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Champs d’oiseaux, sculptures en bronze au square du Grand Palais

une oeuvre fondée sur l'observation des processus de transformation du vivant et de la matière.

Journal du Design · FR

Hermès, un hibou en vol en bronze patiné

Les lignes de Hermès ne s’arrêtent pas à la matière de l’animal : elles se poursuivent dans l’espace

Journal du Design · FR

Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Manga Universe

Lately, I’ve been wondering why there's been such a dearth of interesting map styles among all the new "vibe-coded" projects floating around. My guess is that AI toolchains encourage developers to churn out projects at breakneck speed, leaving little time to jump into Maputnik and craft a bespoke style that actually complements their app’s aesthetic. But just as I was losing hope of ever seeing another genuinely inventive style - reminiscent of the golden age of Stamen's Water Color Map or the Hand Drawn Map of Toulouse , along comes Location Scout (known in Japanese as Dokodemo Rokehan / どこでも

Maps Mania · EN

Famous Place Pictures in Japanese Art

In the 1830s, Katsushika Hokusai ignited a golden age of Japanese landscape art with his Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji. Capturing the topography, seasons, and human activity around Japan's sacred peak, Hokusai’s masterpiece inspired his contemporary, Utagawa Hiroshige, to create One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - a breathtaking visual survey of Japan’s bustling capital. Both series belong to Ukiyo-e (浮世絵), "pictures of the floating world," a genre of Edo-period woodblock prints. More specifically, they elevated the sub-genre of Meisho-e (名所絵), or "famous place pictures." Fueled by a 19th-centu

Maps Mania · EN

How Helldivers 2 uses Blender to build its gritty sci-fi hardware

Concept artist Christian Forsgren explains how Arrowhead takes hardware from Blender blockout to in-engine testing.

Creative Bloq · EN

Beaches, Beatles and a broken marriage: how Wilhelmina Barns-Graham became a radical art icon

The artist who was inspired by Swiss glaciers, the Vietnam war and her own divorce was sidelined from St Ives’ art history – but finally has a major retrospective at Tate At the centre of Tate St Ives’ newly opened retrospective of the British modernist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, her monumental altar-piece Glacier (Blue Cave) pulls viewers into its frozen tendons of turquoise and white. Its mouth is agape and the blue slit of its eye casts downwards to the rest of its body. The glacier feels human: a vivisection of rock, ice and snow that brings to mind the fragmented facial features of Picasso’

Guardian Culture · EN

I Will Never Be the Pianist My Father Loves Best

An excerpt from Hudson by Hernán Ronsino, translated by Mallory Craig-Kuhn When Navia finally says my father is dead, I am about to go on stage to play. I don’t know why it is that in transcendent moments I always think of trivial things: the world opens out into a multitude of dots, and I […] The post I Will Never Be the Pianist My Father Loves Best appeared first on Electric Literature .

Electric Literature · EN

The Power of Touch in High Art

Don’t Touch the Art by DS Waldman The first time I brought my mother to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, she reached out and touched one of my favorite paintings. I’d acquired a long-term press pass to the museum to help finish my first book, which features a number of ekphrastic poems and […] The post The Power of Touch in High Art appeared first on Electric Literature .

Electric Literature · EN

The Vibrant Color Wheels Designed by Goethe, Newton & Other Theorists of Color (1665–1810)

Maybe it’s the cloistered headiness of Rene Descartes, or the rigorous austerity of Isaac Newton; maybe it’s all the leathern breeches, gray waistcoats, sallow faces, and powdered wigs… but we tend not to associate Enlightenment Europe with an explosion of color theory. Yet philosophers of the late 17th and 18th centuries were obsessed with light […]

Open Culture · EN

News: National Indigenous art prize puts Lismore on Australia’s cultural map

The post News: National Indigenous art prize puts Lismore on Australia’s cultural map appeared first on Digital Photography School . It was authored by Sime . National Indigenous art prize puts Lismore on Australia’s cultural map Some of Australia’s most exciting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists will compete for $23,000 in prize money in Lismore this year, as finalists are announced for the 2026 Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award. Run nationally from Lismore Regional Gallery in partnership with the Koori […] The post News: National Indigenous art prize puts Lismore on Australia’s cul

Digital Photography School · EN

Artist Guridi

Loving these illustrations by artist Guridi. (Whispers: Makes me miss Tattly, the temporary tattoo company I once ran and is now defunct.)

