Nordström creates compelling architectural “portraits” of the city by including the real stuff of life, like electric boxes, water damage, and rusting metalwork.
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Sarah K. Khan’s Feminist Take on a 16th-Century Cookbook
Her work brilliantly reframes age-old storylines from a Persian cookbook as modern allegories for female liberation.
Divya Mehra Releases Canada’s Colonial Genies
Two colossal inflatable sculptures by the Winnipeg-based artist prod the colonial roots of economic and racial inequality in the country.
The “LA Fingers” Symbol Gets a Tribute in Bronze
The gesture popularized by Estevan Oriol’s iconic 1995 photo inspired two sculptures by Glenn Kaino to be installed on either end of the new 6th Street bridge.
New York Gets Its Very Own “Little Prince” Sculpture
Marking the 80th anniversary of Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s book, a bronze statue of the beloved traveler can now be seen on Fifth Avenue.
William Edmondson’s Tombstone Blues
The self-taught artist, who carved gravestones for a living, is finally receiving institutional recognition.
Sumptuous Textiles Tell a Story of Inequality
Elsa María Meléndez takes on historical narratives that have perpetuated the disempowerment and marginalization of Puerto Rican women.
Strange Art Goes Missing From Beetlejuice 2 Set
Police say thieves stole one of the film’s iconic abstract sculptures and a lamppost with a “distinctive pumpkin decoration.”
Chrysler Museum Asked to Return Allegedly “Stolen” Statue
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association claims that Peter Stephenson’s “Wounded Indian” was stolen from its collection in the 1950s.
AI-Generated “Impossible Statue” Is a Dispassionate Steel Mess
The sculpture, based on AI analysis of works by Michelangelo, Rodin, Käthe Kollwitz, Takamura Kotaro, and Augusta Savage, would make a great hood ornament for Elon Musk’s next venture into space.
Voluptuous Mermaid Art Causes a Stir in Italy
The sculpture, dedicated to scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, is described as “a tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy.”
Nancy Rubins on Objects in the In-Between
In her world, there is no detritus and everything (everyone) is charged with potential.