious Flower Exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery

At Saatchi Gallery in London, spring has arrived early. On February 12, flowers started blooming across the gallery in the form of vibrant paintings, dramatic garments, delicate sculptures, and meditative photographs, comprising more than 500 unique artworks. This is what greets visitors upon entering one of the gallery’s most ambitious exhibitions to date: Flowers: Flora in Contemporary Art and Culture.

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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.