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August 22, 2025

13-Year-Old Painting Prodigy Releases First Limited-Edition Print Collection

San Diego-based Andres Valencia is no ordinary teenager. The 13-year-old is taking the global art world by storm with his cubist-inspired works. Valencia has been painting since he was around 5 years old, and since then, he’s had his own exhibition, auctioned his work for thousands of dollars, and even published his own book.

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Toys

August 22, 2025

LEGO Unveils Harry Potter’s 3,228-Piece Hogsmeade Village Set

In the world of Harry Potter, Hogsmeade is a place to unwind.

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Photo Contest

August 21, 2025

Scientists Highlight the Beauty of Survival in Wildlife Photography Competition

Researchers from around the world entered their best imagery into the BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition.

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Good News

August 21, 2025

Scuba Diving Instructor Finds 99-Year-Old Message in a Bottle From WWII Veteran

For centuries, people have slipped notes into bottles and set them adrift, hoping that their words might one day be discovered by a stranger. In June 2021, Jennifer Dowker—a boat captain and scuba diving instructor who runs Nautical North Family Adventures in Cheboygan, Michigan—was cleaning the windows of her glass-bottom boat on the Cheboygan River when she noticed a small green bottle resting on the seabed below.

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Installation

August 21, 2025

8,000 Iridescent Acrylic Pixels Mimic the Beauty of Sunlight Reflecting on Water

On Maengbang Beach in Samcheok, South Korea, shines the Art Dome Pavilion by Hyunje Joo, a luminous installation designed to...

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Architecture

August 21, 2025

Pharrell Williams x NIGO Announce ‘Japa Valley’ With Giant KAWS Sculpture at the Center

California’s Napa Valley is home to hundreds of sprawling, hillside vineyards, many renowned for their world-class wines.

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Art

August 21, 2025

Gaza Biennale 2025: Work From 22 Palestinian Artists To Show in New York

Last year, amid one of the world’s most dire humanitarian crises, a group of Palestinian artists launched the Gaza Biennale to uplift creativity while resisting the region’s ongoing genocide. Today, the collective has grown to encompass more than 60 artists, with decentralized events taking place at 19 venues around the world. On September 10, the biennale will unveil its latest exhibition in New York.

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Photography

August 21, 2025

5,000 Photos of Rural Life Taken by Vagabond Photographer Discovered Decades After Death

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a tall, imposing, and altogether unusual man would traverse the mountainous slopes...

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Photo Contest

August 20, 2025

Rare Red Sprites and Glowing Scorpions Win the 2025 Capture the Dark Photo Contest

Light pollution is a real problem, one that is growing at a rate of 10% a year according to non-profit...

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Embroidery

August 20, 2025

Embroidery Artist Reimagines Classic Pin-Ups and Ads in Vibrant Thread Paintings

Some 18 years ago, Danielle Clough stumbled upon a vintage Playboy issue in an antique shop. At first, it felt subversive and mischievous to flip through its pages—it was, after all, considered to be for “adults only.” Except the more Clough read, the more she readjusted her underlying expectations.

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