Late #photographer Michael Wolf’s Architecture of Density’ series captured Hong Kong’s high-rises without streets, skies or horizons visible – the resulting imagery transforming the seemingly endless buildings into towering geometric grids.
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Pan Inkhoo creates intricate mixed media artworks, primarily working with traditional Japanese mineral pigments. His landscape paintings are like a diary, capturing a time and place as much as conveying the artist’s feelings about, or experience of, a particular moment.
Photographer Charalampos Kydonakis creates flash-lit works that reflect a distinctive worldview – described as “correspondingly savage and beautiful”. He says, “I’ve always admired those photographers who can turn reality instinctively into a parallel story, built with a question mark around it.”
Annieo Klaas creates #paintings that are grounded in domestic or interior spaces, but they are less about physicality and more about the elusiveness of feeling. On her work, she’s said, "I am drawn to these quiet, transitional images because they are invitations to sit in the present moment.”
Tanya Avchinnikova creates mesmerising soft pastel works of water inspired by encounters with nature, from murky rivers to aquamarine seas. She says, “Everything exists because of vibrations of earth and water... I like to see the traces of ‘invisible’ things, catch them, and paint them.”
In 1982, artist Agnes Denes planted two acres of wheat grain in Battery Park landfill, Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and the World Trade Center. Due to the rubble that had previously been dumped on the site, the earth was barely fertile – but Denes brought it back to life.
Summer scenery painted by American #painter Jeremy Miranda. 🍓 His works capture the beauty and simplicity of everyday life – at this time of year in the northern hemisphere, that means outdoor days and compositions drenched in light.
Zhiyong Jing paints intricate narrative works that feel like something out of a dream. Surreal and cinematic, his imagery thrives on contrast, placing the threat of danger against backdrops of serene landscapes and precisely painted structures.
Portuguese #artist Daniel Arthur creates paintings of “internet memes, cursed images, and other strange digital ephemera”. In his own words, his practice is “part of an ongoing attempt to archive the absurd beauty of online culture through traditional techniques”.
‘Night Swimming’ by Paul Ferney 🌔 In his series of moonlit oil #paintings, Ferney holds on to balmy, nights spent poolside.
Through his #paintings, artist Lakshya Bhargava explores acts of caring and loving – and by extension, what it means to be human.
Evocative, provocative, and unapologetically pink, Juno Calypso's #photography explores femininity, isolation, despair and desire. Her distinctive aesthetic language has made her one of the most recognisable #photographers working today, leaving an indelible mark on contemporary visual culture.
#Photographer Matt Andres creates dreamlike, cinematic imagery inspired by light, music and the natural world. His #photos are full of colour and texture, drawing out unexpected beauty from everyday settings.
#Photographer Dave Krugman has spent over five years capturing illuminated New York City apartment windows. In this series he condenses all of that work into 1000 selected shots – an intimate portrait of a city of millions.
After a lengthy research and development process, Hans Hemmert created these spectacular balloon #sculptures. “I like the idea that it’s temporary and ephemeral”, he once said in an interview. “A big balloon filling a museum space – if it’s deflated you can carry it in a suitcase.”
Xuebing Du’s #photography balances contemporary precision with elements of classical art tradition. On her ‘Mother of Pearl’ series she says, “I want to create a tone that is almost surreal, and illuminated by a strong yet delicate touch of light.”
Buenos Aires-based #photographer José De Rocco takes his camera everywhere, capturing photos every single day. The sheer volume of material this generates allows him to spot recurring colours, shapes and ideas – giving rise to the themes he pursues in his practice.
Danish #artist Rasmus Eckhardt creates hazy and evocative artworks. Using pastels, chalk, and sandpaper, his pieces explore memory, dreams, and intimacy.
Based on everyday objects, #artist Helene Appel’s #paintings have a serene quality to them – creating wonder from familiar, unassuming details without sanitising the less appealing facets of life.
Finnish #artist Petri Eskelinen created ‘The Labyrinth’ to see how plants would adapt and survive in constrained conditions. He wrote – ”They would have to make choices. During this time there were several changes of power, drama and death, but also new young ones which would eventually take over”.
Jingyi Li is an #artist who works with textiles to explore collective histories, emotions, and experiences. She uses unconventional materials and techniques as the foundation of her work, which focuses on feminist narratives.
Crystal Schenk's #sculpture ‘Have and Have Not’ is a means of exploring contemporary inequality. Shopping trolleys are usually seen amid mass consumerism – their connotations change once they’re found outside a supermarket car park. They can hold a livelihood, or become a “vehicle of survival”.
‘Which Way the Wind Blows’ is a multimedia #artwork series by Hagar Vardimon that explores time and memory. She stitches horizontal threads into found imagery, obscuring the figures beneath – they become blurred, as unrecognisable as distant memories, as though being swept away in the wind.
Tim Wilson’s evocative #paintings depict interior spaces with an ethereal haze. The settings feel entirely still – centring reflection and contemplation in each composition.
Arizona-born artist Aaron Morse creates expansive, psychedelic #artworks that explore both human and environmental concerns. His #paintings draw on a wide range of influences, including the mythology, heritage, and cultural complexities of the American Southwest.
Bastien Cuenot’s #artwork explores the growing hybridisation of nature and technology. Through #sculptures, #installations, and visual devices, he examines the boundaries between the organic and the artificial, the living and the industrial.
Tokuhiro Kawai’s #exhibition ‘Altarpiece of Cat Adoration’ explored the bond between humans and the animals they love. The #artist believes these relationships carry empathy and companionship – which could model how to transcend division and difference in our contemporary world.
