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Art, design, and visual culture.

Kitchen Stitching: Pies, Pastries, and Chicken Wings Are Crocheted into Delectable Fiber-Based Cuisine

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Sports and Art History Team Up in a Playful Twitter Account That Matches Life and Art

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An Enormous ‘E.coli’ Floats Through the National Museum of Scotland at 5 Million Times Its Actual Size

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Delicate Lace Patterns Overlay Facades in Ornate Large-Scale Murals by NeSpoon

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Glass Pitchers and Vessels Encase Architectural Paper Sculptures by Ayumi Shibata

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Balloons Inflate Around Copper Forms in a Playful Reinterpretation of the Enigmatic Venus Figures

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Painted with Mesmerizing Precision, Innumerable Dots Cloak Stones in Hypnotic Patterns

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Double-Exposure Photos by Christoffer Relander Superimpose Everyday Scenes onto Human Silhouettes

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Amorphous Ceramic Vessels by Julie Bergeron Merge the Shapes and Textures of Organic Matter

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Division of Birds: A Group Show at Paradigm Gallery Celebrates Feathered Life

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Human Ears and Animals Emerge from Dense Fields of Porcelain Foliage Sculpted by Melis Buyruk

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UV Light Unveils the Extraterrestrial Luminescence of the American West in Cody Cobb’s Photos

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Bewildering Inconveniences Trap Subjects in Uncomfortable Scenarios in Ben Zank’s Surreal Photography

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In Roberto de la Torre’s Documentary Photos, Yearly Masking Rituals Celebrate the Change of the Seasons

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In ‘Colonial Ruptures,’ Artist Sharif Bey Defies the Constraints of Time through Fragmented Figures

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Animator Anna Samo Scripts a Love Letter to Artists in Her Short Film ‘Conversations With a Whale’

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Olafur Eliasson Designs a Conical Structure with 832 Vibrant Glass Panels That Reflect Sonoma’s Weather

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The First Video of an Extremely Rare Jellyfish Captures Its Striped Tentacles and Spotted, Pulsing Body

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August 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Gleaming Sculptures by Ann Carrington Examine the Underbelly of Historical Extravagance

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Interview: Swoon Speaks to Finding Compassion Through the Act of Looking and Unearthing Her Own Vulnerability

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Dense Cross-Hatching Adds Deceptive Volume to Albert Chamillard’s Geometric Drawings

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Digital Collages by Beto Val Splice Vintage Illustrations into Surreal Hybrid Creatures

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A Bold, Architectural Installation Recreates an Ancient Roman Gatehouse with Messages of Belonging

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A New Book Plunges into the Vast Diversity of the World’s Oceans Across 3,000 Years

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Enchanting Vignettes Illustrated by Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou Nestle Inside Small Wood Cuts

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Bees Wrap Ava Roth’s Intricately Beaded and Embroidered Motifs in Golden Honeycomb

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Bizarrely Flexible Wildlife Twist into Acrobatic Poses in Bruno Pontiroli’s Perspective-Bending Paintings

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Dried and Pressed Flowers Are Molded into Delicate Sculptural Vessels by Shannon Clegg

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Movement and Instinct Inform Taquen’s Murals of Migrating Birds and Human Touch

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Systems Evoking Roots and Veins Sprawl Across Raija Jokinen’s Organic Flax Figures

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Two Curtains of 30,000 Prescription Lenses Cast a Distorted Water-Like Glimmer Across a Beijing Gallery

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Join Us for A Colossal Workshop on Paper Scaling with Hollie Chastain

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Interview: Sho Shibuya Discusses Ritual, His Impulse Toward Minimalism, and His Love for Ubiquitous Objects

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Adorably Emotional Creatures Comprise Nosey Mungo’s Playful Ceramic Menagerie

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Energetic Markings in Charcoal Delineate Nelson Makamo’s Candid Portraits of Childhood Joy

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Figures and Events Are Transfixed by Time in Pep Carrió’s Extensive Daily Visual Diaries

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In ‘Cowspines,’ the Bony Topographies of Bovine Backs Appear Like Rugged Landscapes

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Great Women Painters: An Enormous Volume Surveys the Work of 300 Artists Across 500 Years

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An Elaborately Designed Book on Weaving Opens to Reveal a Fully Functional Loom

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A Satisfying Stop-Motion Tutorial by omozoc Effortlessly Slices and Assembles a Wooden Box Entirely by Hand

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Wildly Expressive Masks by Karolina Romanowska Freeze Contradictory Emotions in Ceramic

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Set Against a Backdrop of World Events, Tim Okamura’s Bold Portraits Emanate Commanding Energy

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A Stunning Double Rainbow Frames a Lightning Bolt as It Strikes the Mountainous Virginia Horizon

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An Elegant Timelapse Captures an Oak from Acorn to Tree in 196 Days

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Realistic Bird Busts and Portraits Slot Pieces of Wood into Jigsaw-Like Sculptures

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A Diverse Array of Textures Cloak Abstract and Figurative Ceramics by Artist Carlos Cabo

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Gears and Architectural Structures Emerge from Michael Velliquette’s Meditative Paper Sculptures

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Mystery and Disquieting Stillness Pervade the Surreal, Conceptual Photos by Oleg Oprisco

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