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All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Vibrant Sea Creatures Spring to Life in Lisa Stevens’ Textured Sculptures April 22, 2026 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Spikes, fans, florets, waves, and other characteristics of marine creatures continue to shape the work of Lisa Stevens. The Bristol-based artist’s vibrant practice revolves around…

All images courtesy of Tania Yakunova, shared with permission Tania Yakunova’s Expressive Figures Entwine with Plant Life in Digital and Graphite Illustrations April 22, 2026 Illustration Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Grainy textures and gestural lines characterize the lush compositions of Tania Yakunova. Collaborating with a range of commercial and editorial clients, the Kyiv-born…

“PLOT” (2024). Photos by Grégoire d’Ablon. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Stained Glass Objects by Pia Hinz Reflect the Contrast Between Strength and Fragility April 21, 2026 Art Jackie Andres Share Email Bookmark Building sites and agricultural areas are typically described by the utilitarian operations that shape them—rugged, harsh, and often…

All images courtesy of Murmur Ring, shared with permission How One Cooperative Champions the Quechua Weavers of Peru’s Sacred Valley April 21, 2026 ClimateCraftPartner Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark The economy of Peru’s Sacred Valley has long been entwined with the seasons. Rural communities typically grow crops and raise livestock to sustain themselves and to…

Festival Calle Libre, Vienna, Austria (2024). Photo by Jolly Schwarz. All images courtesy of Alex Senna, shared with permission Amid Urban Spaces, Alex Senna’s Bold Murals Embrace Connection and Belonging April 20, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark In the large-scale murals of Alex Senna, figures gather, greet one another, relax, and interact with…

All images © Callie Barlow ‘Our Neighbors, the Peacocks’ Paints a Portrait of an Unusual Convergence of Populations April 20, 2026 FilmNature Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark When we think of “invasive species,” perhaps zebra mussels or kudzu vine spring to mind. Both have flourished in their non-native environments and continue to threaten other native…

Photos by Mark Reeves. All images courtesy of the artist, Annely Juda Fine Art, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, shared with permission A Giant Wool Form by Nicola Turner Heaves and Skitters Through an 18th-Century Chapel April 17, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark In a converted 18th-century chapel on the grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture…

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Anarchic Cats Are Ensnared in Chaos in Léo Forest’s Dynamic Drawings April 17, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Feline antics are notoriously chaotic. “The cat is, above all things, a dramatist,” author and Egyptologist Margaret Benson is to have said. Sacred to ancient Egyptians,…

Anne von Freyburg (detail). Photo by Pasquale Viglione. All images courtesy of the artists, Helen Adams, and Saatchi Gallery, London, shared with permission 15 Artists Explore the Potentiality of Fabric and Fiber in ‘Textile Art Redefined’ April 16, 2026 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Until just the past few decades, textiles were generally created…

Deconstructed BCL Radio. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Marvel at Manabu Kosaka’s Hyperrealistic Paper Sculptures of Retro Objects April 16, 2026 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark It’s one thing to marvel at the inner workings of a transistor radio or a timepiece, but for artist Manabu Kosaka, that curiosity reaches…