Xiong Liang

The writer and illustrator channels the spirit of traditional Chinese watercolors into picture books for children

Xiong Liang is an illustrator from China’s Zhejiang province (south of Shanghai) and is now one of the most established picture book artists of the capital. Yet he never really thought of drawing as a career; it was always more of a passion—albeit one he’s had since his childhood. “I never had a professional art training, but I remember myself as a kid, spending entire …

Lu Yang’s Uterus Man

The Shanghai-born artist's superhero rides a chariot made of human pelvic bone, and questions the laws of nature

Listed among the most influential young Chinese artists, Shanghai-born Lu Yang (who graduated from the prestigious China Academy of Art’s New Media Department) creates work that explores themes of death, disease, genetics and biomechanics. Behind her daring approach to creativity, there’s a strong interest in otaku (the Japanese term for those with obsessive hobbies or interests) culture, manga and a deep fascination with the physiology …

Tod Seelie’s Prohibition-Inspired Photography

The lensman's magnificently eerie images speak to the underbelly of New York in the 1920s

For a series of 10 magnificent, lush structural images, Brooklyn photographer Tod Seelie partnered with the new Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition to invoke the spirit of the era. To honor their historic past—rooted as a bootleggers spirit, smuggled into America by Captain William McCoy (the origin of “The Real McCoy”) during the 1920s—Cutty Sark launched this latest blended scotch whisky expression. The small-batch offering even …