In Sicily, Mount Etna Blows an Unprecedented Frequency of Rare Volcanic Smoke Rings
Known to locals as the “Lady of the Rings,” Sicily’s Mount Etna is both the highest island mountain in the Mediterranean and the most active stratovolcano in the world. The magnificent landform has even more impressive qualities considering it emits elegant smoke rings, known as volcanic vortex rings, high into the sky. A video from The Straits Times documents the fascinating formations as they drift through the atmosphere.
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Ivan Argote Demands to Know “Who?” in His Enigmatic New Sculpture in Bruges
A pair of sizable bronze boots have paused in a Bruges canal, the whereabouts of their owner unknown. The striking bronze sculpture titled “Who?” by Ivan Argote appears as if an 18th-century statue has been shorn at the knees, inviting speculation about the wearer’s identity.
colonial history, primarily in Africa. More
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Ivan Argote Demands to Know “Who?” in His Enigmatic New Sculpture in Bruges
A pair of sizable bronze boots have paused in a Bruges canal, the whereabouts of their owner unknown. The striking bronze sculpture titled “Who?” by Ivan Argote appears as if an 18th-century statue has been shorn at the knees, inviting speculation about the wearer’s identity.
colonial history, primarily in Africa. More
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Dive Into the Dallas Art Scene: 5 Artists Not to Miss at The Other Art Fair
Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of artistry and creativity at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art, returning to Dallas for its 7th edition from May 9 to 12. Unlike your typical fair experience, this event promises to be a dynamic and vibrant celebration of art in all its forms.
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2,000 Years Ago, Pompeiians Dined Amid the Splendor of These Newly Excavated Frescoes
The ancient city of Pompeii was divided into nine regions, each known as a Regio that was further organized into a number of blocks called Insulae. And in Regio IX, Insula 10, archaeologists recently unearthed stunning frescoes that are seeing the light of day for the first time since volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius engulfed the site in 79 C.E.
Third Style, also known as the “ornate style,” cover every wall. More
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Thandiwe Muriu’s New Book Celebrates the Multi-Faceted Beauty of Kenyan Culture
In 2015, Thandiwe Muriu (previously) began CAMO, a series that takes a kaleidoscopic view of the lives of contemporary African women. Nearly a decade later, hundreds of self-portraits and photos are gathered in a new book from Chronicle Chroma that celebrates the project’s striking visual impact and the nuanced, multi-faceted stories hidden in each image.
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Researchers Uncover Hundreds of New Marine Species in the Underwater Mountain Ecosystems of the Pacific Ocean
Stretching thousands of miles off Chile’s coast to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, the Salas y Gómez Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean. Seventy-three percent of the region is part of the high seas, which is under international control and vastly underexplored. The Salas y Gómez Ridge is one of the most biologically productive regions in the world, and thanks to researchers with the Schmidt Ocean Institute, we now know more about the life that thrives there. More
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Kaleidoscopic Paintings by Edie Fake Invoke the Spiritual Wisdom of Plants
In Persuasions, artist Edie Fake turns their attention to the wise, enduring insights of plants. The new series of acrylic and gouache paintings expands Fake’s bold visual language to incorporate flowers, which they render amidst the kaleidoscopic geometries they’re known for. Evocative of architecture and mechanics, the colorful graphic works veer into the spiritual, melding the myriad systems that order our lives.
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In Billowing Sculptures, Joris Kuipers Suspends Cloud-Like ‘Gardens’ from the Ceiling
Although trained in traditional painting techniques, Dutch artist Joris Kuipers isn’t satisfied with the constraints of a rectangular frame or pieces that sit stationary on the wall. His undulating, cloud-like installations appear to float and flutter as if a clump of giant, colorful autumn leaves have been tossed upwards and frozen in mid-air.
