Community, Traditions, and Resilience Ring Through New Public Works for Tbilisi Mural Fest
Residents and commuters alike can now enjoy more than 20 new, large-scale public artworks across five Georgian cities thanks to the 2024 Tbilisi Mural Fest…
Psychedelic Distortions and Glitches Streak Across Alexis Mata’s Bold Paintings
From digital glitches to mind-bending distortions, Mexico City-based artist Alexis Mata is interested in how visual information gets lost or skewed as it shifts from…
New book views glacier paintings of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham through the eyes of poets and glaciologists
The glacier paintings of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) are some of her best-known works. When the Scottish artist visited the Grindelwald Glacier in Switzerland in May…
Guadalupe Maravilla’s Volcanic Rock Sculptures Invoke Resilience and Regeneration
With the region’s smallest geographic footprint, El Salvador boasts the second-highest number of volcanos in Central America. The country is located on the Ring of…
Masks and Make-Believe: Children Traverse ‘Paper Stories’ in José Luis Ceña’s Paintings
Elaborate, imaginary worlds open up around the youthful characters in José Luis Ceña’s oil paintings. Brushy, splattered, and sometimes fuzzy around the edges, his protagonists…
Swans, Plants, and Fragmented Figures Warmly Embrace in Yool Kim’s Paintings
Warmth permeates Yool Kim’s most recent body of work, which portrays tangled masses of limbs and swans in rich palettes of reds, pinks, and oranges….
In a Resounding ‘Renaissance,’ Conrad Jon Godly’s Acrylic Paintings Scale Alpine Peaks
Through the deft manipulation of thick acrylic paint on canvas, Conrad Jon Godly summons snow-capped peaks, tumbling mountain springs, and shifting weather. At JD Malat…
