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Photographer Filip Dujardin's solo exhibit blurs the line between architectural fact and fiction

With his wonderfully imaginative architectural “photomontages,” artist Filip Dujardin addresses questions of what might have been and what’s still to come. Pulling solely from his extensive archive of his own photographs of buildings, urban spaces and landscapes, the Belgian artist dissects and meticulously reassembles images—with the assistance of computer retouching—to create an augmented reality of near-believable structures in bizarrely complementary environments. Dujardin’s second solo exhibition …

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Artist Michael Sieben updates the children's classic with characteristically kooky illustrations

Originally published to great admiration in 1900, L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” has since secured itself as one of the most recognizable children’s classics of all time. While the beloved story has stood the test of time HarperCollins teamed with Austin-based artist Michael Sieben to update the illustrations, and his charming but mature graphic edition will drop 19 February. As longtime supportes …

The Ride Gallery

Art inspired by surf culture finds a home online

There seems to be no shortage of interest in surf culture recently. While not all of us are gifted with natural surfing ability, the draw to the sport’s free-spirited culture never seems to fade. For both legit surfers and casual enthusiasts looking to land a piece of art inspired by the board world there is The Ride Gallery, an online platform celebrating surf culture through …