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fromMedium
2 hours ago

The misrepresentation of "good taste" as a core design skill

Taste is positioned as a crucial differentiator for designers in an AI-driven landscape, but its meaning and implications are complex.
#contemporary-art
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 day ago

These Striking Artworks By Dima Rebus Carry The Physical Traces Of Glacial Melt, Political Unrest, And Strangers' Memories

Dima Rebus creates art using water samples from global contributors, exploring human life and connection through material transformation.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish's California the week in art

Kettle's Yard showcases artists' floral passion, while other exhibitions feature diverse contemporary art themes and historical reflections on trauma and beauty.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 day ago

These Striking Artworks By Dima Rebus Carry The Physical Traces Of Glacial Melt, Political Unrest, And Strangers' Memories

Dima Rebus creates art using water samples from global contributors, exploring human life and connection through material transformation.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish's California the week in art

Kettle's Yard showcases artists' floral passion, while other exhibitions feature diverse contemporary art themes and historical reflections on trauma and beauty.
London music
fromwww.london-unattached.com
1 day ago

Dorrance Dance, The Centre Will Not Hold

Michelle Dorrance's new production, The Centre Will Not Hold, integrates tap dance with various urban dance styles, showcasing a collaborative and innovative approach.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

I want people to see nature as a wondrous work of art': Jon McCormack's best phone picture

Kangaroo Island is home to wildlife found nowhere else, including a soot-coloured dunnart, and has a human population so low that there are 14 kangaroos for every one person.
Photography
fromFast Company
1 day ago

How AI and education are shaping the future of aesthetics

Aesthetic inspiration is social and collective, but aesthetic results are deeply personal. What works for one face, skin type, or bone structure won't always work for another.
Healthcare
#architecture
Graphic design
fromDesign Milk
1 day ago

F5: Peter Pelsinski Talks Shadows and Light, Color, Play + More

Peter Pelsinski transitioned from aspiring astronaut to architect, co-founding SPAN Architecture and emphasizing collaboration and creative processes in design.
UX design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

how wutopia lab's 'magical realism' turns everyday spaces into ethereal interior atmospheres

Wutopia Lab creates immersive architectural experiences that transform ordinary spaces into imaginative environments, enhancing perception through design elements like light and geometry.
Graphic design
fromDesign Milk
1 day ago

F5: Peter Pelsinski Talks Shadows and Light, Color, Play + More

Peter Pelsinski transitioned from aspiring astronaut to architect, co-founding SPAN Architecture and emphasizing collaboration and creative processes in design.
UX design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 days ago

how wutopia lab's 'magical realism' turns everyday spaces into ethereal interior atmospheres

Wutopia Lab creates immersive architectural experiences that transform ordinary spaces into imaginative environments, enhancing perception through design elements like light and geometry.
fromDesign Milk
1 day ago

Sabah House NYC Pays Homage To Set + Setting

Sabahs are made entirely by hand from 100% leather in either Texas or Turkey—two regions with distinct yet deeply rooted relationships to the material. The result is a shoe that varies subtly from pair to pair, even within the same size.
Brooklyn
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future review some of these insights into AI are just mindblowing

Artificial intelligence's impact on relationships and society is explored through personal stories and expert insights in Grayson Perry's documentary.
Berlin
fromabc7.com
3 days ago

teamLab Borderless in Tokyo is a feast for the eyes

Visitors describe teamLab Borderless in Tokyo as an ever-changing, immersive art experience that transcends traditional boundaries.
Careers
fromFast Company
3 days ago

How new perspectives come from moonwalking

Gravity serves as a metaphor for cultural forces that shape organizational dynamics and individual experiences.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 day ago

Tom Prochaska: Through the Open Door * Oregon ArtsWatch

Tom Prochaska distinguished himself in many mediums: He was a masterful printmaker, an intuitive painter, a builder of papier-mâché figures, a creator of fused glass panels, and graphite-on-paper drawings.
Arts
UX design
fromMedium
19 hours ago

Are we makers by nature-or consumers by design?

The relationship between creation and consumption is strained, impacting designers' creativity and cognitive processes.
Photography
fromThe New Yorker
2 days ago

David Armstrong's Probing Gaze

David Armstrong's retrospective at Artists Space showcases over ninety works, emphasizing portraits and desire, revealing his artistic evolution and impact.
Graphic design
Branding is crucial in the AI market due to low product differentiation, with visual identities evolving to create a friendly and distinct appeal.
Design
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

What Textiles and Translucency Bring to Public Space: 5 Lightweight Interventions

Lightweight materials enhance public spaces through flexibility, visual permeability, and adaptability, fostering new relationships between the environment and human experience.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 days ago

look back on olympus perspective playground: a traveling series of room-sized dreamworlds

The Olympus Perspective Playground operates as a fully built system, where walls, lighting rigs, circulation paths, and signage are developed together with each installation, creating a continuous spatial script.
Berlin
#rama-duwaji
#photography
fromAnOther
1 day ago
Photography

"We're Calling It a Future-Spective": Inez & Vinoodh on Their New Show

fromArtnet News
2 days ago
Arts

The Photography Show Asks, What Makes a Photograph a Photograph?

Medium-specific art fairs like the Photography Show are gaining momentum, showcasing the evolution and future of photography as a fine art.
Photography
fromAnOther
1 day ago

"We're Calling It a Future-Spective": Inez & Vinoodh on Their New Show

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin are influential photographers known for their digital manipulation and exploration of photographic truth and beauty.
Photography
fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

Review of Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes | Berlin Art Link

Peter Hujar's photography captures the intensity of impermanence and liveliness in 1970s and 80s New York, complemented by Liz Deschenes' contemporary works.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

7 Key Works of Avant-Garde Theater

Avant-garde theater originated in 19th-century France, emphasizing social reform and innovative artistic expression to critique mainstream culture.
#art
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?

Art should be valued for its own sake, not merely for its utilitarian benefits or health claims.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?

Art should be valued for its own sake, not merely for its utilitarian benefits or health claims.
Design
fromDesign Milk
1 week ago

An Argument for Interior Design with Neuroaesthetics in Mind

Interior design should prioritize functional aesthetics to enhance mental health, creativity, and interpersonal connections through a new field called Neuroarchitecture.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

8 Defining Works of American Land Art

Spiral Jetty exemplifies land art's unpredictability and connection to nature, showcasing the dynamic relationship between art and the environment.
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Architectures of the Gaze: 25 Viewpoints for Experiencing the Landscape

Viewpoints are structures designed for observing the landscape from elevated positions. They act as devices that organize the gaze and establish a direct relationship between the body and the territory.
Philosophy
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

The Painting Movements Everyone Should Know

The fusion of poetry and painting in Chinese literati art influenced global artistic movements, emphasizing the equivalence of text and image.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 weeks ago

OUTSIDERS Investigates the Space Between Society and Solitude

Modern design challenges conventional public seating to enhance social interaction and presence in urban spaces.
Berlin
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

How distance changes perception: The making of an observer

Understanding the United States involves navigating complex cultural and institutional landscapes shaped by personal experiences and global interactions.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Tania El Khoury's Soothing "Revenge Art"

Tania El Khoury discusses her art and life in Beirut amid ongoing conflict and the impact of war on her projects.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Harry Bertoia Gets His Moment

Harry Bertoia's long-lost sculpture resurfaces in Detroit, prompting a retrospective at Cranbrook Academy of Art for the artist's 90th anniversary.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

Surrealism, Defined: What to Know About One of Art's Most Misused Terms

Surrealism is a rebellious philosophy of life expressed through literature and art, emerging from discontent with societal norms post-World War I.
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

MoMA PS1's "Greater New York" Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting

The curators of Greater New York really captured the energy of the city well - not the out-of-towner's New York with its glossy surfaces, brands, and trendy fare, but the gritty New York that's always in the process of formation, that rejects surface in favor of rawness.
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Arts
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Ghosts in the machine

Rachel Youn creates kinetic sculptures from secondhand machines, exploring themes of domesticity, sexuality, and human-machine relationships.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 day ago

How Do Museums Care for Unconventional Acquisitions?

Knowles's performances, such as Make a Salad and Identical Lunch, showcased her unique approach to art through food, engaging audiences in the experience of preparation and consumption.
Arts
fromArtnet News
4 days ago

Painting Has Entered Its Performance Era | Artnet News

Much of Instagram's video content is organized around transformation-the virtual magic of the before-and-after and clips that show cause and effect. A person makes pasta from scratch in 20 seconds via edits that compress time-intensive labor.
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Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

what the readymade still asks: marcel duchamp returns to new york at MoMA and gagosian

Marcel Duchamp's readymades challenge traditional notions of art, emphasizing the role of displacement and designation in transforming ordinary objects into conceptual events.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
2 days ago

This sprawling free NYC art show just opened at MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1's 'Greater New York 2026' showcases over 150 works from 53 artists, reflecting the current creative landscape of New York City.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Marcel Duchamp: The mind above the hand | amNewYork

