Riverside House stands along rural village’s river outside Beijing
 
Located on the outskirts of Beijing, Xiān Architects’ Riverside House is situated north of a river in a small village setting, surrounded by varied residential typologies including a trout house, a gathering space, and traditional village homes. The 170-square-meter residence was designed to accommodate essential living functions, including three bedrooms, a dining area, and a living room.
 
Budget constraints informed the use of a vernacular brick–concrete structural system. This approach enabled the creation of continuous, closely spaced vertical walls that ensure direct load transfer between the aligned floors. The house is...

By Kristine Schomaker I spent this afternoon at Nomad and Tryst at Del Amo Crossing and honestly? I needed that more than I knew. Walking...

Timepiece with 360-degree ring that tells minutes
 
Ayoub Ahmad designs a concept 3D printed titanium watch named STRACTRA with the hours placed over a geometric, 180-degree arc. Inspired by nature, seemingly tree branches slither around the frame, forming uniform lines on the said arc on the right side of the timepiece. Between the gaps of these coffin-shaped structures, the numbers depicting the hours are shown, colored in sunset orange. Even the hand pointing at the hours is in orange, standing out among the color scheme of titanium. For the minutes, there’s a 360-degree ring just below the hand, going in a full circle to complete the time-telling of the concept 3D printed titanium watch.
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El Departamento Designs Siroko’s Barcelona Concept Store
 
Siroko, the Asturian sportswear and accessories brand, has opened its first concept store in Barcelona in collaboration with architecture and interior design studio El Departamento. Located at 113 Rambla de Catalunya, the 149-square-meter space explores the relationship between natural environments and sports technology through a series of spatial and material transitions. This is the second collaboration between Siroko and El Departamento, following the brand’s flagship store in Madrid. The Barcelona project continues the established design direction while introducing new conceptual and material strategies. The store is organized as a sequence of...

Nearly a century before the invention of the microscope and even longer before entomology became a field of research, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600) devoted himself to studying the natural world. The 16th-century polymath created an enormous multi-volume collection called The Four Elements, which contained more than 300 watercolor renderings, each depicted with exceptional detail. As Evan Puschak of the YouTube channel Nerdwriter1 (previously) explains, Hoefnagel showed unparalleled talent in his field. Compared to one of his predecessors, Albrecht Dürer, Hoefnagel draws with a painstaking commitment to precision and accuracy, even depicting specimens’ shadows with impeccable fidelity. As Kottke writes, “his...

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Momin, who has a long-standing relationship with the Whitney Museum and previously led the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, will start her role in September

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Tucked into mountainsides and among bustling streets, small corner stores are often a central point in a community. For Lee Me Kyeoung (previously), these local shops provide endless inspiration for an ongoing series of drawings. The Korean artist documents the tiny markets she encounters around the world, utilizing pen and acrylic to create exquisite visual odes from Australia to Turkey. Me Kyeoung’s drawings were recently collected into a book, and you can follow her work on Instagram. Göreme Cappadocia, Türkiye Husei, Japan Dhampus, Nepal Chefchaouen, Morocco Hoian, Vietnam Arhangai, Mongolia Ubud Bali, Indonesia Ross on Wye, U.K. Sydney, Australia
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Agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended upon the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture in Chicago on Tuesday, with at least 15 DHS vehicles arriving in the museum’s parking lot, according to the Chicago Sun Times, which first reported on the news. The vehicles were in the parking lot for almost two hours, Veronica Ocasio, the museum’s director of education and programming, told the Sun Times. Ocasio also said that an agent, who did not identify what agency he was with, was granted permission to use the bathroom at the museum. Billy Ocasio, the museum’s president and CEO, told Hyperallergic that the agent looked around the museum instead of using the bathroom and did not leave...

