The article explores the Japanese art of kintsugi, the practice of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. This technique does not hide the damage but highlights it, transforming fractures into visible, celebrated features of the object's history.
Film producer Dorian Grinspan collaborated with a group of artists and friends to design his upstate New York home, creating a space that blends Japanese handicraft aesthetics with what he describes as 'British whimsy.' The project was a collective, evolving effort rather than a single architect's vision.
The New York Times explores the enduring influence of Shaker design on contemporary artists and designers, highlighting how its principles of simplicity, utility, and spiritual integrity resonate in today's world. The article features creators like furniture maker Thomas Moser and ceramicist Mary Law, who draw directly from Shaker aesthetics of plainness, proportion, and honest craftsmanship.
The article profiles the traditional Japanese craft of making kokeshi dolls, focusing on the artisans in the Tōhoku region who continue this centuries-old practice. It details the specific techniques, types of wood used, and the cultural significance embedded in the dolls' simple, limbless forms.
Argentine artist Cecilia Bengolea has unveiled her latest project, "El Ruido que Habita" (The Noise That Dwells), at the Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A) in Córdoba. Developed during a residency in early 2025, the exhibition features site-specific drawings and ceramic works created in collaboration with the Dionisio Ortiz School of Art. The installation integrates visual art, technology, and performance, inviting visitors to engage with sound as a transformative language that bridges cultural and material divides.
Saudi artist Dana Awartani has created a new installation, 'Listen to my Words,' for the 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale. The work features a large-scale geometric floor pattern made from hand-dyed silk, which visitors are invited to walk upon, deliberately fraying and damaging the intricate design over the course of the exhibition.
The Tarble Arts Center hosted the opening reception for the 2026 Master of Arts in Studio Art Exhibition, featuring thesis projects from 11 graduate students. The exhibition showcased a diverse range of mediums, including an immersive installation by Vitória Kazanovski that recreated her grandmother’s Brazilian kitchen using audio and textured cookbooks, and a ceramic series by Wendy Peters that highlighted the technical mistakes and evolution of her craft.
The Fitchburg Art Museum and the Laurelwood Garden Club have announced the 28th annual Art in Bloom celebration, running from April 23 to April 26. This year’s event coincides with the museum’s centennial anniversary and features 40 floral arrangements designed to interpret specific artworks from the permanent collection, including pieces from the exhibitions "Kaleidoscope" and "Festival: A Celebration of African Art."
The Dallas Museum of Art has launched "The Samurai Collection, Dallas, Samurai to the Imperial Court," a comprehensive exhibition featuring over 90 works of art. The showcase includes a diverse array of traditional weaponry, armor, paintings, and decorative objects, drawing from the museum's permanent collection as well as international loans. Running through September 6, 2026, the display tracks the evolution of samurai culture from its military roots to its role within the Imperial Court.
Mooresville Arts has revealed the winners of its 48th annual SpringFest Judged Show & Competition, featuring 123 works by 66 regional artists. Tina Vincent of Charlotte secured first place for her collage titled "Black Tea," while Vanessa Thorman and Chelsea Demarest took second and third place, respectively. The exhibition, judged by Shain Gallery owner Sybil Wornall, showcases a diverse range of media including pottery, watercolor, and oil paintings.
South Korean artist Zipcy is set to debut her first solo exhibition in France, titled "The Sweet Fortress," at the Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery in Paris from April 24 to June 4, 2026. The exhibition showcases a new body of work that utilizes traditional Korean hanji paper, natural pigments, and marouflage techniques to explore themes of intimacy, vulnerability, and human connection.
Artist Jax Foster has launched Bowling Green’s Tiny Gallery, a miniature exhibition space located outside the Grounds for Thought cafe in downtown Bowling Green. The gallery officially opened on April 5 and features hand-crafted miniature works created by local artists, with the display rotating on a monthly basis to ensure a wide variety of community members can showcase their talent.
The Millworks Art Studios in Harrisburg has introduced a new cohort of resident artists dubbed "The New Guard," featuring a diverse range of local talent. This group includes photorealistic racecar painter Annika Koser, found-objects sculptor and former architect Jeff Scorza, and woodworker Kelly Anoka, alongside the recent addition of narrative artist Marina Radanovic. Each artist brings a distinct material focus—from industrial glass and metal to upcycled local timber—strengthening the collaborative creative community within the studio complex.
L Studio Gallery has officially opened its doors on Craghead Street in Danville, Virginia, marking a new addition to the city's River District. Founded by local artist Louise Bendall, the multiuse space functions as both a retail gallery for local artwork and a hands-on pottery studio where community members can engage with the craft.
The Okotoks Art Gallery recently launched two solo exhibitions by artists Neil McClelland and Beany Dootjes, marked by an opening reception on April 11. McClelland’s exhibition, "Earthly Delights," utilizes a multi-layered process of photography, digitization, and painting to personify plants as characters. In the adjacent small gallery, Dootjes presents "Ruin & Reclamation: Re-iterated," featuring oversized sculptures of insects like lice and bed bugs meticulously crafted from repurposed men’s business attire.
The "Artist of the Earth" exhibition recently opened in Paris, featuring a diverse collection of works by Syrian artists including miniature Damascene house models, paintings, mosaics, and traditional crafts. Organized by the association "Valuable Hands," the event concluded with a spiritual Sufi whirling performance and a ceremony honoring the participating creators.
