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Dennis Lehtonen Documents a Pair of Immense Icebergs Paying a Visit to a Small Greenland Village
18 July 2025 @ 3:20 pm
A pair of icebergs slid into Innaarsuit, Greenland, dwarfing the fishing village's modest wooden houses.
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17 July 2025 @ 7:11 pm
The artist considers how organic imperfections are often ultimately a lot more interesting than anything made "perfectly" in a factory.
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17 July 2025 @ 2:19 pm
"I see my practice as a playground of soft contradictions—between seriousness and silliness, desire and failure, monumentality and deflation," Rong says.
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16 July 2025 @ 8:01 pm
The artist skillfully employed pochoir—a printing method using stencils—to produce vibrant illustrations of the winged insects.
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16 July 2025 @ 4:29 pm
An unassuming cacao tree in Indonesia connects to a data-sensitive artwork in China.
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16 July 2025 @ 2:24 pm
A rare capture of a troop of leaping prosimians took the Grand Prize in the 2025 contest.
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15 July 2025 @ 8:45 pm
Across 40 countries, 'The Contemporary Garden' showcases one of humanity's perennial fascinations.
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15 July 2025 @ 2:23 pm
Currently based in London, Ruiz draws upon her childhood experiences in Caracas, Venezuela, and her relationship with the natural world.
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14 July 2025 @ 4:10 pm
NASA's Parker Solar Probe reached 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface to document raging solar winds.
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14 July 2025 @ 10:14 am
Journalist and curator Ekow Eshun illuminates links between the climate crisis, land, colonization, diasporas, and social and environmental justice.
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