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Steel Giants of Iceland: Turning Power Lines into Walking Monuments

Architecture /

The Land of Giants reimagines Iceland’s high-voltage pylons as 150-foot-tall (45-meter) human-like steel figures, turning functional infrastructure into monumental sculptures. Proposed by Choi+Shine Architects for Landsnet, Iceland’s power transmission company, the concept won recognition in a 2008 international competition.​ Project Origins Choi+Shine, led by Jin Choi and Thomas Shine, entered the 2008 Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon […]

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111 Artists Announced for “In Minor Keys,” Main Exhibition of the 61st Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale 2026 /

The 61st Venice Biennale has unveiled the list of 111 participating artists for its main exhibition, In Minor Keys, curated by the team of the late Cameroonian-Senegalese curator Koyo Kouoh. Slated to open this April in the Giardini and Arsenale, the exhibition is being widely regarded as one of the most anticipated editions in recent years,

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Room for More Art | The Design Umbrella

Room for More Art | Why Art is Essential in Every Space | Mudra Shah | The Design Umbrella In this episode of Room for More Art, we sit down with Ar. Mudra Shah, Principal Architect at The Design Umbrella, Ahmedabad. Practicing since 2011, Mudra leads her multidisciplinary firm offering end-to-end solutions—approvals, licensing, ROI calculations,

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Memory and Material: New Show at Mumbai Brings Five Artists into Dialogue with the Past

Exhibitions /

Mumbai’s Sakshi Gallery opens its latest exhibition Memory Keepers on February 26, 2026, bringing together five artists — Debashish Paul, Élodie Alexandre, Hasan Ali Kadiwala, Moumita Basak, and Sudipta Das — whose works explore memory as both fleeting and enduring. On view until March 31, the show unfolds as a contemplation of how the personal and collective

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The winds and water of Winslow Homer: The blue that still speaks to us today

Featured, On This Day /

On February 24, the art world marks the birthday of Winslow Homer, an artist whose work continues to feel startlingly alive more than a century after his death. Born in 1836, Homer painted oceans, wars, and solitary figures with an honesty that resists nostalgia. His seas were never just blue, his landscapes never just beautiful—they

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Paramjit Singh: A Lifetime in Light and Landscape

Artist Profile /

On this day Paramjit Singh, born in 1935 in Amritsar, has crafted a six-decade career as one of India’s foremost landscape painters, blending realism, abstraction, and mysticism in luminous depictions of nature. Influenced by his Punjab roots and modernist techniques, he evolved from early figuration to transcendent visions of hills, trees, and skies, often capturing

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Brushstrokes and Bronze: When Artists Competed at the Olympics

Pages from History /

Olympic art competitions awarded medals alongside athletic events from 1912 to 1948, a unique fusion of culture and sport envisioned by founder Pierre de Coubertin. These events celebrated the ancient Greek ideal of harmony between body and mind, drawing thousands of entries until professionals’ dominance led to their discontinuation. Historical Origins Baron Pierre de Coubertin

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AlUla Unveils Name and Vision for New Contemporary Art Museum in Saudi Arabia

International Art News /

In a landmark announcement for the global art world, Arts AlUla has officially revealed the name and vision of the AlUla Contemporary Art Museum, a major new institution set to become a cultural cornerstone in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The museum, which will feature original works ranging from Pablo Picasso to Etel Adnan, underscores AlUla’s growing reputation as a hub for international

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Moved by the Plight of Punch the Monkey? 18 Artworks That Capture Loneliness

Featured /

Punch the Monkey, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo, went viral after his mother abandoned him. Viewers connected deeply with clips of the lonely primate clutching a stuffed orangutan toy for comfort, seeing their own isolation reflected in his quiet distress. This digital phenomenon echoes a timeless theme in visual art, where artists

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Between Earth and Ephemera, and the Art of Skarma Sonam Tashi

Artist Profile, Venice Biennale 2026 /

As India’s representative at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2026, Skarma Sonam Tashi is carrying an artistic career advancing at an incredible pace, as well as the spirit of an entire high-altitude culture in Ladakh. Tashi, a sculptor whose materials, philosophy, and form speak forcefully to the ecological and cultural crises of our time, was

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