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Sue Runkowski[a], visual artist

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Surreal digital artwork depicting a fantastical landscape where a large eye-shaped structure with a blue iris grows from a tree-like base on the right, gazing toward a glowing sun on the left. The scene is filled with colorful flowers, orbs, and roots blending into a textured ground under a gradient sky that shifts from pink to teal. The image evokes a dreamlike sense of connection between nature, vision, and cosmic energy.

The tyranny of symbolism

When every image must stand for something else.

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Black-and-white image of a person wearing large round sunglasses and a dark outfit, sitting indoors near a window with light streaming in. The person has curly hair and an introspective expression, with one hand raised near their chin, creating a moody, cinematic atmosphere.

Filmmaker: Maya Deren

Experience Maya Deren. And see what happens when film becomes fine art.

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A group of people stand in an art gallery, facing a brightly illuminated painting on a wall that transitions from deep blue on the left to fiery orange and red on the right. The scene is painted in an impressionistic, textured style with bold brushstrokes, giving the gallery and its visitors a dreamlike, abstract quality. The floor reflects the warm light, adding to the immersive atmosphere.

The power of observation in art

How consciousness transforms creativity and connection.

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A surreal oil painting of a female artist standing in front of a workbench covered with art supplies. She wears a green apron and a light shirt, facing a wall of vibrant abstract colors—cool greens and blues blending on the left, fiery reds, oranges, and yellows exploding on the right. The scene captures the tension between chaotic spontaneity and disciplined artistry in a studio setting.

The cult of spontaneity

In a world oversaturated with amateur performance, audiences are craving something real, something lasting.

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A lively painting depicting sailors and civilians in a chaotic street scene. Men in naval uniforms and women in colorful dresses dance, flirt, and stagger with exaggerated gestures. Some embrace or reach for each other, while a small dog scurries underfoot. The figures are rendered in a stylized, almost caricatured manner, full of energy and tension.

American Artist: Paul Cadmus

Paul Cadmus didn’t just paint people. He painted the truth.

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A woman in a long, dark dress stands in the center of an ornate gallery, facing a wall filled with large, golden-framed paintings glowing in warm light. Rich red and teal curtains drape along the sides, and the polished, patterned wooden floor reflects the scene, creating an atmosphere of grandeur and contemplation.

Sexism in the art world

Decisions about whose work gets shown, sold, and celebrated are still largely made by men.

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A surreal, vividly colored alien landscape with swirling patterns and textures resembling molten liquid and bubble-like formations. The scene features vibrant hues of red, orange, purple, blue, and pink blending together in organic, flowing shapes. Jagged, mountainous structures rise from the ground, while a glowing yellow-orange horizon suggests a setting or rising sun. Floating spheres of various sizes dot the sky, enhancing the dreamlike, cosmic atmosphere. The entire scene has a fantastical, otherworldly quality, as if depicting a scene from a psychedelic dream or alien planet.

“Making Strange”

Great art doesn’t blend into the background. It reframes the everyday.

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