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a detail image of a person hanging from the side of a building

Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze Documents Life at the Top of Hong Kong’s Soaring Architecture

May 6, 2025

a blue and pink portrait of a woman peering through foliage

In Luminous Portraits, Florence Solis Invokes Feminine Power Amid Constraint

April 22, 2025

water droplets cling to spines on a vividly colored plant

Water Droplets Cling to Fluorescent Plant Spines in Tom Leighton’s Alluring Photos

April 17, 2025

a large orb-like installation made of flowers with a pool of soil and flowers below

An Ikebana Artist and His Student Sow an Unconventional Approach to Flower Arranging

April 12, 2025

a large pink bubble filled with eyes and a full human skeleton emerges from the eyes of a seated figure

Wondrous and Mischievous Misfits Populate Rhea Mack’s Bubblegum Daydreams

April 4, 2025

a vertical, detailed, realistic depiction of a large, dark peony in graphite

Otherworldly Flowers Emerge from Darkness in Clara Lacy’s Meticulous Graphite Drawings

April 1, 2025

two hands touch the corners of a group of block prints of pink tropical flowers on a black background

Tropical Flowers and Prickly Cacti Leap from Lili Arnold’s Vibrant Block Prints

March 26, 2025

a darkened room with numerous illuminated suspended lights, all loosely reminiscent of tropical fruits

In ‘KAUANI,’ Indigenous Mexican Flora Flourishes in Glowing Lanterns

March 12, 2025

a detail of a multi-paned glass wall sculpture featuring a clear rectangle of solid glass with a frosty impression inside of plants with bubbles

Rui Sasaki Encases Spectral Flowers in Intimate Glass Assemblages

March 10, 2025

a photograph of giant rhubarb with a light emitting from the center of a leaf, in a pink and teal hue

Beguiling Botanicals Fluoresce in Tom Leighton’s Otherworldly Photographs

January 22, 2025

an installation view of abstract crocheted wire sculptures by Ruth Asawa

‘Doing Is Living’ Highlights Five Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Biomorphic Wire Sculptures

January 7, 2025

an abstract wall hanging made from rice straw

Rice Straw Sculptures by ARKO Contemporize a Traditional Japanese Material

December 23, 2024

the side view of a painting on wood and velvet of otherworldly pink and purple flowers behind an ornate barrier reminiscent of wrought iron

Fantastic Blooms Entwine with Sculptural Motifs in Mevlana Lipp’s Imagined World

December 10, 2024

an illustration of a woman seated at a desk in front of a large stained glass window, working on her writing while it snows outside

Wonder and Warmth Emanate from Rosanna Tasker’s Vivid Illustrations

December 3, 2024

a man in a gray suit seated in a red chair is obscured by weeds bursting through a window

My Brain Took an Extended Vacation: Ben Zank Playfully Twists the Banal

November 25, 2024

an illustration of a nude man slumped over with trees and a house growing from his back

Dreamlike Narratives Arise from Alefes Silva’s Fantastic Illustrations

October 8, 2024