“He was a golden boy, always successful,” says gallerist Amalia Dayan of late Italian artist Domenico Gnoli in a recent W Magazine feature. “He wasn’t a marginal figure. His show in New York, right before he died [at the early age of 36, just five years after his work started to pick up], was at Sidney Janis, one of the most important galleries at the time. So his work was accepted in a positive way—but it was strange work. It didn’t look like anything else at the time. It still doesn’t.”(...) Read More about Rare Works by the Late Domenico Gnoli (102 words)

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Jacob Hashimoto‘s ephemeral installations, often done in an overall soft white hue and constructed from light rice paper, intend to simulate nature. This is showcased in two of his site-specific installations—Superabundant Atmosphere and Silence Still Governs Our Consciousness—where the(...) Read More about Jacob Hashimoto’s Ephemeral Installations (91 words)

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Ana Soler is something of a maximalist in the art scene. Her latest work, Causa-Efecto, incorporates 2,000 tennis balls carefully aligned in suspended trajectories—appearing to bounce off every surface possible within the Mustang Art Gallery in Alicante, Spain. This is just the latest of(...) Read More about Ana Soler’s Causa-Efecto (47 words)

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Paper might not be the best material when it comes to keeping things in one piece, but Ingrid Siliakus manages to do so with amazing success. The Amsterdam-born artist first discovered “paper architecture”—the art of creating an object out of a single piece of paper—through Prof. Masahiro Chatani, who originated the art form in the(...) Read More about Ingrid Siliakus’ Paper Architecture (123 words)

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Most artists usually just take a brush or pen to paper, Steven Spazuk prefers to use a flame. The French Canadian artist has developed this unique technique for about 10 years now, which entails essentially burning a thick sheet of paper, and then manipulating the soot left behind until(...) Read More about Steven Spazuk’s Soot Art (40 words)

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I don’t know what’s harder—chopping up heaps of Louis Vuitton bags or coming up with creation after amazing creation of creatures from the parts. British artist Billie Achilleos had to do both of these when she was commissioned for the luxury fashion house’s Maroquinaris Zoologicae, celebrating their 100th anniversary in the (...) Read More about Louis Vuitton’s Maroquinaris Zoologicae (153 words)

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There are artists you admire for their acute attention to detail, and there are those you admire for free-flowing technique. Melissa Manfull, who works with ink, graphite, and pencil, is an artist admired for both. Combining one to three mediums per piece, Melissa’s work usually features architectural-style geometric structures, juxtaposed with (...) Read More about Melissa Manfull’s Artwork (54 words)

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It’s always nice to see some hand-drawn illustrations these days, and in a picture book, no less! Avant-garde publishing house Gestalten has just released Illustrators Unlimited, a 288-page hardcover that presents “cutting-edge illustration talents scouted from around the world”.

From established names to fresh up-and-comers, the book reveals an(...) Read More about Gestalten’s ‘Illustrators Unlimited’ Book (40 words)

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Maximo Riera’s The Animal Chair Collection are art pieces, which one can just so happen to sit on. Not that many of us would. Sparing no effort or expense, the Spanish artist blended the best of cutting edge technology with expert craftsmanship. This includes three-dimensional computer modeling, a CNC milling machine, an internal frame, as well as over 30 professionals for the entire project.(...) Read More about Maximo Riera’s The Animal Collection (13 words)

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