Created by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu, these impressive and intense bronze sculptures pay homage to regal African women, and adorn the facade of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Luigi Colani died this week at age 91, and with him, we’ve lost an idiosyncratic and fabulously unique design mind. His work spanned many decades and many industries, from automotive to aeronautical, to consumer goods, like cameras and other devices.
Artist Andres Amador is all about the temporary. Despite dedicating himself to large-scale, time-intensive sand sculptures and artwork, he’s perfectly okay with the work being washed away moments later. He considers himself an Earthscape artist.
This old school, elegant collection of cast glass fruit is from Devyn, and has a significant weight to it, and reflects the light in unique ways.
With six pairs of giant hands spanning the historic Arsenal in friendship, this art installation by Lorenzo Quinn shows the power of public art.
Italian artist Elena Salmistraro has a beautiful collection of ceramic sculptures. Ornate and diverse, the series pays homage to our primate brethren, while also taking cues from the style of ancient Roman pottery.
Wanting to creatively showcase some of the flora around their native Capetown, South African photographers Bruce Boyd and Tharien Smith froze flowers in blocks of ice and captured pristine images of them underwater.
Glass art is fascinating and foreign to us, we rarely know how the artists create such colorful, 3D forms with the medium. Artist László Lukácsi pushes our amazement even further, with his stunning collection of organic, yet geometric glass art.
The Argo crib by Ludwig & Dominique is being described as the ‘Eames Chair’ of baby bassinets, or cribs.
Who asked for extra starch? These outfits made from second-hand ceramics may not be wearable, but they create a fascinating play on materials. and look pretty stylish in their own way.
This gem of a dessert bar lives in Hong Kong, and offers up bright, mesmeric colors, and postmodern shapes and forms.
Rising from the desert foothills of the Coachella Valley, an orange-red monolith rises, much like the monolith from the iconic 2001: A Space Odyssey film.
The famed Venezuelan-born artist Carlos Cruz-Diez died last week in Paris, at the age of 95. He will be best remembered for his love for, and genius with color.
Talk about balancing your diet!
These simple yet impressive food balancing ‘sculptures’ are the work of ChangKi Chung.
Tina Kraus shows her prowess in the world of paper arts, creating lifelike and realistic paper insects, flowers, and plants.
This huge, 20-foot detailed tapestry of the world now hangs in Heathrow airport, brightening up one of the busiest airports in the world.
Artist Bruce Munro has a magical installation that turns night landscapes into alien-like, living surfaces. The traveling outdoor exhibit contains thousands of illuminated stems, which create arteries of color and light.
Though you probably can’t wear them now, these beautifully monotone ‘paintings’ are actually entirely made from denim, cut and pieced so elegantly that you’d swear you’re looking at a painting on canvas.
This powerful sand sculpture entitled Liberty Crumbling is the work of Damon Langlois, and shows Lincoln in his monument, but his head is depressingly in his hands. Below, the base of the sculpture shows deep cracks, like it’s beginning to crumble.
Photographer and traveler Andy Hendrata has an enormous collection of architectural gems in his Instagram feed, from structures modern and historical, from all over Europe.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates motorsports, and features some of the most impressive cars anywhere. To celebrate this year’s festival, renowned sculptor Gerry Judah has created a dramatic swooping sculpture that sweeps over the Goodwood House in West Sussex.
Sculptor Calvin Ma has a collection of amazing human-bird hybrid figures, full of ornate and beautiful detail.