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“Ukuwelwa komda” (2026), oil on canvas, 94 1/2 x 122 inches. All photos © White Cube/Frankie Tyska. All images © the artist, courtesy of White Cube, shared with permission Cinga Samson Conjures Mystery and the Sublime in Large-Scale Oil Paintings April 13, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Amid groves of trees, meadows, and…

All photos by Jacopo La Forgia, courtesy of Copenhagen Contemporary, shared with permission A Wooden Canopy by Kengo Kuma Casts Dappled Light Around a Copenhagen Museum April 10, 2026 ArtDesign Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark At Copenhagen Contemporary, Kengo Kuma and his team have honed in on the Japanese concept of komorebi, which reflects the…

All images © Risotto Studio, shared with permission This Risograph Studio Celebrates 400 Artist Postcards Mailed Around the Globe April 10, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark Gen Z has made headlines recently for turning to analog media and the slower pace of life synonymous with a pre-internet world. Alongside DVDs and print magazines,…

Bruce West, “Mrs. L.V. Hull, MS, #3.” L.V. Hull surrounded by her art environment and garden in Kosciusko, Mississippi, in 2000. Collection of the Mississippi Museum of Art. The sign reads “Nothing is dirt cheap anymore.” All images courtesy of the Arts Foundation of Kosciusko and the Mississippi Museum of Art, shared with permission ‘Love…

All images courtesy of Abi Castillo, shared with permission Abi Castillo’s Ceramic Beings Contrast Delicacy With the Natural World April 9, 2026 ArtCraft Jackie Andres Share Email Bookmark Galicia, Spain-based artist Abi Castillo continues to create iterative self-portraits through her evolving ensemble of ceramic personas. Her delicate yet emotive figures are an invitation to consider…

All images courtesy of École des Nouvelles Images A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the Mundane in ‘Jour de Vent’ April 9, 2026 AnimationFilm Jackie Andres Share Email Bookmark “Wind carries away destinies,” reads the brief synopsis for a short film titled “Jour de Vent,” or “Windy Day.” The sweeping animation was created in 2024…

“SPRING & 6TH STREET.” All images © Daniel Sackheim, courtesy of Hat & Beard Press, shared with permission Daniel Sackheim Traverses Los Angeles’ Noir Side in ‘The City Unseen’ April 8, 2026 BooksPhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark When we think of Los Angeles, we often picture seemingly endless sunny skies, postmodern downtown skyscrapers, Hollywood,…

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. All images courtesy of NASA Artemis II Captures Spectacular Images of ‘Earthset’ from Deep Space April 8, 2026 PhotographyScience Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark For the first time in more than 50…

Colossal Members Have Funded 100 Projects in K-12 Classrooms through DonorsChoose April 8, 2026 Colossal Colossal Share Email Bookmark Colossal Members have helped us reach fantastic milestone! We’re delighted to share that this month, we’ve officially assisted us in funding 100 projects in classrooms around the nation via DonorsChoose. These include supplies and materials for…

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Retrofuturistic Figures Emerge from Wood in Playful Sculptures by Aleph Geddis April 7, 2026 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Chiseled from wood, Aleph Geddis’ spindly, playful, vaguely alien wooden sculptures evoke an enigmatic tension between identity and glyph. His organic, hand-worked objects teeter between abstraction…