Archaeologists in Belize have uncovered the 1,600-year-old tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the founding ruler of Caracol—one of the most powerful Maya cities of the Classic Period. According to Live Science, the discovery, made by researchers from the University of Houston, marks the first time a clearly identified royal tomb has been found at the site in over four decades of excavation. Te K’ab Chaak, whose name translates to “Tree Branch Rain God,” assumed the throne in 331 CE. His tomb, dated to around 350 CE, was located in the city’s Northeast Acropolis—a ceremonial and residential complex just beyond the urban core. Inside were jade beads, carved bones, seashells, a mosaic jade death mask, and...

designboom competitions for the summer
 
This summer, designboom is spotlighting a curated lineup of design competitions from around the globe. From envisioning the most unique staircase to designing the Digital Heritage Museum of Egypt, each competition offers a global platform for creative excellence. Through our platform, we invite architects, designers, institutions, and brands to share their own competitions with our worldwide audience of design professionals, students, and enthusiasts. By featuring your open call on designboom, your project can gain visibility among a vibrant, engaged community always seeking new challenges, inspiration, and opportunities to shape the built and designed...

The Centre Pompidou’s outpost in Metz, France, canceled a planned survey of Caribbean and Guyanese art in June, leading a range of artists to issue a statement condemning the decision to pull the show. The exhibition was to be organized by Guadeloupean curator Claire Tancons, who has previously worked on editions of the Sharjah Biennial and Prospect New Orleans. She had titled the show “Van Lévé” (the Creole version of the French phrase “le vent se lève,” meaning “the wind rises”). It was planned to open in October 2026, and was to include acclaimed artists such as Gaëlle Choisne, the winner of last year’s Prix Marcel Duchamp, and Pol Taburet, currently the subject of a solo exhibition at...

A letter issued by the right-wing campaign group Great British Pac claims there is a “politically orchestrated” movement to remove the sculptures

Jean-Michel Basquiat (previously) is often associated with the New York art scene of the 1980s, but between November 1982 and May 1984, the artist was wildly prolific on the other side of the country. During his first stay in California, Basquiat posted up at Larry Gagosian’s Market Street home in Venice after the two art world titans worked together on the artist’s West Coast debut. He returned to New York before another trip back to Market Street in summer of 1983, when he established his own studio. He remained there until the following spring. Although brief, Basquiat’s time in Los Angeles was creatively fruitful. Throughout the year and a half period, he made approximately 100 paintings, as well as...

By Kristine Schomaker Alicia Serling treats her energy like a palette. After months of burnout, she's learned to mix equal parts...

Up to 550 jobs could be axed at the charity as part of a bid to save £26m, despite rising visitor numbers

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an Architectural Time Capsule revisited in new york
 
The Nakagin Capsule Tower returns to public view in a new light, as MoMA in New York opens an exhibition centered on its half-century lifespan. Built in Tokyo’s Ginza district in 1972 and dismantled in 2022, the structure was once among the clearest architectural expressions of Metabolism in Japan, a movement that sought to mirror natural growth and transformation in the built environment. Now, through a single, fully restored capsule and a constellation of archival materials, MoMA reactivates that legacy with the goal of inspiring inquiry over nostalgia.
 
Presented in the exhibition is capsule A1305, originally situated on the uppermost floor. For its...

A section of the ancient complex, the age of which has long been debated, has been found to date back to between 4600 and 4300 BC

The museum is open for business again. A “Night at the Museum” reimagining is in the works at 20th Century Studios, with 21 Laps Entertainment tapping Tripper Clancy to pen the script. Plot details remain under wraps, but it’s said the film will tell a fresh story at the museum with new characters. Shawn Levy and Dan Levine will produce for 21 Laps. Emily Morris will oversee the project for the company. Clancy’s previous credits as a writer include Stuber, I Am Not Okay With This, Die Hart, and Die Hart 2: Die Harter. The “Night at the Museum” franchise, which kicked off in 2006, has spawned three follow-ups: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Night at the Museum: Secret of the...

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A new mega museum is slated to open in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island in December this year. Designed by UK architectural firm Foster + Partners, the Zayad National Museum will house a Qur’an more than 1,000 years old and the world’s oldest natural pearl.The museum is named after the first president of the seven emirates of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004). It will “focus on his life and achievements but also reflect more broadly the historical trajectory of the country from the earliest times through to the more recent past,” the museum’s director, Peter Magee, told The Art Newspaper. “[The Zayad National Museum] is rooted in the values of the...

