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May 15, 2025
London-based Lou Fayo doesn’t just paint flowers—he orchestrates them into something beyond the ordinary, beyond the expected. These aren’t delicate arrangements fading quietly into the background; they demand attention, commanding the space with a presence that is ethereal yet unapologetically bold. This debut series of oil paintings—hyperreal yet dreamlike—feels as though nature itself has been […]
May 6, 2024
Jake Michael Singer is a transdisciplinary artist born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1991. He works in sculpture, photography, drawing and painting, and describes his artistic approach as being primarily concerned with materiality, myth and catharsis. He has created large-scale, site-specific installations in historically significant structures. In addition, he has held several exhibitions in Europe and […]
December 5, 2023
Currently exhibiting in Galerie Chloé Salgado in Paris are the beautiful ethereal creations of artist Maria Szakats. Drawing inspiration from European medieval tapestries, her “Mon seul désir” series represents an intersection between thought-provoking artistry, AI conceptualising technology, and the punctilious attention to detail demanded of embroidered craft. Formerly a fashion designer, Szkats has transfigured her […]
May 12, 2023
Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific art installation they created for a lobby atrium inside a building in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Comprised of 8,000 translucent discs, Binary Spectrum is a poetic expression of Kitchener’s remarkable industrial shift, from manufacturing to a leader in the digital economy. Rising three […]
February 4, 2023
German-based photographer Jan Lenhardt often seeks nature as the subject of his work. In this piece, we’re again plunged into the depths of the forest, enveloped in its foliage, shrouded in a light mist hanging under the canopy, and concealed in another realm. In this composition, a diffusely lit path beckons as darkened trunks bolt […]
May 31, 2022
‘Woman Smoking at The Window’ by UK photographer Diana Sosnowska is a carefully staged photographic self-portrait taken in the artist’s former apartment in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the eve of the pandemic’s spread throughout the UK in 2020. Inspired by midcentury fashion and aesthetics, the photographer references the paintings of Edward Hopper and pays tribute to […]
November 22, 2021
AntiStatics Architecture collaborated with artist Yue Minjun, to create a one-of-a-kind retail store design in Wuhan, China, that features sculptures on both the exterior and interior. The Facade Located on a shopping street, the facade stands out from the other stores by having a sculptural facade that’s accentuated by a large elephant. The “Peaceful Elephant”, […]
July 12, 2021
Shot in one of Athens’ rare and uniquely neo-classical residences, ‘The Salon’ by Greek photographer Yiorgos Kaplanidis is an enchanting piece of whimsy. Framed by the ornate detailing of the surrounding rooms, the central figure stands perfectly poised, as if preparing to dive into a pool that is not present. Statuesque and facing away from […]
February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021 Los Angeles-based artist Rob Ley, has recently completed ‘Pangaea’, a large artwork that was commissioned for the NCR Headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The art installation is made from a series of layered aluminum ribbons that interact with a field of points located throughout this exterior wall, creating a collection of interconnected […]
November 17, 2020
‘Casa La Tigre’ is the latest instalment by The Cool Hunter’s favourite digital artist Massimo Colonna. In this newest work, a continuation on the theme of that penultimate symbol of wealth and status, the luxury pool, Colonna has created an Escher-esque tropical fantasy replete with stairs ascending and descending to everywhere, and nowhere. With dappled golden […]
November 3, 2020
November 2, 2020 Canadian design firm NÓS has created a large mural for the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts that lines the Avenue Du Musee in Montreal. Titled ‘Moving Dunes’, the mural manipulates the street surface and creates the illusion of large ripples that have been designed to recall the features of a body or […]
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 Aidlin Darling Design created a sculptural ceiling accent for Wexler’s, a barbeque restaurant located in San Francisco, California. The striking black sculptural detail travels from the interior of the restaurant out to the facade, where it covers the entryway and adds a contemporary element to the historic building. Inside, the ceiling installation […]
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