Extravagant Masks by threadstories Offer Cultural Commentary on Selfhood and Social Media
Covered in full-face masks of fringe and knotted details, threadstories explores the tension between contemporary portrayals of public and private life. The Irish artist poses...
Magical Butterflies and Insects Stitched in Dense Thread Paintings by Emillie Ferris
Since she first began embroidering in 2013, Emillie Ferris has stitched a few rows nearly every day. The United Kingdom-based artist creates dense thread paintings...
Fantastical Video Imagines the Crystalized Intricacies of Mineral Deposits
In an enchanting new video titled “Waiting to Be Found,” Dan Hoopert dives into the details within Earth’s minerals. The United Kingdom-based designer highlights the sprawling...
168,000 Numbers Suspended From the Ceiling in Color-Coded Installation by Emmanuelle Moureaux
In an effort to merge the past, present, and future in a single work, Tokyo-based French architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux hung 168,000 paper numbers...
Expressive Dogs Shake and Sniff in Kaleidoscopic Illustrations by Marina Okhromenko
Swirling patches of fur and bespeckled eyes characterize the emotive dogs in Marina Okhromenko’s digital illustrations. Hoping to capture varying degrees of joy, devotion, and...
Fragile Compositions of Perishable Goods Are ‘Hanging By a String’ in Illustrations by Vicki...
In her series Hanging By a String, illustrator Vicki Ling explores the fragility and precarity of modern life. Through her towers of perishables, Ling very literally presents...
7 Facts About Pioneering Street Artist Keith Haring
To each definition, which is usually given to creativity and activity of Keith Haring, the most vivid and unusual epithets should be added. Probably...
Impasto-Style Brushstrokes Hover Mid-Air in Illustrative Murals by Sean Yoro
Hawaii-born artist Sean Yoro, aka Hula, pairs his illustrative murals of partial figures with bold brushstrokes that hover along building walls. Part of his Undertones series, the...
A 3D Artist Imagines the Realistic Fossilized Skulls of Endearing Cartoon Characters
A Prague-based artist is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of convincing fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons...
Jan Van Eyck’s Paintings
Paintings of the Northern Renaissance, the result of Europe's awakening from medieval stagnation, are different from works of the Italian Renaissance. This identity is...
