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Watch Helena Wurzel’s “Garden Shadow” grow!

It’s not often that we get to watch an artwork come to life, but Helena Wurzel made that magic happen. For today’s Artist Spotlight, Wurzel’s walking us through the creation of her painting Garden Shadow—with pics galore! We strung those pics together in the gif above for a play-by-play of her pr...

A gold reading: Marcy Palmer’s book of gilded botanics

Weekend food for thought: Beauty isn’t frivolous. It’s not a luxury, but rather a restorative force, a way to reconnect with ourselves and the world around us. That’s the idea that inspired Marcy Palmer’s recent photographic project You Are Eternity, which she describes as “an antidote for person...

Martha Rich makes voting reminders + COVID safety look cool.

Martha Rich's floor design for Mural Arts' Space Pads project to encourage social distancing Martha Rich is our kind of rabble rouser, channeling her acerbic wit and aesthetic talent into happy-making art and do-gooder deeds. And she’s one productive sparkplug! Rich has kept the art coming from h...

Print for the people! Support Amos Kennedy's letterpress paradise

There’s a picture of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. next to “idiosyncratic” in the dictionary. Or is it “irreverent”? Heck, he probably appears in a few places—he’s got personality to spare. Known for his signature overalls and provocative edge, the proprietor of KennedyPrints! is well-versed in writing h...

Kindah Khalidy’s blissfully chaotic colors + shapes

From Kindah Khalidy's solo show Soft Serve at Chandran Gallery The urge to hibernate starts to hit hard this time of year, but before you impulse purchase footie pajamas let us point out something that always wakes us up: Kindah Khalidy’s riotous artwork. Khalidy’s sumptuous swirls, drips, blocks...

One for the books: Anna Atkins @ NYPL closes soon.

This week we finally made it to the New York Public Library to see Blue Prints. Pro tip: don’t sleep on this exhibition! It features the work of pioneering photographer and scientist Anna Atkins, tapping into over a decade of research and showing off the abiding beauty of Atkins’ cyanotype image...

Photographer + model night owl Pete Mauney takes a shot in the dark.

Listen—with headphones, in the dark—to Pete Mauney at work on his incredible firefly photographs on these two episodes of Spinning on Air.Morning people get all the props, but this Artist Spotlight is dedicated to the night owls among us. Daylight is dwindling as we work our way toward winter sol...

Art, exploration and activism with Los Angeleno Carolyn Castaño

Carolyn Castaño's piece, Heroine (After Policarpa Salavarrieta Jose Maria Espinosa), featured in her most recent solo show at Laband Art Gallery. Summer is Carolyn Castaño’s season. We’re saying that partly because the LA-based visual artist’s bright, passionate color palettes and energetic comp...