Abstraction in art emerges through radical recalibrations, with Marcel Duchamp exemplifying a shift from representation to conceptual exploration.
#lacma
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Designed to disorient': LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

The David Geffen Galleries at LACMA represent a $724 million revitalization effort, showcasing a controversial design by architect Peter Zumthor.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 days ago

Artist interview: Sarah Rosalena

I see myself first and foremost as a weaver working at the intersection of craft and technology. As an Angeleno, I grew up learning how to weave in the Wixárika tradition of my matriarchal bloodline by watching my mother and my grandmother.
Arts
fromBoard Game Quest
2 months ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Man Explains Why He Shredded Up an AI-Generated Art Exhibit With His Bare Teeth

As theschool's student newspaper The Sun Star reported, undergraduate student Graham Granger was arrested for criminal mischief after masticating at least 57 of the 160 images that had been carefully arranged by fine arts student Nick Dwyer. The incident was an eyebrow-raising illustration of the collective exhaustion with being surrounded by the outputs of generative AI, a fierce debate that has gripped the art world.
Higher education
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

7 New Art Books to Step Into Spring | Artnet News

Casa Kahlo offers an unprecedented look into the famed Mexican painter's family home, Casa Roja, which stands just blocks away from Casa Azul in Mexico City. Kahlo would retreat to Casa Roja when Casa Azul got crazy.
Arts
Arts
fromExchangewire
4 days ago

AI Crowns the Most Beautiful Artworks of All Time for World Art Day

DAIVID's AI ranked The Birth of Venus as the world's most beautiful painting based on emotional responses to art.
Arts
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Painting With Blood: Who Does It and Who Collects It

Blood is used as a medium in contemporary art, challenging traditional boundaries of artistic practice.
Arts
fromAesthetica Magazine
4 days ago

Aesthetica Magazine - The Endurance of Brutalism

Brutal Scotland exhibition explores post-war modernism, emphasizing how architecture reflects cultural identity and the interplay of decay and resilience.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Steve DiBenedetto's Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

Steve DiBenedetto's paintings serve as a functional structure to help viewers navigate collective trauma.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Can an Art Exhibit Answer a Zen Koan?

Koans are paradoxical Zen prompts meant to disrupt habitual analytical thinking and open access to deeper, nonconceptual awareness.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 days ago

What Is a "Post-Duchamp" Art World?

Duchamp's work reflects a continuous dialogue between past and future, showcasing his genius in anticipating museum logic.
Arts
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

A Data Analysis of the 2026 Venice Biennale Signals a Shift to the Present | Artnet News

The 2026 Venice Biennale shifts focus back to contemporary artists, emphasizing mid-career figures and a rebalanced global representation.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
6 days ago

Art on the Road: Monet and Venice * Oregon ArtsWatch

The stellar collection of 30-plus Venice paintings from the artist's 10-week visit in 1908 is smartly framed by additional materials. Visitors get exposed to historic photographs of the city, as well as of the Monet couple visiting, and are provided with lots of quotations from the artist about his approach to art, process and subject.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
5 days ago

Ai Weiwei and the Art of Keeping Your Mouth Shut

Censorship strips innocence from the young and kindness from the elderly. It discourages people from valuing justice, fostering selfishness instead.
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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Required Reading

Compton's art center aims to support formerly incarcerated artists and promote rehabilitation through creative expression.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

MIRORlab Taps into the Emotional Dimensions of Light

MIRORLab's MIROR Collection uses slow 360° rotation and calibrated color moods to create meditative, nature-inspired lighting that reduces digital overstimulation.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 weeks ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

A View From the Easel

An MFA student adjusts studio practice to smaller school workspace while maintaining multitasking creative habits and intentionally resisting constraints on artistic vision.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Does It Have to Mean Something to Be Great?

Joanne Greenbaum combines diverse media and mark-making to create cohesive paintings where individual elements retain distinctiveness, blending stillness with accelerating movement.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Paints Smoky Lounges And Quiet Strangers, Letting Halffinished Details Turn Viewers Into Coauthors Of The Scene

A wide-ranging visual roundup showcases creative reinterpretations, vintage design, activist art, photography, illustration, and humorous cultural works spanning contemporary and historical styles.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

How Liminalism Became the Defining Aesthetic of Our Time

Crowd-curated liminal photography captures eerie, nostalgic unease in abandoned commercial spaces, reflecting a collective artistic response to late-capitalist decline.
Arts
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

8 signs you appreciate art, music, and culture on a deeper level than most people - Silicon Canals

Some people experience art deeply, reacting emotionally and perceiving subtle artistic cues that reveal heightened sensitivity and meaningful connections to creative expression.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
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