The unseen masterpieces of Frida Kahlo
BBC - Lost or little-known works by the Mexican artist provide fresh insights on her life and work. Holly Williams explores the rarely seen art included in a new book of the complete paintings. - read more ...
The Olympic cauldron by Nendo is a flaming volleyball
Domus - Created by Oki Sato’s studio, one of the best-known Japanese design firms famous for its unique and extravagant design of everyday objects, it is a tribute to the sun and its energy, but also to Japanes...
Paintings of Yuichi Onouchi: Emotions in Colors
by Paul Zimmerman
It has long been observed in all painting that an elevated felling of expressive contrast in any artwork deepens the emotional spectrum of the artist's efforts. This is certainly apt as the v...
Spotlight: Marija Orlovic
“Shaping feelings…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Marija Orlovic
Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art?
Marija Orlovic: In my childhood it was the feeling of freedom and beauty t...
artist soo sunny park on liminal spaces and casting light as a sculptural material
Design Boom - Light becomes a sculptural material throughout the diverse portfolio of artist Soo Sunny Park, whose projects challenge the boundaries between sculpture, installation, and drawing. after moving to...
Looted Ethiopian Artifacts Withdrawn from Sale at British Auction House
Hyperallergic - In response to appeals from the Ethiopian government, a leather-bound Ethiopian Coptic Bible and a set of Victorian graduated horn beakers were withdrawn from a June 17 sale at Busby, a small au...
How Do You Move a 30-Ton Diego Rivera Fresco? Very Carefully.
NY TIMES - For decades the monumental 10-panel fresco by Diego Rivera depicting a continent linked by creativity has been mounted in the lobby of a theater at City College of San Francisco. - read more ...
How Basquiat and Street Artists Left Their Mark on Hip-Hop Culture
NY TIMES - BOSTON — By 1984, 24-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat had already broken into the mainstream art world. But the onetime street artist still couldn’t shake the legacy of his teenage years spent writing ...
british artist needles intricate 3D ’embroidered edibles’ that look like real food
designboom - British artist and designer youmeng liu has unveiled a series of embroidered food designs that look like real food. using her newly developed 3D punch needle technique, liu has taken it upon hersel...