Multidisciplinary artist and printmaker Irie Zepeda has curated a new group exhibition titled “Print As Protest/Grafica En Resistencia” at the Chicano Park Museum & Cultural Center in San Diego. The show highlights printmaking as a vital medium for solidarity and community storytelling, drawing on Zepeda’s deep roots in Barrio Logan and their work with Por La Mano Press y Arte. The exhibition features works that position the craft of printing as a tool for visibility and collective action within marginalized communities.
Lichfield Cathedral will host an expansive 80-meter-long knitted and crocheted installation titled "The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War" throughout May 2026. Created by a global community of makers, the textile artwork depicts various facets of British life during World War II, ranging from the declaration of war in 1939 to the celebrations of VE Day in 1945, including scenes of evacuation and rationing.
Fine wallpaper manufacturer Astek has launched a new collection of floral mural wallpapers called 'Eterna Nouveau.' The designs are a contemporary reinterpretation of the Art Nouveau movement, featuring arching stems, nature-inspired motifs like lilies and Venus fly traps, and are available in various colorways with metallic outlines.
Fiber designer Jake Henzler, known as Boy Knits World, is releasing a new book titled 'Knit the City' through David & Charles Publishing. The book provides modular knitting patterns inspired by the architecture of global cities like Copenhagen and Paris, allowing crafters to create customizable blankets, pillow covers, and other textile projects that stitch together building-block facades.
Artist Charles Young is expanding his intricate city of miniature paper buildings, with 258 structures already completed from a series inspired by Sanzo Wada's color theory book. He is currently working on the final 90 models from the first volume, which explores two-color combinations, and has also created works featuring multiple colors.
Artist Hu Yuehua presented a large-scale textile installation titled "Weaving Nature" at the 13th edition of Design Shanghai. The work is a dense, wall-like garden composed of stitched and dyed cotton and linen elements in indigo and ochre, forming leaves, blooms, and growths that highlight the artist's hand through loose threads, raw edges, and pleats.
Artist Goran Konjevod creates elegant, functional vases using precise origami techniques, transforming thin paper into forms that mimic the visual weight and presence of porcelain. His works, such as "Grey Curves Vase" and "Artist's Palette Vase," explore the relationship between material, form, and function through organic shapes and nuanced color gradients.
Créer des cerfs-volants artistiques et innovants : l’étonnante pratique de l’artiste dans le vent Victor Guerithault
Artist Victor Guerithault is redefining the traditional craft of kite-making through geometric innovation and 3D-printing technology. Showcasing his work at the 32nd Festival du cerf-volant in Châtelaillon, Guerithault utilizes complex tetrahedral structures inspired by the aerodynamic experiments of Alexander Graham Bell. His approach moves away from traditional bamboo frames toward a modular construction system involving custom-designed 3D-printed connectors that allow for hundreds of unique, gravity-defying aerial forms.
Grigoris Semitecolo, a Cycladic artist known for creating plaster reproductions of ancient figurines for souvenir shops and revered as an uncompromising, provocative figure in the 1960s Athens art scene, is the subject of a presentation at Ramiken gallery in New York. The exhibition highlights his work and legacy, bringing his unique practice and influential, deadpan persona to a contemporary international audience.
Vietnam will make its historic debut at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026 with its first-ever national pavilion titled “Viet Nam: Art in the Global Flow.” Located at the Ca’ Giustinian Faccanon palace and curated by Đỗ Tường Linh, the exhibition will feature works by ten contemporary artists, including a major immersive installation by Lê Hữu Hiếu. Hiếu’s contribution, titled "Tằm" (Silkworm), utilizes traditional materials like lacquer and jackfruit wood alongside live silkworms to explore themes of metamorphosis and memory.
The Prehistoric Museum at Utah State University Eastern has announced a new exhibition titled "ART of the Prehistoric Museum – 65 Years of Handmade Interpretive Media and Objects." Opening in April 2026, the show features a diverse array of works ranging from 1960s prehistoric paintings by the Carbon Art League to massive mammoth bone casts produced in Price for global distribution. The exhibition highlights the long-standing collaboration between the museum and local artisans in eastern Utah.
北京美术家协会召开第七届理事会第三次会议、艺委会工作会议
The Beijing Artists Association convened its Seventh Council Third Session and Art Committee Work Conference at the Beijing Conference Center. The meeting was chaired by Fan Di'an, President of both the China Artists Association and the Beijing Artists Association, with Ma Xinming, Party Secretary and Executive Vice Chairman of the Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, also delivering a speech. Key agenda items included reviewing the council's work report, discussing a draft five-year high-quality development action plan for the city's art sector, and announcing the membership list for a new working committee focused on new artistic groups. The afternoon featured group discussions where participants proposed recommendations on thematic creation, technology integration, talent cultivation, and rural revitalization.
Berlin-based artist Alida Sun has reached a milestone of 2,500 consecutive days of creating digital art, using a custom-built system that translates physical movement into light and sound. Her recent exhibition, "RITES" at Method Delhi, bridges the gap between digital code and physical craft by transforming her generative algorithms into hand-woven tapestries. This collaboration with women artisans from the Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute of Fine Arts & Crafts (SSMI) highlights the historical and technical links between textile weaving and computer programming.
The Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi is hosting a significant exhibition dedicated to the traditional craft and contemporary evolution of Vietnamese silk painting. The showcase features a diverse array of works that highlight the delicate techniques and emotional depth unique to this medium, drawing significant interest from both local art enthusiasts and international tourists.