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Modern Art Oxford’s summer 2025 exhibition, Movements for Staying Alive, invites visitors to explore the power of movement as a way of connecting, learning and living. Far from the traditional museum experience, where artworks are untouchable and viewers remain at a distance, this show reimagines the gallery as a space for physical interaction. It is alive with touch. Sculptures can be held, worn and rearranged. Light and sound move across the walls, creating an environment that responds to the presence of bodies. Here, you aren’t just an observer, but part of the artwork itself – an active participant. Rather than framing movement solely as dance or gesture, the show opens a broader dialogue: motion as...

In large-scale minimalist compositions, street artist Taquen covers the sides of houses, hospitals, and street barriers with reminders of strength and mutual understanding. Often depicting animals in motion, kinetic portraits, and expressive hands, Taquen’s expansive works exude momentum. The importance of movement reflects a central tenet of the artist’s practice, as he visits different parts of the world to work on murals. One of his recent excursions was made possible by The Jaunt, a residency program that creates opportunities for artists to travel to a new destination to spark inspiration and connection. In February, Taquen made the journey from his hometown of Madrid to Africa to participate in the...

The Bronx Museum of the Arts has announced Shamim M. Momin as its next director and chief curator. Momin, who was most recently director of curatorial affairs at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, will take up her new post in early September amid a planned $42.9 million transformation of the museum’s South Wing slated […]

Venus Over Manhattan, the New York gallery founded by collector Adam Lindemann in 2012, will shut its doors later in July. Lindemann announced the closure in an opinion piece for Artnet News, writing that he planned to focus exclusively on collecting, exiting the sell side altogether. Among the factors driving his decision, he said, were […]

How do we keep ourselves from feeling paralyzed by change? An international group of dancers, choreographers, directors, composers, and more have come together for a five-part series that confronts that increasingly urgent question through movement. Led by Jacob Jonas of the eponymous Jacob Jonas The Company (previously), the initiative is the latest project for Films.Dance, a platform aiming to make dance accessible and explore its intersections with music, fashion, and film. Released one by one during the last five weeks, the films center around the theme of beginning again. Presented in the order in which they were created, each confronts the destabilizing, heartbreaking world in which we live by...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot embroidered cloth chronicling the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, is set to return to England next year, some nine centuries after it was made there. Believed to have been created in the eleventh century, the Romanesque-style masterpiece was likely commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, the half-brother of William the […]

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Sarah Elawad’s When the War is Over creates a space for reflection on Sudan’s conflict through textiles and cultural resilience Installation view of Sarah Elawad’s When the War is Over on the windows of The […]

Alisa LaGamma on architecture, digital innovation, and new narratives in The Met’s renovated Michael C. Rockefeller Wing Installation View of the Arts of Africa Galleries in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing at The Metropolitan Museum […]

Join us for a very special private visit of Leighton House and Sambourne House in London on 02 September, 11.30am – 4pm.
This is an opportunity for photographers to have private access to these magnificent museum homes, take photographs, contribute to an online feature (which will promote your work to over 500,000/pa) and spend the day with like-minded people, making connections in inspiring locations.
 
Tucked away in Holland Park, Leighton House and Sambourne House stand as the extraordinary legacies left by Victorian artists Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896) and Edward Linley Sambourne (1844 -1910).
Leighton and Sambourne lived as neighbours for over 20 years, with the former the most prominent artist...

Egyptian artist Wael Shawky has been named artistic director of Art Basel Qatar, which is set to launch in Doha this coming February. Taking place across multiple venues—among them M7, the Doha Design District, and select public sites in Msheireb—the fair will platform galleries and artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. […]

Presented at EMST in Athens, this exhibition essay by Nektarianna K. Saliverou explores Baloji’s robust engagement with memory, colonial legacy, and cultural resilience through photography, sculpture, film, and installation. The crucial individuality of contemporary artistic […]

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Whether portraying people of the past or present, of great fame or total anonymity, Bisa Butler brings the viewer face to face with images of dignity and grace. Read Clayton Schuster's article on the artist by clicking above.
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By Kristine Schomaker James A. Faulkner works with fragments—pieces of old photographs, vintage ephemera, and found materials that he...

