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Reviews, features, and essays on contemporary art
Mariana Castillo Deball at Dortmunder Kunstverein
September 21, 2025 – January 25, 2026
Wade into Slow-Motion Suspension and Anticipation in the Radiant Film ‘Divers’
Glimpse an atmospheric day in the life of an elite high-diving camp in a short film by Geordie Wood. Do stories and...
‘Making the Invisible Visible’ Highlights an Ambitious Digitization Project at Harvard
More than 3,000 historical scientific microscope slides are conserved and digitized to enable greater access. Do...
Potential of Other Worlds: Mystery, Lineage, and Los Angeles at AMPHI Gallery
“During one of those sleepless nights, the thought crosses my mind that pregnancy happens to you, like...
From The Aesthetica Art Prize: Surreal Scenes
Glitched landscapes. Paper fish. Echoes of René Magritte. These longlisted artists from the 2025 Aesthetica Art...
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Gretchen Jeens is Shifting Her Approach
Gretchen Jeen’s Small Talk is upcoming in Shift, a Women’s Art Association of Canada exhibition exploring...
This Year’s Must-See Architecture Exhibitions
These five exhibitions spotlight the designers and buildings inspired by culture, history and ecology that...
Expanding Narratives
Mexican photographer Alejandro Cartagena uses the camera to examine the most pressing social, urban and...
Pentagram designs identity for first-of-its kind gender equality mapping tool
The patchwork feel of the identity was chosen to celebrate the beauty and power of diversity, without distracting...
The generation advertising can't sweet-talk
As the UK's HFSS restrictions take hold, food brands are losing their oldest emotional shortcuts. In this opinion...