more fun with vacuum tubes

Peter Luber makes microsculptures inside vacuum tubes. They're like a very odd cross between a dollhouse and a ship in a bottle - fragile and quirky and mysterious and mesmeric. I love them.

documenta 12

documenta 12 opens this week and it's all very exciting (see you there in August!). In the meantime, check out Mark Lewis' beautiful video work, which is being used as a trailer for the festival. I was lucky enough to see this at a talk he gave with Victor Burgin at the Whitechapel, and it is quietly lovely.

Audrey Kawasaki

Audrey Kawasaki paints on wood panels. Her subjects are mainly women and she is inspired by manga comics and Art Nouveau.

Panamarenko

Panamarenko is an artist and engineer who builds art machines such as this mechanical dragonfly.

Xia Xiaowan

Xia Xiaowan paints on multiple sheets of glass to create ethereal three-dimensional paintings

Amy Sol

Amy Sol's art combines 'manga, folk art, vintage illustration and modern design.'

Michael Reisch

Photographer from the Dusseldorf school who produces extraordinary photographs of landscapes using architectural software techniques.

Thousands of miles apart

3191 is a visual diary to make mornings more beautiful

Shane Glines

Shane Glines draws delightfully elegant and sexy illustrations. He's a former Spumco artist and it shows.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan takes beautiful panoramic photos like this one in Turkey.