While exploring the Alpine region around Mont Blanc in 1789, the Swiss physicist and mountain climber Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799) conceived of a tool to measure the blueness of the sky. He developed a round instrument dubbed a cyanometer with 53 shades dyed from Prussian blue he could hold up …...Read More

Evoking the meandering veins in leaves, the clustered divots of termite holes, or pocked coral, Katie Rose Johnston’s ceramic sculptures meld organic form with function. The Glasgow-based artist (previously) works as M A N I F E S T O, shaping wall-based shelves she refers to as Curiosity Clouds. Designed …...Read More

French photographer Frank Deschandol has held a lens up to wildlife for the last three decades. Journeying to opposite corners of the world in search of remarkable species, Deschandol’s main goal is to highlight the existence of rare and little-known creatures for others to enjoy. “I’m above all a naturalist …...Read More

More effective than medication, therapy, and yoga, dancing recently topped the list of successful treatments for depression, and for good reason. Since time immemorial, boogying has permeated every culture and formed the basis of social bonds, a linchpin of community and strong mental health. A delightful short film directed and …...Read More

An inventive and adventurous spirit courses through each one of Zim&Zou’s elaborate paper installations, the latest of which imagines a mighty horse leading a ship suspended from above. Titled “Flying Faubourg,” the project was designed to fit the Hermès window in Tokyo’s Ginza Mitsukoshi. The artists (previously) melded the brand’s …...Read More

Kamwei Fong (previously) is drawn to the nature of cats. Whether extroverted and playful or curious and timid, the clawed companions truly relish living their lives as they please, embodying a charming spirit that inspires the artist time and again. Appreciative of the calm that follows working in solitude, Fong …...Read More

There are many vantage points from which to view Japan’s towering Mt. Fuji, one of the world’s most iconic mountains. Katsushika Hokusai rendered three dozen of them in his iconic series 36 Views of Mt. Fuji, which he made between 1830 and 1832. Now, design studio Plus brings the volcanic …...Read More

In O Jardim, Efrain Almeida cultivates the memories of his parents’ home in the backlands of Ceará, Brazil. Carved wooden creatures populate the gallery at Oscar Niemeyer Museum, appearing as if they could buzz and flutter across the space. Comprising about 40 sculptures, paintings, and embroideries, the exhibition reinterprets the …...Read More

“What does a wall have that a canvas doesn’t?” asks Rome-based artist Alice Pasquini. Bursting with vibrant hues and tender optimism, Pasquini’s murals are driven by her ongoing interest in human emotion, relationships, and connection. Overarching themes so universal and timeless allow passersby to relate in some way, seeing images …...Read More

Skander Khif was born in Tunis and first learned about the art of photography during a school project. But his studies eventually took him down an engineering path before he rediscovered his love for the medium and began focusing on its power to capture the intricacies and diversity of human …...Read More