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Coolest Neighborhoods Around the World

Coolest Neighborhoods Around the World

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We all have our list of cities to visit before we die. Many places like Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen are popular tourist destinations, but knowing the right neighborhoods to visit once you get there can mean the difference between finding yourself in a tourist trap and feeling like you understand a country and its culture. Here are the coolest, [...]
Sam Lee Finds Peace in Pottery

Sam Lee Finds Peace in Pottery

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San Francisco-based production potter Sam Lee delves into her creative process, the struggles behind being a full-time artist, and finding inner peace through her work. Each of her pieces are handmade, and as her craft is her meditation, each cup, plate, and vessel has its own soul. Enter her studio, Dusted and Blue, where she creates goods for her shop, [...]
These Impactful Illustrations Are Making Waves in the Latinx Community

These Impactful Illustrations Are Making Waves in the Latinx Community

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Meet Yocelyn Riojas, the illustrator, social activist, and Latinx artist behind the powerful resistance art highlighting recent Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) immigration issues facing millions across the nation. From the Texas Capitol to the most recent Women’s March in Washington DC, Riojas’ impactful illu[...]
‘Pollution Pods’ Art Installation Simulates Smog Cocktails Found In Five Global Cities

‘Pollution Pods’ Art Installation Simulates Smog Cocktails Found In Five Global Cities

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This year marks the 46thAnniversary of Earth Day and what better way to educate the public on issues facing our planet is London’s Somerset House art installation showcasing "Pollution Pods" created by famous British artist Michael Pinsky. Each unique pod simulates different levels of air pollution found in five different locations: London, New Delhi, Sao Pa[...]
Dan Lam’s Trippy, Drippy Sculptures Ooze Otherworldliness

Dan Lam’s Trippy, Drippy Sculptures Ooze Otherworldliness

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From her Dallas studio, artist Dan Lam works on a collection of fantastical shiny, sparkly, neon squishes, drips and blob sculptures creating masterful pieces that can only be described as otherworldly. Whether dripping from shelves, freestanding, or mounted on walls, Lam’s art is truly unpredictable. “Since college and graduate school I’ve always been fasci[...]
5 Most Thought Provoking Art Exhibits Around the World

5 Most Thought Provoking Art Exhibits Around the World

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Let’s face it, looking at items in a glass display case sometimes just doesn't quite do the exhibit justice. Even for the most serious art aficionado, it just doesn't quite compare to when multiple senses are stimulated and you're able to be a part of the show. The history and stories become part of your existence (and make for great photo ops); which is why[...]
How Abstract Art Helped Bridge Divides in Yugoslavia

How Abstract Art Helped Bridge Divides in Yugoslavia

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Passing through the countryside in southeast Europe, it’s entirely possible to see massive, alien-like concrete statues looming on the horizon, away from galleries, museums and other traditional art venues. These monuments look mighty and mystical, their somewhat neglected appearance giving an impression they are as old as the planet itself. Yet, most of the[...]
Drawing the world's strangeness with Benê Fabio

Drawing the world's strangeness with Benê Fabio

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In a series of works by artist Benê Fabio, cartoonish figures with fluorescent clothing sit with their eyes glued to their smartphones — literally. The figures are simultaneously grotesque and intriguing: their eyeballs burst out from their faces, reminiscent of those eyeball-popping glasses you get at costume stores during Halloween, before being planted on[...]
Naoshima, Island of Art

Naoshima, Island of Art

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On a small island on the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan, a conspicuous statue of a polka-dotted pumpkin sits on a concrete pier, overlooking the vastness of the sea. This odd, yet striking juxtaposition perfectly encapsulates what the Naoshima project strives to achieve: an otherworldly ambience in which art and nature are allowed to co-exist without obsta[...]
Alyssa Karpa Finds Healing Through Her Feminist Art

Alyssa Karpa Finds Healing Through Her Feminist Art

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We say that art is therapy; that through creating and pouring your dreams, fears, secrets into your craft, you release and and begin to flow in a state of lurid tranquility. All that exists is you, and sorrow, ecstasy, desire weaving itself into fabric of your making. And before you know it, there is yourself, on canvas, a textile, a sculpture, a song, or in[...]