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Anna Gaskell at Galerie Gisela Capitain

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/23/2025 8:00 PM

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An Exhibition Celebrates the Self-Taught Immigrant Artists Shaping Chicago

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 5/23/2025 3:20 PM

The inaugural exhibition at the newly renovated Intuit Art Museum celebrates immigrant artists who established their practice outside traditional models. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article An Exhibition Celebrates the Self-Taught Immigrant Artists Shaping Chicago appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Faisal Habibi, Dusadee Huntrakul at Roh Projects

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/22/2025 8:00 PM

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CFGNY at Hot Wheels

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/22/2025 8:00 PM

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A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a Seat in a London Square

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 5/22/2025 3:06 PM

The British sculptor reimagines a Georgian townhouse facade into a playful portal. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a Seat in a London Square appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Through Fairy Lights and Butterflies, Chiharu Shiota Tethers Presence and Absence

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 5/22/2025 9:33 AM

"Absence does not signify disappearance but rather an integration into a vaster universe," Shiota says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Through Fairy Lights and Butterflies, Chiharu Shiota Tethers Presence and Absence appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Ana Botezatu at Radio Athènes

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/21/2025 8:00 PM

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Taewon Ahn at Project Native Informant

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/21/2025 8:00 PM

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A Unique Portfolio of Hilma af Klint’s Botanical Drawings Communes with Nature’s Spiritual Side

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 5/21/2025 11:01 AM

'Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers' highlights MoMA's recent acquisition of a phenomenal, 46-leaf portfolio. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Unique Portfolio of Hilma af Klint’s Botanical Drawings Communes with Nature’s Spiritual Side appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Isabella Costabile at Édouard Montassut

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/20/2025 8:00 PM

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Maryam Jafri at Matteo Cantarella

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/20/2025 8:00 PM

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Descend into ICA SF’s New Space for Masako Miki’s Otherworldly ‘Midnight March’

By Colossal | Kate Mothes | 5/20/2025 12:00 PM

Miki's mixed-media sculptures hint at a life force inside. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Descend into ICA SF’s New Space for Masako Miki’s Otherworldly ‘Midnight March’ appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Covey Gong at Empty Gallery

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/19/2025 8:00 PM

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Alex Olson at Altman Siegel

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/19/2025 8:00 PM

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Ubiquitous Objects Transform into Ambient Soundscapes in Zimoun’s Installations

By Colossal | Grace Ebert | 5/19/2025 2:02 PM

The artist frequently references the tension between chaos and order in his works. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Ubiquitous Objects Transform into Ambient Soundscapes in Zimoun’s Installations appeared first on Colossal. ... Read full Story

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Raimer Jochims at Jacky Strenz

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/18/2025 8:00 PM

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Aglaia Konrad at Secession

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/18/2025 8:00 PM

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Untitled (A Love Song) at Kunstverein Nürnberg

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/17/2025 8:00 PM

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Robert Zhao Renhui at Singapore Art Museum

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/16/2025 8:00 PM

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Spring Equinox II at suns.works

By Contemporary Art Daily | | 5/16/2025 8:00 PM

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by thehealthy.com | Mar 31 2025

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by NY Post | May 23 2025

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by The Daily Meal | May 24 2025

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by ESNY | Apr 24 2025

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by GameSpot | May 23 2025

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by NY Times | May 14 2025

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by Reader's Digest | May 23 2025

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by Hello! Magazine | May 24 2025

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by thehealthy.com | May 22 2025

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by NJ Spotlight | May 23 2025

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by thehealthy.com | May 13 2025

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Zelensky condemns Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine amid prisoner swap

by The Hill | May 24 2025

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Pelican eel: The midnight zone 'gulper' with a giant mouth to swallow animals bigger than itself

by LIVE SCIENCE | May 24 2025

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by Yahoo Sports | May 24 2025

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by Wanderlust | May 23 2025

Word of the Day

limn

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 24, 2025 is:

limn • \LIM\ • verb

Limn is a formal verb most often used especially in literary contexts to mean "to describe or portray," as in "a novel that limns the life of 1930s coastal Louisiana." It can also mean "to outline in clear sharp detail," as in "a tree limned by moonlight," and "to draw or paint on a surface," as in "limning a portrait."

// The documentary limns the community's decades-long transformation.

// We admired every detail of the portrait, gracefully limned by the artist's brush.

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Examples:

"... the story of Ronald Reagan's jelly beans is not simply about his love of a cute candy. It speaks to how he weaned himself from tobacco, judged people's character, and deflected scrutiny. It limns the role of the sugar industry and food marketing. And it demonstrates how food can be a powerful communications tool. Reagan's jelly beans sent a message to voters: 'I like the same food you do, so vote for me.'" — Alex Prud’homme, Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House, 2023

Did you know?

Limn is a word with lustrous origins, tracing ultimately to the Latin verb illuminare, meaning "to illuminate." Its use in English dates back to the Middle Ages, when it was used for the action of illuminating (that is, decorating) medieval manuscripts with gold, silver, or brilliant colors. William Shakespeare extended the term to painting in his poem "Venus and Adonis": "Look when a painter would surpass the life / In limning out a well-proportioned steed …" Over time, limn gained a sense synonymous with delineate meaning "to outline in clear sharp detail" before broadening further to mean "to describe or portray." Such limning is often accomplished by words, but not always: actors are often said to limn their characters through their portrayals, while musicians (or their instruments) may limn emotions with the sounds they make.