El Anatsui, Lubaina Himid, Frank Bowling, and Yinka Shonibare are among the major artists in this expansive showcase of contemporary dialogue and cross-cultural creativity. Gallery view of the Summer Exhibition 2025, at the Royal Academy […]

This 20th Anniversary issue features a plethora of issue exclusive articles, printed on fine art papers, HF 75 features a cover feature on Martha Rich, the paintings on unusual media of Helena Minginowicz, the colorful portraiture of Shaun Downey, the plastiscine murals of Timur Fork, installation artist Do Ho Suh, the painting of Amy Casey, […]
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Based in Japan’s western countryside, Ozabu merges reality and fantasy with impeccably precise and highly detailed narrative drawings. Read Liz Ohanesian's full article on the artist by clicking above.
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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” These are the words of renowned artist Edgar Degas. A century later, the sentiment continues to ring true. In a contemporary moment plagued with political polarisiation, and where those with power often wield it to the detriment of the most vulnerable, it is more important than ever to “make others see.” Art invites us to step into another’s shoes and see the world anew. Exhibitions can spotlight stories history has overlooked, striving to ensure all voices are heard. These five exhibitions are powerful examples of this effort, from deconstructing the legacy of colonialism in Ghana, to envisioning a future that values the lives of all creatures...

Yin Yunya (b. 1990) has long investigated paths of change. Bodies of water, tidal rhythms and shells appear throughout her practice, establishing a visual language rooted in flux. As such, we can say her work exists in a littoral, or intertidal, zone – an ecological concept that describes a fertile area where land and water overlap, inhabited by a rich diversity of animal and plant growth. In much the same way, Yin’s documentary and fine art photography collide with rich results – expressing complex ideas concerning existence. Yin earned a BA in Photography from the Beijing Film Academy (2009-2013), and an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication,...

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There is an extraordinary power in the image. It arrests, provokes, seduces and confesses. Photography, once the preserve of specialists and shuttered darkrooms, is now ubiquitous. Its reach is planetary. Each day, over 95 million photographs are uploaded to Instagram – a ceaseless cascade of observation and expression. This democratisation of image-making has transformed photography from a medium of documentation into a global lingua franca. It has become how we speak, how we remember, how we reckon with our present. In a world saturated with visuals, the need for spaces that decelerate the image – granting it space to resonate, to be questioned, to breathe – has never felt more urgent. This July,...

Bundanon’s Season 2 program pairs Pumani’s intergenerational reflections on Antara with Sequeira’s meditative explorations of colour, geometry and sound. Betty Kuntiwa Pumani with her major work Antara commissioned for malatja-malatja at Bundanon, 2025. Courtesy the […]

“Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.” These are the words of renowned artist James Turrell. In the 1960s, he was part of the Light and Space movement, a group who used light as a method to explore perception. In the past 60 years, there have been countless practitioners who have experimented with the medium. For example, Dan Flavin’s manipulation of fluorescent tubes and Jenny Holzer’s LED writing, both of which employ light as a sculptural tool. Fast forward to today, and technology has allowed the manipulation of light and motion to craft immersive environments, like the wildly popular spaces made by Japanese art collective teamLab. Now, De Renava, non-profit...

By Kristine schomaker Gal Mariya Rivers prepares to reveal her face after a decade of anonymous body liberation I'm looking at a photo of...

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In the fanciful depictions of Magda Kirk, massive deity-like characters reign over an inter-dimensional world comprised of emotion, self-awareness, and unlimited possibility. Read Zara Kand's full article on the artist by clicking above.
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There’s just one week left to submit your work for this year’s YEARBOOK Awards!
 
The YEARBOOK Awards are celebrating their 5th year with prizes from major industry organisations Alamy, Der Greif, FORMAT, Magnum Photos, Newspaper Club, and Shutter Hub Editions, accompanied by an online exhibition. Find out more about this year’s Awards.
YEARBOOK is our annual awards for photographers – open to all, whatever stage they are at in their career. Participating photographers are promoted to people working within the creative industries and to those who commission photography. We reach out to editors and publishers to share work with them and introduce them to photographers they may not yet know...