The Art of Attention
I grew up less than 20 minutes from Frank Gehry’s buildings in Düsseldorf.
For years, I drove past them without really seeing them.
Makes me wonder: is familiarity a poor observer?
Architecture compressing grief into space
A corridor of steel carrying 22,000 names and bronze bees toward the Baltic Sea. Tallinn’s Memorial to the Victims of Communism feels designed as a passage from oppression into breath.
KUMU Picks
Sunday on Lake Peipsi (1975) by Estonian Artist Urmas Ploomipuu, seen at Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn.
The main collection of @kumuartmuseum covers Estonian art from the 18th century onwards.
KUMU Picks
Market (1983) by Estonian artist Rein Tamnik, seen at Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn.
The main collection of @kumuartmuseum covers Estonian art from the 18th century onwards.
Užupis, the independent artistic republic
Užupis is self-declared republic (since 1997) in Vilnius, Lithuania, where artists, intellectuals, and free thinkers shape the streets.
With its own constitution and ever-evolving public art, it stands as a living manifesto of creative freedom.
The Constitution contains 41 articles detailing the rights of citizens, pets, and the River Vilnelė; it has been translated into over 50 languages and is displayed on a wall.
@ebrahimelmii Thank you, Ebrahim—just one frame, echoing many places and moments across the Baltics. That subtle gratitude for freedom is deeply felt. 🤍
Freedom
Traveling through the Baltics reminded me:
freedom—even the freedom to create—isn’t a given.
You can sense the resilience here,
and a deep gratitude for the freedom of expression—also in art.
News from NFT Legends
Huge congrats to @DownsandTowns on the "Through My Lens" exhibition in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Proud to be one of his collectors.
Thank you for letting us see the world through your lens, Houston!
Tomorrow it opens!
‘Through My Lens’ is now on display at the Burlington library in Knoxville, Tennessee.
This show brings together my travel photography, fine art, portraits, and new experimental work.
Come see the world through my lens.
May 1 – 31, 2026
Street Art
in Kaunas, Lithuania's dynamic heart of culture and creativity,
The Wise Old Man
by Tadas Šimkus & Žygimantas Amelynas
(The work is a tribute to George Maciunas, the Lithuanian-American founder of the Fluxus art movement)
The Winter is Over
by Tadas Šimkus
Painter
by Linas Kaziulionis
Contemporary Ladies
by Linas Kaziulionis