berdenesh hills: NOA plans ‘contemporary citadel’ along albania’s southern coast
designed by NOA, berdenesh hills is a terraced residential project that draws from historic mediterranean citadels of albania.
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Stephen Towns’ Quilted Works Emphasize Black Joy as Resistance in ‘Safer Waters’
‘Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury’ continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum.
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Spring 2026 Colors & The Stories Behind Them
Spring 2026 is loud. Like, really loud. Don’t get fooled by Pantone’s Cloud Dancer, this season is all vivids and brights. Your closet might resist at first, muscle memory is a thing, I know, but
‘Cat’ Is a Purr-fect Celebration of Felines in Art Throughout the Centuries
The new book, forthcoming from Phaidon, surveys felines in art throughout the millennia.
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2025 Leftovers We’re Dragging Into 2026 Fashion
2025 is that friend you still see at parties even though you stopped liking them in March. Some outfits were untouchable, most were confusing, and a few were genuinely scary. A part is worth unpacking
peter pichler echoes traditional alpine design with timber ski lift stations in italy
peter pichler architecture’s mountain stations and hut in ponte di legno reinterpret alpine lift infrastructure through a contemporary lens.
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Derrick Guild Summons Historical Portraits in Fragmented Trompe-l’œil Paintings
Paintings by Velázquez, Ramsay, Hodges, and more provide the starting point for Guild’s intimate works.
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Francesco Risso Left Marni… For Cheap Clothes
Francesco Risso, the mind who spent nearly a decade making Marni… well, Marni, is now jumping ship to GU, the Japanese brand where clothes are cheap enough to be actually worn by us mortals. The ver
BIG’s suzhou museum of contemporary art opens with ‘materialism’ exhibition
the museum readies for materialism, an inaugural exhibition curated by BIG ahead of its 2026 opening.
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le penhuel & associés designs french school with ubiquitous wooden interiors
le penhuel & associés designs the school as a cluster of low volumes punctuated by deep-set wooden openings.
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