Socks

23 Apr. 2023
In 1991, Francisco Javier Rencoret, a Chilean architect and then Fulbright scholar at Cornell University, published New York City: The Edge of Enigma, (Princeton Architectural Press), a visual essay [...]
26 Mar. 2023
The ancient Berber village of Matmata in South Tunisia, located between the Eastern coast and the desert, is characterised by settlements of dwellings dug into the clay-gypsum layers of the ground. [...]
22 Jan. 2023
Contemporary Spanish painter Carlos Morago depicts realistic interior scenes that are mostly reduced to the bare minimum: light floors and walls and sporadical furniture. Empty corridors and rooms [...]
11 Dec. 2022
The Toghrol Tower is a 20 meters high tower located in the city of Rey in Iran made of bricks and Sarooj, a water-resistant mortar. It was erected in 1063, and according to some sources, it was [...]
7 Nov. 2022
Sandrine Marc is a photographer and artist based in Paris with a specific interest in self-made editions. She investigates urban and suburban territories through slow, long walks immersing herself [...]
23 Oct. 2022
American architect Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) was also an artist, writer and stage designer. He was based in Rochester, NY where he built his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad [...]
16 Oct. 2022
The second album by British new wave band XTC did not feature any images. Instead, a written essay about how buyers are attracted by album covers to buy records was used. The paragraph, which [...]
9 Oct. 2022
James Lipnickas is a New Haven-based artist and graphic designer. He creates highly evocative scenes representing small architectural stages in axonometric projection. Suspended stairwells, [...]
2 Oct. 2022
The palace of Charles V in Granada was built starting in 1527 as a summer palace for the emperor. The Renaissance building is located inside the Alhambra, the former Nasrid complex on Sabika hill, a [...]
12 Jun. 2022
Bernard Moninot is a French multimedia artist. Over the 1970s and the 1980s, he produced a series of drawings, (inks, crayons and acrylics) of greenhouses based on various modes of representation, [...]

Aesthetica Magazine

30 May. 2023
Wangyingzhi Janny Ji is an award-winning designer with a varied creative background. Her work has been recognised by the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, Graphis, Adobe, STA 100, [...]
28 May. 2023
If you could list some of the innumerable objects multimedia artist Sarah Sze uses in the site-specific installations in Timelapse, it would be a myriad of items that do not seemingly belong [...]
26 May. 2023
“I still hesitate when anyone asks me where I’m from, no doubt a question owing to my unusual accent,” writes Brighton-based Ian Howorth. The photographer, who was born in Peru, spent time in [...]
26 May. 2023
Helen Blejerman is a Mexican artist based in the UK. She uses her practice to explore “the spiritual aspect of people in the context of violence, in particular the context of femicide. My [...]
26 May. 2023
In a series of black and white images shot on 35mm film, Paddy Summerfield (b. 1947) documents his mother’s Alzheimer’s and his father’s dedication to caring for her. The photobook, titled [...]
25 May. 2023
“When a new direction in art appears, it always seems strange at first.” – Julius Voegtli (1879-1944). When the first Impressionist exhibition launched in 1874, it was met with [...]
25 May. 2023
Alchemy emerged after the eighth century with the aim of transforming metal into gold. The protoscientific idea originated and developed in various strands, including ancient China, countries in [...]
24 May. 2023
The V&A, London, has collected and exhibited photography since it was founded in the 1850s. On 25 May 2023, the final phase of its Photography Centre will open – the largest galleries in the [...]
24 May. 2023
London Gallery Weekend (LGW) originated at the grassroots level during the pandemic. Now, it takes place the 2 – 4 June and unites over 80 galleries across the capital. This year’s event [...]
23 May. 2023
Tom Wood (b. 1951) is affectionately known as the “Photie Man” across Merseyside. The Irish-born artist has certainly earned this title; it’s the result of 50 years dedicated to photographing [...]

