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“Ghost Parking Lot.” All images courtesy of Skira, shared with permission What Else Could It Mean? A Book Surveys the Playful, Iconoclastic Works of James Wines November 6, 2026 ArtBooksDesign Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark It’s not uncommon for artists and architects to espouse a desire for breaking conventions and pushing boundaries, but…

All images courtesy of Arkivism Arkivism Is an Accessible Antidote to AI with 4 Million+ Public Domain Images November 6, 2026 ArtDesignHistoryIllustrationPhotography Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark Say you’re on the hunt for a drawing of a duck wearing a hat or a glimpse at Morocco in 1850 or a clip of people…

“Mountain and Desert” (2026), Corten steel and wool, 244 x 394 x 50 centimeters. All images courtesy of Joseph Ouechen and Southern Guild, shared with permission Abstract Wool Compositions Cascade from Weathered Metal in Amine El Gotaibi’s Sculptures November 6, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark “Wind knows neither North nor South.…

Gif courtesy of Maria Tomazou An Animated Film Made in Excel Sums Up the Pointless Impulse to Create November 5, 2026 AnimationFilm Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark Just because something doesn’t have a purpose doesn’t mean it isn’t worth doing. “I made a film in Excel” by London-based Maria Tomazou might be “pointless,”…

“La politique de l’autruche” (2026), oil on canvas, 160 x 180 centimeters. All images courtesy of Stelios Pupet, shared with permission Visible Brushstrokes Push on a Subtle Grid in Stelios Pupet’s Contemplative Scenes November 4, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark From his studio in Athens, Stelios Pupet renders meditative paintings that…

“Button Beaded Book” (date unknown), buttons, beads, cowrie shells, thread, and fabric, 11.5 x 10.75 inches (closed), 11.5 x 60 inches (open). All images © Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust, courtesy of Fort Gansevoort, New York; Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Trust; and the Columbus Museum of Art, shared with permission Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s Whimsical…

“L’Atelier rouge (The Red Studio)” (1911), oil on canvas, 71 1/4 x 86 1/4 inches Great Art Explained Traces the Incredible Story of Henri Matisse’s ‘The Red Studio’ November 4, 2026 ArtHistory Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark In today’s art world, provocation and controversy are part and parcel of the market. Think recent…

“Ezinne” (2023), oil and charcoal on canvas, 39.37 x 31.5 inches. Photo by Paul Salveson. All images courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, shared with permission Collins Obijiaku’s Tender Portraits Conjure Memories and Community November 3, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark Through eloquent linear details and brushy, color-blocked…

Kortnee Solomon, Texas, 2025. All images © Ivan McClellan, courtesy of Damiani, shared with permission In an Updated Edition, Photographer Ivan McClellan Returns to Black Rodeo Culture November 3, 2026 BooksPhotography Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark From California to Oklahoma to Illinois, Black communities are saddling up and grasping the reins of a…

“Malikta Protective Deity” (2023), Mexican tiles, mortar, grout, cement board, and plywood, 8 x 8 x 3 feet. All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Assyria is Far from Ancient in Esther Elia’s Characterizations of Contemporary ‘Diasporic Deities’ November 3, 2026 Art Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Copy Bookmark Across ancient Mesopotamia, lamassu…