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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…

“Dreaming in Blue and Green Colors (Part 2).” All images © Masha Foya, shared with permission Masha Foya’s Airy Illustrations Embrace the Universality of Emotions April 15, 2026 Illustration Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Where the blue sky breaks through the tree canopy or light reflects onto the surface of a pond, illustrator Masha Foya…

“Souvenir” (2026), Wien, Austria, for Klima Biennale Wien (KunstHausWien), curated by Calle Libre. All images courtesy of Nevercrew, shared with permission NEVERCREW Explores Our Tenuous Relationship with Nature in Huge Murals April 15, 2026 ArtNature Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Artists Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni, who work as NEVERCREW, have a knack for bringing…

A detail of a painting by George Voronovsky. All images courtesy of Dia Kontaxis and the High Museum of Art A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky April 14, 2026 ArtFilm Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark In the mid-20th century, before preservation efforts revived Miami’s Art Deco South Beach neighborhood…

Installation view of ‘Rise’ (2026), Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in collaboration with October Gallery. All work © LR Vandy. Photo © India Hobson, courtesy of Yorkshire Sculpture Park LR Vandy’s Rope Sculptures Disentangle Histories of Colonialism and Transportation April 14, 2026 ArtHistorySocial Issues Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark For millennia, humans have navigated seas, rivers, and…