Art, design, and visual culture

Art, design, and visual culture

Art, design, and visual culture

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Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings

After ending another year of record-breaking climate statistics, we stand at the precipice of 2025, which has already revealed its own devastating challenges. As the window for meaningful change continues to narrow during the next several years, we’re left to wonder what the world might look like if we stay on this path. Through the lens of hyper-consumerism, San Francisco-based artist Michael Kerbow (previously) envisions the future in his wry and imaginative landscape paintings...
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Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Houses with Uncanny Personalities

You’ve probably heard the term “cookie-cutter” to describe rows of houses seemingly indistinguishable from one another, save details like color or which side the garage sits on. For Brooklyn-based artist Hayden Williams, the comforting yet slightly eerie predictability of these sprawling settings is fodder for Suburbs, a series of illustrations tapping into American obsessions with privacy and perfect lawns...
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In Saqqara, Archaeologists Uncover the Sumptuous 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of a Royal Physician

For ancient Egyptians, the afterlife—also called Duat, among other names—was a mystical realm overseen by the god Osiris, who personified rebirth and life after death. But entry to Duat was anything but guaranteed; when a person died, their spirit traveled across vast, challenging terrain and deposited them at the Hall of Final Judgment, where their heart was weighed against a feather from Ma’at, the goddess of justice and truth...
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Find Resources and Support for L.A. Artists Affected by the Wildfires

A series of wildfires have ravaged Los Angeles during the past week, claiming more than 12,000 structures and two dozen lives. Numerous artists and arts workers across the region are devastated by the loss of homes and studios—even entire careers’ worth of work. As fires continue and Los Angeles residents begin to comprehend the scale of the disaster, support for those affected is urgently needed...
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Time and Geography Dissolve in Otherworldly Landscapes by Sholto Blissett

Encircled by light, water, or stone, the central subjects of Sholto Blissett’s oil paintings simultaneously highlight and defy our aesthetic understanding of “nature.” Drawing on the rich history of landscapes, from the Dutch Golden Age to 19th-century British paintings to the Hudson River School, the artist illuminates spiritual associations and the universality of the sun, moon, the elements, and the earth. ..
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Tens of Thousands of Individual Dots Bring Ornamental Rugs to Life in Antonio Santín’s Paintings

From grid-like woven patterns to intertwined strands of fringe, Antonio Santín’s hyperrealistic oil paintings (previously) look incredibly similar to the ornamental carpets they’re modeled on. By studying real rugs and the way they scrunch, fold, and interact with light, he transfers these qualities to canvas. The overall designs, however, are a product of the artist’s imagination...
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