Contemporary Art Blog
Memory Jars / Memory Jugs In the realm of commemorative art, memory jugs stand out as a maximalist approach to memorialization. They are more than adorned pieces of many collections. These artifacts, deeply rooted in various cultural traditions...
Seoul-based painter Yool Kim builds worlds from the inside out. Her mixed media works pull viewers into dense, layered compositions where human figures and swans intertwine, dissolve into one another, and emerge again -- fragmented, multiplied, and...
Kansas-based artist Jennifer Schermerhorn creates figurative sculptures that sit at the intersection of the female body, identity, and society's long history of defining what a woman should be. Her work draws a pointed parallel between the...
Candy Makeup Artist has been conjuring the bizarre since she was 16 years old, when she first began sharing her work online from the Netherlands. Now a renowned stylist and makeup artist, she has built a world entirely her own: towering...
Stumbling upon a beautiful historical book. I am a magpie; I love pretty-shiny beautiful things. Those into astrology might say I have Libra energy. This is one of the reasons I run this website: to collect all the pretty, shiny, and beautiful...
If you're driving along Highway 7 on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore and suddenly find yourself slowing down, squinting at a house that seems to be alive with color and characters, you've found it. You've found Barry's World.Barry Colpitts is a...
There is something unsettling and magnetic about the work of Jaky La Brune. Born in Toulon and trained at the prestigious Gobelins School in Paris, the artist now splits her time between Paris and Berlin, building a body of work that feels less...
In 2019, I stumbled upon a whimsical place that felt like a gateway to another world. That place was Luna Parc, a fantastical home and studio of artist Ricky Boscarino. From the moment I laid eyes on it, I was utterly enchanted. Luna Parc is a...
Peca Dōbutsu shares a letter with your younger self. Peca studied Licenciada en Artes Plasticas at Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad Nacional de La PlataHopi Dream The Royalty La Realeza instagram.com/peca.artDescription: The road that runs...
St. Louis, Missouri, is home to one of the most unique and enchanting museums in the world: the City Museum. This extraordinary place defies traditional definitions of what a museum should be, offering visitors an interactive, whimsical experience...
Who would meticulously place hundreds of stamps one at a time to create a massive wall of stamps? Kristie Corr, that’s who! I came across her stunning wall and initially thought it was wallpaper. However, as I learned more, I discovered that she...
Jasmine Worth creates depictions of the symbolic and surreal using techniques and imagery of classical painting. Worth draws on personal experiences that parallel the larger cultural experience, the subconscious being a gateway for commentary on...
