Tag: Architectural
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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 for equality, particularly amid censorship and religious dogma in her native country. Through vibrant gradients that radiate across her sculptural paintings, Khosravi entices the viewer read more
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Marc Fornes' New Sculptural Pavilion Reimagines the Architectural Folly
A bold new structure has appeared in Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina: the latest sculptural pavilion by Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY. The work is titled “L’Ile Folie,” which nods to the architectural tradition of the folly, a landscape feature that was all the rage with wealthy estate owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. read more
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Amoako Boafo Weaves His Portraiture into an Architectural Replica of His Accra Studio
The expression “wherever you go, there you are” is often wielded to describe futile attempts to escape hangups, anxieties, and a variety of unwanted emotions. Although this truism is typically offered as a negative, it can also be read as a positive that provides comfort and stability amid new environments. In I Bring Home with read more
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Tara Donovan's 'Stratagems' Tower Within a San Francisco Architectural Icon
Completed in 1972, the innovative 48-story building known as the Transamerica Pyramid Center quickly became an indelible icon of the San Francisco skyline. Its modernist features include blocky elements, uniform rows of windows, and it’s namesake pyramidical shape, but its design also took its surroundings into consideration, as its tapered shape meant that more sunlight read more
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Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish’s Architectural Art
Art Review The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. John Yau February 3, 2026 — 4 min read Julia Fish, “Threshold, Trace 3–after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum – red, SouthWest–one” (2025), Japanese printed tablet paper with archival pen, ink, read more
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