Sculpture
March 10, 2026

Artist Builds Giant Butterfly Wings From Thousands of Tiny Porcelain Fragments

A butterfly wing looks silky smooth to the naked eye, but it’s a different story under a microscope. Up close, the wing is actually made up of thousands of tiny overlapping scales. New York-based artist Rebecca Manson takes inspiration from these minuscule natural details, creating ceramic sculptures that capture the incredible beauty of butterfly and moth wings.

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Architecture
March 9, 2026

How This Architect Abandoned Convention in Favor of Nature

In Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s mind, there was nothing worse than a straight line. “[It’s] godless and immoral,” the Austrian-born artist wrote in a 1958 manifesto. “In it there live not God and human spirit, but a mass created, brainless ant addicted to comfort.” That distaste is evident in his architecture, which explodes with unexpected curves, bold colors, and fantastical silhouettes.

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Architecture
March 9, 2026

Awe-Inspiring Images Offer a Dizzying Glance Into Europe’s Soaring Cathedrals

In the hush beneath a vaulted ceiling, where light filters through stained glass like liquid color, time seems to loosen its grip. Stone ribs stretch overhead like the bones of some ancient creature, and every footstep dissolves into echo. It’s within this suspended stillness that photographer Peter Li positions his lens–not simply to document sacred architecture, but to reimagine how we see it.

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Movies
March 8, 2026

Dive Into the Wondrous Underwater World of ‘Ponyo’ at L.A.’s Academy Museum

In 2002, Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved Spirited Away won the second-ever Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Since the category’s launch some 25 years ago, Miyazaki has directed five Studio Ghibli films, four of which were nominated for an Academy Award and two of which ultimately won. One specific film, however, didn’t make the cut: Ponyo. But now, nearly two decades after its release in 2008, L.A.’s Academy Museum is revisiting the movie through an immersive exhibition.

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