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June 22, 2021

Artist Uses Cardboard Cutouts to Create Fantastical “Sunset Selfies”

Watching the sunset helps you slow down and appreciate the small moments in life. But for writer and Emmy award-winning TV producer John Marshall, it’s also time to let his imagination run wild. While living alone in a small cabin on Frye Island in Maine, he watched the nightly sunsets and was inspired to start a new creative project.

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Installation

June 22, 2021

Immersive Installation Invites Viewers to Traverse a Suspended Crocheted Spiral

Artist Ernesto Neto creates expansive crochet works that immerse the viewer within their woven worlds.

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Embroidery

June 22, 2021

British Artist Stitches 3D ‘Embroidered Edibles’ That Look Real Enough To Eat

Artists and crafters around the world have been using the humble needle and thread for centuries.

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Installation

June 21, 2021

Wooden Infinite Loop Installation Invites Public to Lounge and Play All at Once

Known for its innovative designs that challenge the limits of technology and materials, Paul Cocksedge Studio is an internationally acclaimed design firm that focuses on “simplicity and imagination in order to create unique people-centered designs.” In May, the Studio completed one of its latest projects—a public art installation titled Time Loop—in partnership with Sino Group, one of the most prominent property developers in Hong Kong.

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Oil Painting

June 21, 2021

Contemporary Oil Portraits Explore the Fragility of Human Relationships

Portrait paintings don't just capture people's outward appearance, but often reveal aspects about the figure's life or character.

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June 21, 2021

10 Best Western Calligraphy Workbooks to Practice Hand Lettering

The ancient art of calligraphy celebrates the beauty of the written word by rendering the forms of letters in a...

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Oil Painting

June 21, 2021

Surreal Oil Paintings Reimagines Animals Merged With Plant Life

Plants and animals work harmoniously together every day to create a beautiful ecosystem. Although the beauty of this relationship often escapes our attention, Los Angeles-based artist Jon Ching brings it to the forefront with his striking, yet beguiling series of oil paintings. Each of these fantastical pieces combines species of flora and fauna in unique hybrids that the artist fondly refers to as “flauna.

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Art History

June 20, 2021

5 Abstract Paintings by Hilma af Klint That Capture Her Colorful View on Life

Although Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian are often regarded as the pioneers of European abstract art, it was actually Swedish...

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Landscape Photography

June 20, 2021

Photographer Braves Sub-Zero Temperatures to Capture the Winter in Ladakh, India

In northern India lies Ladakh, a territory full of high-altitude plateaus, lakes, and mountain ranges.

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Painting

June 19, 2021

5 Famous Beach Paintings From Art History That Capture Serene Summer Days

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for artists, but the beach is a particularly recurrent theme throughout art history. The French Impressionists of the 19th century were famous for taking their easel and paints outdoors to paint en plein air, but the artists that came after them continued to depict natural environments outside of their studio.

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