Swiss Miss · EN

Dreamy Digital Illustrations by Rebecca Zwanzig Tap into Art History and Nostalgia

The Portland-based artist's lush gradients are inspired by a love for oil painting. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dreamy Digital Illustrations by Rebecca Zwanzig Tap into Art History and Nostalgia appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal Art · EN

Timeless Totemic Figures by Izumi Kato Coexist in an Otherworldly Aquatic Realm

The artist's eponymous solo exhibition opens tomorrow at Perrotin in New York. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Timeless Totemic Figures by Izumi Kato Coexist in an Otherworldly Aquatic Realm appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal Art · EN

Playfully Vibrant Abstract Murals by Zebu Enliven Urban Walls

The Berlin-based duo draw on their background in illustration and graphic design to create eye-popping compositions. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Playfully Vibrant Abstract Murals by Zebu Enliven Urban Walls appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal Art · EN

Found Object Masks by Romuald Hazoumè Counter Sorrow with Sympathy

Romuald Hazoumé encircles plastic jugs with feathers, netting, paintbrushes, and other found materials. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Found Object Masks by Romuald Hazoumè Counter Sorrow with Sympathy appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal Art · EN

Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Moving Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a Lifetime of Sorrow in the Making

A hymn of rage, a hymn of redemption, and a timeless love letter to the possible.

Brain Pickings · EN

11 Standout Projects from Dutch Design Week 2026

From experimental materials and sculptural furniture to installations questioning technology and surveillance, these 11 projects explore the ideas shaping contemporary design.

Design Milk · EN

Friday Five with Bram Vanderbeke: Finding Inspiration in Ancient Ruins and Architecture

The Belgian artist and designer shares what inspired the Anthology Side Table/Stool, created in collaboration with jeweler Lore Van Keer

Design Milk · EN

Toledo Museum of Art Brings Bobby Anspach Home

The late artist’s immersive sculptures invite visitors to explore perception, mindfulness, and human connection in a new exhibition

Design Milk · EN

Samia Halaby and the Amiga 1000

The unique features of the Motorola 68000 that facilitated an enchanting Golden Age for pixel art Continue reading on UX Collective »

UX Collective · EN

Escape into Gretchen Scherer’s Maximalist Paintings of Palatial, Art-Filled Spaces

Scherer's paintings of affluent homes, studios, and libraries appear to expand before our eyes. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Escape into Gretchen Scherer’s Maximalist Paintings of Palatial, Art-Filled Spaces appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

17th-Century Embroidery Meets Hand-Carved Wooden Vessels by Aspen Golann

Golann creates uniquely sculptural, contemporary iterations of furniture and vessels in a nod to early American craft traditions. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article 17th-Century Embroidery Meets Hand-Carved Wooden Vessels by Aspen Golann appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

Faceted Faces and Surreal Still Lifes Fill GaHee Park’s Dreamy Paintings

An eye peers from a goblet. A disembodied finger creeps from beneath a curtain. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Faceted Faces and Surreal Still Lifes Fill GaHee Park’s Dreamy Paintings appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘A Real Love Thing’ Surveys a Decade of the Artist’s Multidisciplinary Practice

Fifteen works amplify Gibson's interest in pattern, music, queer iconography, and his Indigenous Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee heritage. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘A Real Love Thing’ Surveys a Decade of the Artist’s Multidisciplinary Practice appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN