Art

July 29, 2025

‘Measuring the Universe’ Installation Invited Visitors to Record Their Names and Height

Remember marking your height on a wall with a pencil when you were a kid? The nostalgic tradition of tracking growth inspired Roman Ondák’s 2007 installation Measuring the Universe. But instead of measuring only his own family, Ondák invited every visitor at MoMA in New York to participate. Each person stood against the wall, where someone would mark their height and label it with their first name and the date of their visit.

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July 28, 2025

Artist Meditates Upon Postcolonial Identity With Hybrid Paintings [Interview]

Throughout the three years that he attended art school, Sid Pattni never learned how to paint his own skin tone. Representing white skin came more naturally to him than brown skin, and it was only after his program that he began questioning why. It was at this point that the Australian artist laid the foundations for his creative practice, veering toward post-colonial frameworks that could more adequately address his concerns with diaspora and displacement.

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July 27, 2025

Thousands of Tiny Vases Come Together To Form Monumental Sculptures

It’s hard to ignore the level of texture in Grégoire Scalabre’s sculptures. Even from afar, his voluminous and otherworldly pieces shoot out toward us, their soft spikes, valleys, and curves as captivating as mountain ranges. Look closer, and these forms begin to resemble impossibly tiny vases, wrapped so meticulously around the artwork’s surface that they almost seem to be vibrating.

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July 25, 2025

Colorful Mural on the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Calls for “Mutual Embrace” Among Nations

The eagle and the condor are two of the most iconic bird species in the Americas. And as such, they are at the heart of a cross-continent prophecy. While its exact origin is unclear, it points to humankind taking two separate roads. Those who followed the path of the eagle were more intellectual, and went north; while the people of the condor, who were more creative and intuitive, went to the south.

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