Biblioklept

29 May. 2023
Skin Graft (Transplantation), from The War series, 1924 by Otto Dix [...]
29 May. 2023
“A Way You’ll Never Be” by Ernest Hemingway The attack had gone across the field, been held up by machine-gun fire from the sunken road and from the group of farm houses, encountered [...]
27 May. 2023
I brought a box of old books to my spot; I did not intend to pick up any books but then I picked up six: I’d been looking for a handsome and/or cheap copy of Aldous Huxley’s The Devils [...]
26 May. 2023
Lord Candlestick’s Horses, 1938 by Leonora Carrington [...]
25 May. 2023
Une après-midi, 2022 by Xiao Guo Hui (b. [...]
24 May. 2023
Penelope, 1923 by Glyn Philpot [...]
24 May. 2023
Q. It’s interesting that you say your new book is surreal but not magical realism. You’ve said that you don’t consider your earlier books to be surrealistic. Why not? A. Surrealism [...]
23 May. 2023
“Wet” by Joy Williams from 99 Stories of God The Lord was drinking some water out of a glass. There was nothing wrong with the glass, but the water tasted terrible. This was in a white building [...]
23 May. 2023
This is not a review of Fernanda Melchor’s collection This Is Not Miami. First published in 2013, This Is Not Miami is now available in English translation by Sophie Hughes. Hughes [...]
22 May. 2023
The War Crime, 2022 by Ben Quilty (b. [...]

Creative Boom

30 May. 2023
Tina Touli Tina Touli's work delights in the power of motion, [...]
30 May. 2023
Rosie Greener, Good Daze When it comes to jewellery design, [...]
30 May. 2023
Food colouring products aren't all the same. Premium brand [...]
30 May. 2023
Female-founded and Shoreditch-based Curve Club is a new type [...]
25 May. 2023
Want to get into font design but feel confused by the craft? [...]
25 May. 2023
London-based illustrator Jingxin Fang stays true to herself [...]
24 May. 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock By automating dull, repetitive [...]
24 May. 2023
We reveal the new 'masterbrand' for Channel 4, courtesy of [...]
24 May. 2023
Porteños (“people of the port”) captured going about their day in Buenos Aires. All [...]
24 May. 2023
© Will Cordell Texas-based illustrator Will Cordell [...]

Spoon & Tamago

25 May. 2023
all images courtesy Gaku Yamazaki Gaku Yamazaki, a 21-year old college senior, spends his spare time traversing Japan in search of what he has dubbed ikei-yajirushi, or ‘unusual arrows.’ [...]
18 May. 2023
These white and intricate forms appear to be the work of mother nature, sculpted over hundreds and thousands of years. Instead, they’re the work of Japanese ceramicist Eriko Inazaki, who [...]
16 May. 2023
If you want to escape the hustle and bustle of touristy Kyoto, head to this newly opened oasis of books and coffee. Located slightly north of central Kyoto is the Donkou Kissa Fang, a serene cafe and [...]
14 May. 2023
All images © Kenta Hasegawa courtesy Suppose Design Office “Buy a vacation home that doubles as a hotel.” That’s the tagline for ‘Not A Hotel,’ a real estate start-up founded [...]
13 May. 2023
the Kyoto Aqarium’s 2020 Penguin Relationship Flowchart Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe [...]
13 May. 2023
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, one of Japan’s most-historically and culturally significant shrines, will undergo a massive renovation beginning in May of 2023. And for three years the honden main [...]
7 May. 2023
Come for the art, stay for the coffee. Japan’s numerous museums offer a little bit of everything. Whether it’s cutting edge, contemporary art in Tokyo or a tiny museum in the countryside [...]
6 May. 2023
The moment we saw this foldable electric bike, something awakened our inner child. We couldn’t quite put our finger on it bit it was a feeling akin to seeing a brand new toy in a toy shop. It [...]
4 May. 2023
photo courtesy Sabogawa Koinobori Kawanagashi Association Around this time of year, Japan becomes decorated with scenes of fish fluttering in the sky. Known as koinobori, the carp streamers are an [...]
23 Apr. 2023
All images © Simose Art Museum Stretching over an area of 4.6 hectares and situated alongside the picturesque Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima is the Simose Art Garden Villa. Designed by architect [...]

this isn't happiness.

