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“Terre” (2025), acrylic paint, canvas, and archival adhesive, 23 x 30 x 3 inches. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Vibrant Folded Canvases Form Garment-Like Sculptures by Susan Maddux July 6, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Drawing on her experience as a textile designer and her family’s artistic heritage, Susan…

Pavonis Giron (MFA Metalsmithing 2027). All photos courtesy of PD Rearick, shared with permisison Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026 July 6, 2026 Sponsor Cranbrook Academy of Art Share Email Bookmark At Cranbrook Academy of Art, no two doors are exactly alike. That was by design. Architect Eliel Saarinen believed even the…

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Veks Van Hillik Suspends Fish, Insects, and Other Objects in Surreal Murals July 6, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark In Dutch Golden Age still-life painting, it’s not uncommon to be treated to tables laden with flowers and food such as fruits, game, and fish.…

© Chuhong Yu and Zuoming Wang, “The Crimson Vortex and Sapphire Blossoms of Andromeda.” Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province, China. All images courtesy of ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year, shared with permission Nebulae, Comets, and Aurorae, Oh My! See the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Shortlist July 6, 2026 PhotographyScience Kate Mothes Share Email…

“La Santa y el Beso” (2025), oil on canvas, 81 x 60 centimeters. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Women Sport Puffer Coats in Bold Baroque Portraits by Nieves González July 5, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark “Spain has an extraordinary, unbroken creative tradition: art, literature, music, research,” says Nieves…

All images © Katherine Wolkoff, shared with permission Katherine Wolkoff Meditates on Absence in Her Tender Photos of Deer Beds July 2, 2026 ArtNaturePhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark The last few mornings, as I’ve walked with my dog up the ravine behind my house, two fawns seem to bound of thin air, racing in…

All images © Theo Bosboom, shared with permission Theo Bosboom Takes a Bug’s-Eye View in His Perspective-Shifting ‘Flowerscapes’ July 1, 2026 NaturePhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Stand in any forest and look up, and it’s hard not to be mesmerized by the swaying of tall trees and their elegant canopies casting shade onto the…

“Rest” (2025), oil on linen, 65 x 80 inches. Photo by OnArt Studio. All images courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin Guimi You’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings Delve into Memory, Introspection, and Rediscovery July 1, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Whether it’s the atmosphere casting a haze or the fuzziness of memories and…

All images courtesy of ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT. Image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay) Scan More than 60 Million Stars in the Most Detailed Photo of the Milky Way Ever Taken June 30, 2026 PhotographyScience Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark In March 2025, the Euclid mission led by the The European Space…

All images courtesy of Joonas Virtanen Mark Rothko’s Color Fields Mirror the Elements in a ‘Weather-to-Painting Experiment’ June 30, 2026 ArtDesign Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Mark Rothko is known for his “color field” paintings, a genre that was coined in the 1950s to describe his work specifically, along with peers like Barnett Newman and…