Sculpture
May 27, 2026

Carpet-Covered Animal Sculptures Explore Domestic Confinement and Freedom

British multimedia artist Debbie Lawson creates surreal animal sculptures cloaked in ornate Persian carpets. Her work explores the relationships between decoration and nature, craft and camouflage, blurring the line between the domestic and the wild. Her newest sculptures are currently being exhibited at Sargent’s Daughters in a solo show titled In a Cowslip’s Bell I Lie. The exhibition’s title comes from Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

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Crafts
May 26, 2026

Travel the World Through Knitting in This Architecture-Inspired Pattern Book

Knitting is a practical skill to have, but useful doesn’t have to mean dull. It’s also a great way to express yourself. With the right skills, you can create imagery through yarn, adding a bit of whimsy to a blanket, scarf, sweater, and more. Australian designer Jake Henzler, aka Boy Knits World, does just that by incorporating architecture into his creations.

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Installation
May 25, 2026

New Exhibition Explores Immersive Art Created by Women Artists in the 1960s and 1970s

At a moment when museums around the world are reexamining whose stories shape contemporary art history, Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul is spotlighting the women artists who helped pioneer immersive installation decades before the medium entered the mainstream canon. Inside Other Spaces: Environments by Women Artists 1956–1976 revisits a radical era in postwar art through sensory environments that dissolve the boundaries between artwork, architecture, and viewer participation.

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Sports
May 25, 2026

Indigenous Artisans Elevate Adidas’s Mexico National Team Jersey With Traditional Embroidery

For many years, the embroidery of Indigenous Mexican artisans was sadly looked down on—a fact that even Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has acknowledged. Luckily, the world has begun to correct its ways, celebrating the artistry and technique behind the artisans’ ornate creations. With this, traditional embroidery has entered a new realm: soccer.

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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.