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Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits

Fusing elements of Persian architecture with Christian altarpieces, Arghavan Khosravi grapples with the structures and ideological strictures that shape our lives. The Iranian artist has long reckoned with women’s fight [...]

Mirei Monticelli’s Hand-Woven Banana Leaf Lamps Swell Between Material and Movement Mirei Monticelli’s Hand-Woven Banana Leaf Lamps Swell Between Material and Movement

Milan-based Filipina designer Mirei Monticelli creates biomorphic lighting fixtures that toe the line between sculpture and utility. Undulating outward and glowing from within, the artist’s works feel as if they [...]

Faig Ahmed Weaves Mysticism, Science, Technology, and Craft into ‘The Attention’ Faig Ahmed Weaves Mysticism, Science, Technology, and Craft into ‘The Attention’

Faig Ahmed is known for his vibrant textile sculptures that take traditional Azerbaijani ornamental carpets as starting point, often appearing to melt, pool, or glitch. In his current solo presentation [...]

Ornamental Carpets Release Wild Animals in Debbie Lawson’s Provocative Sculptures Ornamental Carpets Release Wild Animals in Debbie Lawson’s Provocative Sculptures

Debbie Lawson is known for her large-scale sculptures of life-size animals cloaked in ornamental carpets. Starting with an armature of wire mesh, masking tape, and Jesmonite resin, she meticulously cuts [...]

In ‘Piercing the Veil,’ Marina Kappos Gets to Know the Spectre of Grief In ‘Piercing the Veil,’ Marina Kappos Gets to Know the Spectre of Grief

Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is perhaps one of the world’s most famous burial grounds, home to luminaries like authors Oscar Wilde and Marcel Proust, musicians and composers like Frédéric [...]