30 May. 2023
Manhattanhenge, Diana Robinson (@dianarobinsonnyc)
30 May. 2023
Woman in a Summer Kimono, Goyo Hashiguchi
30 May. 2023
Knock loud, I’m home - Dillon Marsh
30 May. 2023
Anatomically coreect, Martin Jarrie
30 May. 2023
I see green, icy blue - Brandon Lozano
30 May. 2023
What we’re reading, Todd Alcott
30 May. 2023
Personal Message
30 May. 2023
Band of outsiders, Daniel Heidkamp
30 May. 2023
Everyones favorite, Thomas Bryson-King (because)
30 May. 2023
Double ducks, Florentijn Hofman

all things amazing

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The Art Room Plant

30 May. 2023
 I chose some works by Sayaka Aburada today for their love of clouds. It is very hot here (for Scotland) and the sun is brutal in its ability to burn, so I'm seeking clouds to nurture. Sayaka [...]
29 May. 2023
Figurative painting by Grimsby artist James Bland. 
25 May. 2023
 Ruari Knott's degree show was a shape shifting exhibition of prints that were transformed by being the base for projections, altering the colour and composition before your eyes. 
24 May. 2023
 'Disposable' am I disposable? Are you disposable? Is this disposable? What is the value, are we valued, what is disposable?  This is the question explored in the degree show of  [...]
23 May. 2023
 The glowing kaleidoscopic work of Morwenna King."My work revolves around the themes of light and colour, psychedelia and patterns in nature. Is it just coincidence that neurons, tree branches, [...]
22 May. 2023
 A concept book about a frightened ghost called Moff who is particularly scared of the dark by Chloe Dickson for her graduate show at Dundee. 
21 May. 2023
Anne Brodies degree show was a wild flailing dance of gestural branches and organic sculptural forms. The Dance'All things on earth interact in a continual cycle of encounters. One thing turns [...]
20 May. 2023
 The view from a train is this latest animation from the wonderful illustrator Eun Young Choi, I love the split screen of this animation and it's calmness.
18 May. 2023
 A book where animals shape share across the pages by Inbar Heller Algazi.
16 May. 2023
 A strangely sweet pile of humans from Faye Moorhouse's zine called 'orgy', where you draw on your own wiggly bits.

תערוכות בירושלים

31 May. 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - 17:00 #שיחגלריה ארץ אבות: גן עדן | תערוכה בפרויקט נדבך 23
31 May. 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023 - 12:00 Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 14:00 ★ טיפול תקופתי ★ שיר סניור וקרן קינברג #תערוכה חדשה בבית הנסן מאז ומעולם [...]
31 May. 2023
Friday, December 2, 2022 - 20:00 Saturday, June 10, 2023 - 14:00 רוח בחומר פסלי אלים מהמוזיאון הלאומי של הודו אוצרת: מרים מלאכי מעצבת: [...]
31 May. 2023
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 19:30 Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 14:00 דָּלֶת אַמּוֹת, תצלומים מארחים ציור - #תערוכה חדשה בגלריה לאמנות אמנים [...]
31 May. 2023
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - 20:00 Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 14:00 סיגלית לנדאו: הים הבוער אוצר: אמיתי מנדלסון עוזר לאוצר: רותם זוטא מעצב: [...]
31 May. 2023
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - 20:00 Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 14:00 שעת אין־מנוח בעקבות ספר הג'ונגל אוצרת: טליה עמאר עוזרת לאוצרת: שלי [...]
31 May. 2023
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 19:00 Saturday, June 17, 2023 - 14:00 מרב קמל וחליל בלבין: מיצי מרה אוצרים: טניה סירקוביץ' ואמיתי [...]
31 May. 2023
Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - 20:00 Tuesday, August 1, 2023 - 14:00 דמיאן הירסט: דשא מכוסח – ירושלים החדשה מוצג מיוחד אוצרת: אורלי רבי אולם [...]
31 May. 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 19:30 Saturday, August 12, 2023 - 14:00 דוד רקיע: שנות פריז אוצר: רון ברטוש דוד רקיע (1928–2012) עיצב את קברו עוד [...]
31 May. 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 19:30 Saturday, August 12, 2023 - 14:00 אילנה חמאוי | עבודות עפר אוצר: אילן ויזגן תערוכתה של אילנה חמאוי, “עבודות [...]
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