"Pasera" is the latest addition to Javier de Riba’s ongoing series focused on reclaiming small plots of land as communal sites.
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Using colorful eyeshadow cakes, powder blushes, and long acrylic nails, Irasema creates "an alternative version of the history of painting."
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Forest creatures and vintage technology emerge from whittled wood.
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In 'Sail Away,' Werner Bronkhorst captures the overwhelming nature of climate anxiety through thick impasto strokes.
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The show at Ballroom Marfa is a timely and provocative exploration of today's societal complexities.
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The artist's grandfather's experience with textiles and his exuberance for storytelling deeply influenced her interest in craft, lineage, and memory.
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Thomas Dambo's fairtyale creatures have arrived at a California forest with important messages.
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Ancient ammonites meet squishy squids.
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For "Soft Gradient Beckons," Dickenson dove headlong into a nine-month experimental painting and filming process.
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"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."