Cool Hunting Video: Juan Miguel Palacios

Giving a traditionally 2D medium more depth, this Brooklyn-based painter explores the human condition

A recent transplant to Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, Spanish artist Juan Miguel Palacios is making a splash in the New York art scene with a series of work focusing on the human form. Palacios uses a unique technique which involves layering a series of paintings on top of each other to create stunning three-dimensional pieces. We spent some time with Palacios in his studio to discuss …

Jonas Lund’s Art World API

A digital installation exploring art through technology and science

Still abuzz from his shared online experience art piece “We See In Every Direction,” the Swedish-born, Amsterdam-based artist Jonas Lund is launching a new project, called Art World API. Lund’s interdisciplinary attack on art combines internet-embedded works with video and installation art, as well as a performance element. Utilizing networked systems, Lund gathers volunteer explorers and charts social interactions on the web. Known just as …

Lucite Sculptures by Phillip Low

Sculptural wonderment wrangling light across the color spectrum

Artist Phillip Low returns to the market with four one-of-a-kind pieces. Hand-crafted from the high-grade acrylic medium Lucite, these geometric shapes manipulate their environment and dazzle with colorful light dexterity. The new 2013 pieces—called Purple Orange Clear Sculpture, Green Clear Pink Sculpture, Green Black Clear Sculpture and Blue Sculpture—reference Low’s previous acrylic explorations while bringing further dimension amid stylistic variation to his work to date. …