“Inner Elder (Nina Simone as Queen of Sheba)” (2023), ceramic, 39 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches. Photo by Jonti Wilde. All images © Tavares Strachan, courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, shared with permission In 1887, an African-American man named Matthew Henson was hired by U.S. Navy engineer Robert Peary to accompany a team of explorers to be the...

“PORTRAIT D I 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 55.12 x 36.61 inches. All images courtesy of Nosbaum Reding, shared with permission Lush with material textures, Stefaan De Croock’s portraits have no identifying attributes. The Belgian artist (previously) puzzles together fragments of wood or marble into figures with distinctive postures and presences...

“A Family” (2024), oil on linen, 190 x 180 centimeters. All images courtesy of Beers London, shared with permission In The Narrators, artist Tang Shuo inserts himself into the stories of his native Boulder Hill by painting himself as the protagonist. He envisions life as a sweaty worker hunched over a field of weeds or a child angling to capture a...

Bosch Parade 2022 The Bosch Parade, a theatrical and musical art spectacle on the Netherlands’ Dommel River, kicks off on Thursday, June 20. For four days, spectators on the riverbanks can experience a procession of 19 floating, paddling, and swimming works of art in the middle of the historic center of ’s-Hertogenbosch, the birthplace and home of...

Photos by Alice Walker. All images © Jessica Saunders, shared with permission “Flowers are connecting, grounding, uplifting, healing, and worth treasuring,” says Essex-based artist Jessica Saunders, whose delicate stained glass sculptures highlight an array of familiar and beloved blooms. From daffodils and poppies to cornflowers and hydrangeas, her...

“Texan Sky III” (2019), oil on canvas. All images © Erin Hanson, shared with permission In vivid pinks, blues, and greens, radiant landscapes emerge in Erin Hanson’s impressionistic oil paintings. The artist is based in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, where the rolling hills and surrounding mountain ranges cradle miles of vineyards. She draws on the textures...