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These tiny paintings are delightful.

Well, the midsection at least. A well done illusion en plein air in New York City. A delightful distraction at the end of this week.

Short film about Kehinde’s upbringing and process in support of his exhibition An Archaeology of Silence at the de Young museum.

Oh this video is gooooood. “A book itself is sort of the perfect metaphor for a human being. It’s got a front and a back. It’s got a spine, and it’s bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.”

I could see this framed on the wall and that would be pleasing. (But then I see the stacks of things that are framed and not hung around the house.) / via Laughing Squid

So many lovely expressions of form, experiments, mediums, and results. (Including the food, which sometimes is the most I can make in a day.)

A drawing with hundreds of people gathered, forming the word NOS (“us” in Catalan), a poster for the fight against cancer. More info: Never Give Up

Akin to his Cloud Gate (”Bean”) in Chicago, the as yet to be named blob is quite lovely and I hope to see it in NYC.

This moiré woodcut print is enchanting. (Watch the short video) / via Scott Boms

Limited edition prints by artists from around the world. A favorite design element is when you click into a detail view and the page pulls colors from the artwork. / via Fonts in Use

Paul Cocksedge’s installation in the UK tips a hat to the metal-working and textile history of the building and area. It’s quite lovely. / via Dezeen

Admission: I didn't know of Tom Phillips until he was gone. More from The Art Newspaper and Slipped Disc

This installation seems very much like his work in Naoshima, Japan (a favorite of all time). Bucket listing to go here. Bonus: Great photos by Noah Kalina in the article.

Mr. Doodle's project over the last few years is quite impressive. Dedication and consistency FTW.

150 artists to created a series of immersive installations made from mostly salvaged material wedged between 3 highways. #bucketlist

Barbara Kruger's latest installation at MoMA NYC makes me want to travel / via John Maeda

music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.

As my friend Thor mentioned when sharing this link, "More is more."

Colorful typo/graphic gatehouse installation by Morag Myerscough and poet Ellen Moran in northern England

Hand painted posters. Serving Queens, NY & beyond for 50 years. Their Instagram is a good start but follow it up with this profile in the New Yorker. / thanks Thor!

It’s Nice That profiles this Jakarta-based illustrator and motion designer and I’m super digging the vibes.

Lovely letterpress print by Cameron Moll coming soon. Pre-orders of the limited edition open now.

Andy Moliski is hiking the Appalachian Trail. With the help of his two brothers he's sharing the journey in real time through an amazing website that defies category. Be sure to check out the journal. / via Things to Click

A gallery of card designs created with the HTML Canvas element and JavaScript with editable code to tweak and generate new variants. Created by Luke Patton

A James Turrell installation in Colorado that you have to hike to. #bucketlist / via Michael Sippey

I'd love to visit the Praise Show Art Gallery in Brookline to see Oliver Jeffers latest paintings and get lost in the stars

Saw these prints scroll by and fell down a colorful rabbit hole. Learned a few things more about Kent in these additional footnotes, including insight behind the circus series.

For his film C'mon C'mon, Mills engaged French artist Yann Kebbi to roam freely around the sets and draw whatever he wanted. I need to see this movie and these drawings are lovely. / via Alan Jacobs

Online showcase shining a light on work of Ukrainian designers, illustrators, animators and other creatives / thumbnail by Grabko Ivan / via It's Nice That

Went deep into Ralph Ammer’s website. Here’s some of his writing about drawing. He also has sections for design and philosophy. It’s all so good!

Ralph Ammer’s 17 minute talk about drawing is delightful on many levels, part of which are the animations to illustrate his points.

Reddit user Chucksdaughter made this graphic in honor of brave Ukrainian witches. In the comments they provide links to various formats to print and share. / via AustinKleon

Amy Wibowo’s story about making her first home page is wonderful to see, read and experience. / via lots of folks, for good reason

A new building in OTR by José García Design will house curated exhibitions, educational events and screenings. Excellent news for Cincinnati.

Donald Craig scanned the pages of visualization from the 70's and synchronized them with the music. / via @pixlpa

Bobby Solomon had a great blog about creativity and culture that was a favorite destination for many years. It lives again today as a thoughtful and densely awesome newsletter.

Starting the week looking at the lovely blasts of color that Craig Redman & Karl Maier bring to the world. / via The Fox is Black

Would love to see this (or any) installation by Krista Kim. In this instance, all the digital billboards in Times Square synchronize with gradients.

Colossal shares a few of his illustrations using shadows, but wander down the links to Vincent's personal site (superfun) and Etsy store where his work translates well into prints and postcards.

She's got plenty more on her website, but this Twitter thread provides insight on the process

I've seen half of this (two hour!) video but agree with Michael here that it's worth watching to get a better understanding of this emerging (and divisive) technology.

The artist's Instagram bio sums it up: "drawing in the air." Beautiful flow and color and form. / via Dense Discovery

Jason Farago dives deep into a piece of art by Jasper Johns. Scrolling through, zooming in and out, enlightening, emotional, poetic. / via airbagindustries, Greg Storey

Phenomenal find by Jed Daily on Metafilter of Mary Delany, who began creating floral collages with paper when she was 72. Fresh over 240 years later!

I remember when Colossal first posted work by Kristen Meyer and I'm delighted to see more of what she's been up to. Excellent photography by her husband Colin Meyer to boot!

Fonts In Use showcased a recent album design by Nolan and his site is filled with delightful illustrations and details abound!

I loved watching these pieces come together bit by bit on Instagram without knowing exactly what Aegir Hallmundur was up to. Turns out it was a colorful and beautiful carousel!

Helga Stentzel is a Russian-born visual artist based in London. Lots of inspired work transforming everyday objects into other everyday things. / via MetaFilter

Immersive art experience in Middletown, Ohio. Need to get out here before they wrap up on Dec 19, 2021 (thumbnail features art by Chase Melendez)

From the mind and hand of artist JK Keller

Nayland put this art on his Tumblr and I'm "reblogging" it here because I dig it lots.

Simon Collison collects links and pulls (an excellent) quote from an interview with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood as they discuss the visual language of Radiohead's album art over the years.

I love the care that Lee Me Kyeoung infuses into these.

Quarantined in his flat in Chicago, Leonard Suryajaya started using the walls of his apartment as a canvas for elaborately staged tableaux. This and lots of other great new photographers and work on the Foam site.

Scenes created with alternative items to recreate everyday things. Smile inducing. / via Yewknee

Brooklyn-born black photographer Kwame Brathwaite inspired new viewpoints, visual language and a movement to celebrate black lives in the 60's / via Creative Mornings newsletter

A lovely animation of an astronaut swimming through stars

Not verified as open sourced images, but a trove for inspiration nonetheless

Glad it wasn't razed for a parking lot. Another thing to add to the list of places I would very much love to visit.

Another wonderful installation