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May 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Linocuts by Eduardo Robledo Celebrate Mexican Heritage and Community

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Spell Your Name with NASA’s Earthly Alphabet of Aerial Images

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Lina Lapelytė Fills Hamburger Bahnhof with 400,000 Wood Blocks for Communal Building

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7 Artists Discuss the Power and Urgency of Textiles

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From Micro to Mega, Jon McCormack’s Striking Photos Reveal Nature’s Patterns

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Cassandra Dias Takes an Impressionistic Approach to Painting with Thread

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Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

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Rachel Mentzer Transforms Discarded Cartons into Dusky Collagraphs

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An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide-Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’

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Navid Baraty’s Atmospheric Photos Explore Contrasting Scales of Time

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Contrast Reigns in Austn Fischer’s Conspicuous Black-and-White Photos

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Water Samples from Around the World Melt into Dima Rebus’ Dreamy Paintings

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Thousands of Strips of Silk Undulate in Kenny Nguyen’s ‘Deconstructed Paintings’

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Tania Yakunova’s Expressive Figures Entwine with Plant Life in Digital and Graphite Illustrations

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Vibrant Sea Creatures Spring to Life in Lisa Stevens’ Textured Sculptures

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Animals Wander through Neighborhood Streets at Twilight in Nicholas Moegly’s Illustrations

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How One Cooperative Champions the Quechua Weavers of Peru’s Sacred Valley

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Stained Glass Objects by Pia Hinz Reflect the Contrast Between Strength and Fragility

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‘Our Neighbors, the Peacocks’ Paints a Portrait of an Unusual Convergence of Populations

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Amid Urban Spaces, Alex Senna’s Bold Murals Embrace Connection and Belonging

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Anarchic Cats Are Ensnared in Chaos in Léo Forest’s Dynamic Drawings

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A Giant Wool Form by Nicola Turner Heaves and Skitters Through an 18th-Century Chapel

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Marvel at Manabu Kosaka’s Hyperrealistic Paper Sculptures of Retro Objects

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15 Artists Explore the Potential of Fabric and Fiber in ‘Textile Art Redefined’

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NEVERCREW Explores Our Tenuous Relationship with Nature in Huge Murals

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Masha Foya’s Airy Illustrations Embrace the Universality of Emotions

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LR Vandy’s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation

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A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky

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Cinga Samson Conjures Mystery and the Sublime in Large-Scale Oil Paintings

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This Risograph Studio Celebrates 400 Artist Postcards Mailed Around the Globe

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A Wooden Canopy by Kengo Kuma Casts Dappled Light Around a Copenhagen Museum

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A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the Mundane in ‘Jour de Vent’

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Abi Castillo’s Ceramic Beings Contrast Delicacy With the Natural World

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‘Love Is a Sensation’ Spotlights the Boundless Creativity of L.V. Hull

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Colossal Members Have Funded 100 Projects in K-12 Classrooms through DonorsChoose

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Artemis II Captures Spectacular Images of ‘Earthset’ from Deep Space

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Daniel Sackheim Traverses Los Angeles’ Noir Side in ‘The City Unseen’

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A Parade of Floating Artworks Honors Hieronymus Bosch in the Netherlands

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Moffat Takadiwa’s Scrounged Sculptures Confront Africa’s ‘Colonial Hangover’

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Retrofuturistic Figures Emerge from Wood in Playful Sculptures by Aleph Geddis

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12,000 Years Ago, Native Americans Were Playing Games of Chance with Handmade Dice

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7 Artists We’re Excited to See at EXPO CHICAGO 2026

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Hillary Waters Fayle Creates ‘Portraits of Place’ from Seeds, Foliage, and Petals

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Misato Sano’s Charming Wooden Dogs Are Carved With Personality

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Brushstrokes Transform into Beaded Topographies in Liza Lou’s Mixed-Media Paintings

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Explore Art UK’s Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

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A Line of Mural Wallpapers from Astek Celebrates ‘Eterna Nouveau’

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Yamamoto Masao’s Otherworldly Portraits Introduce Us to Expressive Owls

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Symbiotic Communion Flourishes in Laura Berger’s Expansive Paintings

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