“Flowers in a Glass Vase” (1704), oil on canvas, 33 × 26 3/8 inches. Image courtesy of Detroit Institute of Arts. All images shared with permission Lauded Dutch Golden Age Painter Rachel Ruysch Gets Her First Major Survey in the U.S. Art Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Many of …...Read More

“American Crow” (2025), acrylic on canvas, 8 x 8 inches. All images courtesy of Vasilisa Romanenko and Arch Enemy Arts, shared with permission Vasilisa Romanenko’s Lush Portraits Wrap Common Birds in Decadent Patterns ArtNature Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Beauty and nature’s resilience are at the core of Vasilisa …...Read More

Shortlist, Travel: Liu Song, China Mainland, “Abseil.” A tourist descends by rope into Tianyan cave in Chongqing, China. The unique karst cave contains a large Buddha statue that draws tourists from around the world. All images © the photographers, courtesy of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, shared with permission …...Read More

All images © Jinjoo Jo, shared with permission Uneasy Interactions Signify a Response to Tragedy in Jinjoo Jo’s Blue Illustrations Illustration Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Treading the boundary between cuteness and discomfort—innocence and harm—South Korean artist Jinjoo Jo’s illustrations express the tenuous relationship humans conjure with nature and …...Read More

All images courtesy of Ash Aurich, shared with permission Intricate Postage Stamp Tattoos by Ash Aurich Are an Ode to Art History ArtIllustration Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark As the saying goes, if one knows very little about something, their knowledge could fit on the back of a postage …...Read More

“Residue” (2018). Photo by Ryohei Yanagihara. All images courtesy of Rui Sasaki, shared with permission Rui Sasaki Encases Spectral Flowers in Intimate Glass Assemblages ArtNature Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark “What is essential is invisible to the eye,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote in his 1943 novella The Little Prince, …...Read More

A Trio of Stop-Motion Shorts Utilize an Involved 3D-Printing Technique AnimationFilm Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Already more intricate than digital techniques, stop-motion animation typically involves sets and characters designed to make subtle movements so that filmmakers can capture minute shifts frame by frame. Directors Jack Cunningham and Nicolas …...Read More

“The fairies will find us if we leave a trail.” All images © Katherine Duclos, shared with permission Through LEGO Compositions, Katherine Duclos Grounds Chaos in Color Art Jackie Andres Share Pin Email Bookmark Katherine Duclos begins each artwork with a color palette and no plan. Placing modular LEGO bricks …...Read More

“Bathers At K’gari” (2024), oil on canvas, 100 x 120 centimeters. All images courtesy of David Surman and Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, shared with permission David Surman’s Gestural Paintings Question How We Understand Animal Emotion Art Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Now based in London, David Surman was raised …...Read More

All images courtesy of 1504, shared with permisison ‘The Praise House’ Shares the Story of a Contemplative Installation on an Alabama Plantation ArtFilmHistorySocial Issues Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark On the site of the former Scott’s Grove Baptist Church, artist Tony M. Bingham has constructed a monumental work of …...Read More