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Sue Runkowski[a], visual artist

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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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A digital painting of a person wearing a hat, seen from behind, standing before a vibrant wall of swirling colors looking to the future. Large, luminous butterflies in shades of blue, orange, yellow, and red fly toward the light, which radiates like a glowing sunset. The brushstrokes are bold and textured, dripping down the canvas. In the lower left corner, a brightly painted Instagram logo splashes with liquid-like colors sinking into the past.

Why Instagram has failed artists

Instagram no longer works for artists—and what to do about it.

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An open book with handwritten pages, representing an artists manifesto, being consumed by bright orange flames against a dark, smoky background.

What happened to the Artist’s Manifesto?

Contemporary art still makes powerful statements—just not in the same voice.

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image of an imagined city with road and archway

Art as creation

Why every great work of art builds a new reality.

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image of telescopes pointed at a dramatically painted night sky.

Cosmic Canvas

Today’s artists go beyond inspiration by the stars—they partner with science to reinvent the cosmos through creativity.

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A vibrant, digitally enhanced portrait of a woman with expressive eyes, rendered in a painterly, oil-brush style. Her hands are held up close to her face, palms outward, creating a framing effect. Bold, multicolored strokes—blues, oranges, reds, and purples—sweep across her skin and background, blending with feather-like textures. The overall composition evokes intense emotion and artistic surrealism.

Flattened by grief

What began as a creative process unexpectedly became a form of recovery.

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image of a artist sketchbook open on a table with various artist materials next to it

An artist’s sketchbook

Unlike a gallery, which is curated and designed to showcase finished works for public viewing, a sketchbook is deeply personal and experimental.

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