Jardin Suspendus and In Bloom, Kuipers invokes the atmosphere of gardens. Floral-like shapes overlap, swell, and skitter in site-specific installations, whether hanging from the ceiling or flaring up from pedestals. More
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In ‘Epinal,’ Kristof Santy’s Vibrant Tableaux Nod to a 19th-Century French Print Traditions
In 19th-century France, a style of bright, illustrative prints known as Images d’Épinal emerged as a way to portray subjects in sharp colors. The name was derived from the works’ first publisher, who hailed from the municipality of Épinal. And while the designs proved popular in children’s items like card games and books, their use as propaganda glorifying Napoleon I solidified the prints’ rise to fame. Today, “image d’Épinal” has become a proverbial expression in French to refer to a naïve depiction of something, showing only its good characteristics. More
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Peters Valley School of Craft Offers Fine Craft Programming in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Peters Valley School of Craft enriches lives through the learning, appreciation, and practice of fine craft. For more than 50 years, accomplished artists and students have come together as a community to harness the power of creativity and joyous lifelong learning in the beautiful Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. We are firmly dedicated to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access and welcome the experienced professional artist, the new learner, the collector—and everyone in between—to be touched by the power of craft. More
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A Fast-Paced New Commercial by Early Man Film Celebrates the Cultural Rhythms of India
commercial for a steel company by Early Man Film highlights the endless applications of metal. Founded by Anand Menon and Ayappa KM, the Mumbai-based production studio specializes in advertising and documentary shorts, illuminating a wide breadth of lifestyles, traditions, and subcultures around the region. From ceremonies and personal styles to motorcycle parts and fishing implements, the video celebrates an array of daily routines, industries, and customs. More
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Ibrahim Mahama Collaborates with Hundreds of Ghanaian Seamstresses to Envelop the Barbican in Purple Fabric
Before the Blitz in 1940, the area of London that the Barbican now occupies was home to fabric retailers, tailors, furriers, and dressmakers. Following the war, architects devised a plan to create a monumental Brutalist building that would support their utilitarian, socialist vision for the future and designed the hulking concrete structure we know today.
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Remarkable Tessellated Forms Emerge in Intricate Origami by Goran Konjevod
In Goran Konjevod’s meticulously crafted origami pieces, countless creases, ridges, and folds transform into stunning forms (previously). Ranging from vessels to abstract reliefs, the artist draws on his experience in mathematics and computer science to create technically precise yet visually organic sculptures.
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Suffocating Subjects Long for Air in Nick Brandt’s Unsettling Underwater Photos
Although warming global temperatures are causing sea levels to rise around the globe, the Pacific islands are experiencing the change at a more rapid rate than anywhere else. Higher tides and extreme weather can wage unrelating flooding, rendering low-lying regions uninhabitable and displacing the communities that call them home.
Sink / Rise, Nick Brandt peers into the not-so-distant future to imagine the effects of rising waters. His photographs depict people performing unremarkable tasks like sitting at a table or tottering on a seesaw, although their surroundings are incredibly unsettling. More
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90 Photos, 90 Women, 90 Years: ‘The Nature of Hope’ Celebrates Jane Goodall’s Incredible Contributions to Conservation
Jane Goodall, a pioneering primatologist and one of the world’s leading experts on chimpanzees, turned 90 last week, and to celebrate, the team at Vital Impacts (previously) launched a new fundraiser in honor of her legacy.
Jane Goodall Institute, The Nature of Hope: 90 Women Photographers for Jane Goodall brings together dozens of images that reconsider our relationship with the environment. More
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Thousands of Daily Diary Drawings by Pep Carrió Unfurl an Enigmatic World
Strange and wondrous events take place with every turn of the page in Pep Carrió’s continuing daily diary series (previously). In 2007, the artist challenged himself to draw every day, and an easy way to keep himself both motivated and accountable was to fill up an entire Moleskine datebook. With whatever materials were at hand, he began a project that kept his creative wheels turning while challenging the possibilities of a simple two-page spread. More
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Stunning Portraits and Landscapes Emerge from ‘Scarred’ Canvases in Awodiya Toluwani’s Paintings
Whether portraying a quiet domestic scene or a sweeping landscape, Awodiya Toluwani’s striking paintings are connected through a unique surface. As much a subject of the work as his portraits, each canvas is covered in relief marks that imitate scars, or tribal marks, historically common to several indigenous cultures in Africa. When European colonial governments began to condemn and criminalize the practice, it declined or disappeared altogether. But for some, continuing the tradition meant performing an act of resistance. More
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Glorious Blooms Erupt in Nidhi Mariam Jacob’s Meticulous Fantasy Garden Paintings
In the painstakingly detailed canvases of Nidhi Mariam Jacob, myriad flowers and fronds bloom in a vibrant visual symphony. The Bangalore-based artist draws on a longstanding love for the environment. “Nature has been my biggest healer since I was a child,” she tells Colossal. “I spent a lot of my time alone, watching flowers and trees in my mother’s and grandparents’ gardens or out in nature. I loved sitting under the shade of a specific mango tree when I felt down or sad or even extremely happy, and I still do to this day.”
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Through Porcelain Shards and Hundreds of Threads, Helena Hafemann Shatters Notions of Value
One day, as Helena Hafemann was unloading the dishwasher, one of her porcelain saucers shattered. Breaking into several fragments, the beloved plate lost its functional use within a split second, but Hafemann continued to think about its value, reflecting on how much emotional weight the piece still held even in its daunting state.
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