Most artists scoff at the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) is creative — but it depends on your definition. Norwegian artist and designer Espen Kluge is careful to separate fact from science fiction when it comes to digital systems that “create” art. With intuition driving his process, Kluge created Alternatives…

The three stages of life, according to enigmatic artist Tommy Devoid, are as follows: birth; “what the fuck is this?”; and finally, death. Those in the middle stage — presumably everyone reading this sentence — can probably relate. A self-taught digital artist specializing in sardonic prints, Devoid offers a welcome…

Yeon Joo Lee longed to return to painting for decades after her childhood aspirations to become an artist were curtailed. When she’d raised two sons and encouraged them to pursue their dreams, they urged her to do the same. Her vivid botanical paintings, inspired by plants in her garden, show…

“I come from a multicultural city,” says painter Ozlem Thompson, who spent her childhood wandering the cobbled lanes and domed mosques of Istanbul. Straddling Europe and Asia, the populous Turkish hub played a central role in east-west economic and cultural exchange during the 16th century. …

“I want to focus on finding my place as a gay Black man in the religious world that I was birthed into,” declares Los Angeles-based photographer and creative designer Caleb Griffin. The artist’s recent Holy Gestures series does just that. Replete with plush purples and an extraordinary satin church hat…

“Our time is marked by a mass extinction, diminishing resources, global pandemic, and climate change,” interdisciplinary artist Sam Heydt warns. “Yet for decades the West has proven successful in keeping the repercussions of their actions out of sight, out of mind.” And then: “But there is a limit to everything.” …

When you love someone and they leave, where does that love go? It’s a question photographer Laura Beth Reese set out to tackle in her understated Ex-Boyfriends series. …

As much as we tend to separate ourselves from other species, human beings are animals too. Our natural ecosystems support all of us, not just the whales or the polar bears we want to save, and the only way we can sustain our lives and our health on this planet…

Rumor has it that Lou Beach was left in a playpen with a pile of newspapers and magazines as a child, and he ripped them into pieces, foreshadowing his career as an illustrator. After years of designing record covers and creating artwork for publications, the self-taught Los Angeles artist enjoys…