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June 26, 2026

Es Devlin’s Rotating Library at Castle Howard Celebrates 300 Years of British Architecture

If you’re a Bridgerton fan, you might recognize the location of Es Devlin’s latest installation. The internationally renowned artist and designer recently created the Library of the Four Winds, a new public sculpture in the Temple of the Four Winds at Castle Howard featuring a central, rotating sculpture made up of hundreds of books.

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June 26, 2026

Painter Luke Chueh Captures the Weight of Isolation Through Dark Humor

In the work of Los Angeles-based artist Luke Chueh, endearing yet melancholic characters inhabit pared-down compositions.

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June 25, 2026

Stolen Picasso Painting Unexpectedly Resurfaces During a Drug Raid Near Paris

Embed from Getty Images A portrait painted by Pablo Picasso depicting his famed muse Marie-Thérèse Walter has been recovered after...

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June 25, 2026

New Photos Reveal the Cave-Like Interior of JR’s ‘La Caverne du Pont Neuf’ in Paris

When JR unveiled La Caverne du Pont Neuf earlier this month, attention centered on the outside: an inflatable mountain of rock formations rising from Paris’ oldest bridge, visible from the Seine, nearby cycling paths, and even the Eiffel Tower. But newly released images now reveal what awaits behind those jagged stone walls, and it’s far more intimate than the dramatic exterior suggests.

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June 25, 2026

This Floating Store on Lake Ontario Challenges How We Think About Convenience

In most cities, convenience stores are never too far away, but have you ever seen one floating on water?

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June 22, 2026

Two Stolen 17th-Century Baroque Paintings Return to Their Original Seville Church After Nearly 100 Years

Two oval oil paintings by Baroque artist Lucas Valdés have returned to the church in Seville where they were originally...

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June 22, 2026

Monumental Mesh Faces Are a Ghost-Like Presence in a Historic French Church

Artist Jaume Plensa’s monumental sculptures have appeared in public spaces around the world, transforming plazas, parks, and city skylines into places of quiet reflection. Now, the Barcelona-born creative has brought that vision to Montpellier, France, with Mirage, a new exhibition at Carré Sainte-Anne that runs from June 3 through November 1, 2026. Plensa has spent decades making the human body feel infinite.

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June 22, 2026

Fleeting Fog Installation Transforms Historic Paris Museum Into a Shifting Cloudscape

Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya has spent more than five decades creating sculptures from something that can never hold a permanent...

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June 20, 2026

Artist Honors Filipino Heritage With Expressionist Techniques and Playful Compositions [Interview]

In the work of artist Gracinha “Inha” Arceo, women take center stage.

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June 19, 2026

Bird Art Exhibition Explores the Enduring Symbolism of Our Feathered Friends

Birds have long occupied a place between worlds, traversing the space between earth and sky while carrying centuries of symbolic meaning. In Flight, a new exhibition at Galerie Lelong in Paris, Kiki Smith draws upon this rich visual and cultural history, bringing together bronze sculptures, stained glass works, prints, and drawings.

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