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With one-third of the world’s population currently under some level of quarantine, the streets of major cities like Amsterdam, New York City, and San Francisco are an unusual and unsettling sight. Film director and cinematographer Jean Counet, who shot “Meanwhile in Amsterdam,”...
Here is a list of resources dedicated to the economic impact of the coronavirus on the cultural sector.
Organizations offer grants for emergency care, while other groups use crowdsourcing data to quantify the impact of the health crisis on the...
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In the developing city of Gwanggyo located about 25 kilometers south of Seoul, a high-end Korean department store stands out amongst gray office buildings and other concrete structures. Designed by OMA/Chris van Duijn, the Galleria shopping center features a mosaic facade of neutral-toned stones...
Known for transforming Barcelona’s architectural landscape, Antoni Gaudí famously combined nature, materiality, religion, and influences of Orientalism into a widely recognized aesthetic that’s captured in a new book from Taschen. Throughout more than 350 pages, Gaudí: The Complete Works encompasses the Catalan architect’s projects...
For his new work, the most expensive living artist Jeff Koons used an unusual material - a weapon. And not just a weapon, but a collection of two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn.
About six years ago, "Sean told me he...
Protected in a small piece of amber dating back 99 million years, an ancient skull is changing the timeline researchers have for when reptiles transitioned into the descendants of current-day birds. Found in Myanmar, the oculudentavis khaungraae had at least 23...
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A Specially Adapted Underwater Wheelchair Brings Artist Sue Austin Beneath the Earth’s Surface
British artist Sue Austin creates multimedia, performance, and installation art, using her wheelchair as a means to explore new patterns of movement. In 2012, Austin was...
Alex Chinneck Unzips a Condemned Building in the Style of a Retro Shirt
British sculptor Alex Chinneck has a history of manipulating facades—previously slumping the brick face of an apartment in Margate and completely upending a building in London. Chinneck’s newest monumental manipulation...
New Carved Book Landscapes and Architecture by Guy Laramée
Montreal-based artist Guy Laramée recently unveiled a new body of sculptural work, highlighting his evolving ability to excavate mountainous landscapes, cavernous hollows, and sloping...
The Subverted Architecture and Twisted Objects of Alex Chinneck
British sculptor Alex Chinneck upends the steady, reliable nature of banal structures that we interact with every day through his architectural interventions. Overturned swaths of car...
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Get a Meteorite-Speckled Slab of the Moon’s Surface Made with NASA...
Most of us will never get to touch the moon’s outer crust, but a new project by DeskSpace lets people pretend they’ve got a little portion...
Art Museums and Cultural Institutions Around the Globe are Sending Each...
Social media was teeming last week with floral offerings from cultural institutions around the globe. Since many are closed due to COVID-19, museums like...
Take an Eerie Walk Through the Empty Streets of Amsterdam, San...
With one-third of the world’s population currently under some level of quarantine, the streets of major cities like Amsterdam, New York City, and San Francisco are...
A list of resources addressing the economic impact of coronavirus on...
Here is a list of resources dedicated to the economic impact of the coronavirus on the cultural sector.
Organizations offer grants for emergency care, while...
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The artist draws sharks “floating” in the air
Toronto artist and sculptor Chris Austin is one of those who seem to love nature, but not the one that is commonly loved in...
Scrap metal sculptures: an original art direction
Scrap metal in the ordinary sense is something very far from aesthetics. A rusty mixture of pieces of metal, wires, electric motors, and other...
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The judgments, actions, Salvador Dali's paintings, all carried a light raid of madness. This man was not just a surrealist painter,...
Bruegel paintings. The most famous masterpieces of the master
Breughel (1525/30 - 1569) is often referred to as Hieronymus Bosch's successor. Yes, at first glance, part of their work is similar. Breughel, just...
A Natural-Stone Mosaic Facade Punctuated by Dramatic Opal Windows in a...
In the developing city of Gwanggyo located about 25 kilometers south of Seoul, a high-end Korean department store stands out amongst gray office buildings and other...
