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December 23, 2024

Tristan Eaton Celebrates the Powerful Women of Marvel at Miami Art Week

Artist Tristan Eaton, best known for his large, multi-color murals, capped a year-long collaboration with Marvel during Miami Art Week with the opening of his exhibition Women of Marvel. Featuring over 40 original artworks, classic Marvel heroines are reimagined through Eaton's lens. The opening night at Wynwood's The Private Gallery, which is the official gallery of Miami's Museum of Graffiti, was buzzing with excitement.

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December 10, 2024

Moody Geometric Landscape Paintings Appear To Glow in the Moonlight

Artist Luiza Niechoda is known for her unique, pixelated landscape paintings, which combine sharp geometry with the softness of nature. In her newest series, Nocturnes, she takes her work to another level by creating evocative night scenes illuminated by moonlight. These rich oil paintings almost appear to glow, as Niechoda takes us from the forest to the sea. Inspired by the “comforting solitude at night,” Niechoda incorporates great depth into these pieces.

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November 22, 2024

Artist Traveled to Over 30 Cities To Perform Tea Ceremony With Strangers [Interview]

In the early aughts, artist Pierre Sernet used the Japanese tea ceremony to unite cultures around the world in a powerful set of performances. Sernet's One series is often called Guerrilla Tea. The installation saw Sernet set up a “Tea Room,” denoted by a wood cube, in different global settings. He then sat and waited for a volunteer to participate in the ceremony and drink the cup of matcha that he prepared in front of them.

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November 16, 2024

Ava Roth Collaborates with Honeybees to Transform Beeswax into Art

Toronto-based artist Ava Roth is unlike other collaborative artists: instead of working with people, she works with bees. As a painter, embroiderer, and mixed-media artist, she has spent the past decade experimenting with the unique medium of beeswax. In her latest collection, Roth employs the help of a local bee colony to create stunning encaustic pieces that perfectly represent the intersection of human beings and nature.

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