Art and Design

The <n>Ma Sconce No. 4</n>, a ceramic stoneware light fixture designed by <n>Kassandra Thatcher</n>.

<n>Vase of Flowers</n> (c. 1660), a painting by Dutch artist <n>Jan Davidsz de Heem</n>.

A surreal digital artwork by Barcelona-based design studio <n>Six N. Five</n>, founded by <n>Ezequiel Pini</n>.

From the <n>World Underwater</n> series by digital artist <n>Hayden Clay</n>.

<n>Still Life with Silver</n> by <n>Alexandre François Desportes</n>.

<n>'PARROT TULIPS'</n>, a 1988 photograph by <n>Robert Mapplethorpe</n>.

A surrealist <n>Spatial Study</n> by artist and architect <n>Per Carlsen</n>.

Cover art for the albums <n>Handsome Ho Vai</n> and <n>Chordyow Malai</n>.

A detail of <n>Flora</n> from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>The Birth of Venus</n>, c. 1486.

1988 poster for <n>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</n>'s ballet <n>The Swan Lake</n> by artist <n>Olga Biantovskaya</n>.

Detail from <n>Madonna della Candeletta</n> (c. 1490), a painting by <n>Carlo Crivelli</n>.

<n>Ikebana</n> (2020) by photographer <n>Caroline Fayette</n>.

The <n>Vive la Différence</n> puzzle, with photography by <n>Kreetta Järvenpää</n>.

<n>煌めく世界</n> by photographer <n>Suguru Kiritsuki</n>.

Digital artwork by design studio <n>Six N. Five</n>, founded by <n>Ezequiel Pini</n>.

<n>Peacocks</n> (1683) by <n>Dutch Golden Age</n> artist <n>Melchior d'Hondecoeter</n>.

<n>Sumo Vase, Horns</n> by <n>Kristian Sofus Hansen</n> and <n>Tommy Hyldahl</n> for <n>101 Copenhagen</n>. Floral design by <n>Labotanica</n>.

<n>Jan Davidsz. de Heem</n>'s "Still life of flowers in a glass vase with insects," c. 1660.

A digital illustration from the <n>Installations</n> series by artist <n>Peter Tarka</n>.

<n>Still-life of grapes and a peach on a table-top</n> (c. 1720) by Dutch artist <n>Jan van Huysum</n>.

<n>Tulipomania</n>, an illustration by <n>Anna Higgie</n>.

<n>Totem</n> and <n>Bowl</n> planters by designer <n>Adam Sirak</n>. Photo by <n>Khadejah Khan</n>.

<n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s '<n>Portrait of a Young Woman</n>', thought to depict <n>Simonetta Vespucci</n>, c. 1480-85.

Still life photograph by <n>Robert Mapplethorpe</n>.

Illustration by <n>Luci Gutiérrez</n> for <n>The New Yorker</n>.

Poster for the 2014 film <n>The Grand Budapest Hotel</n>, directed by <n>Wes Anderson</n>.

<n>While we frame our happiness, sadness frames us.</n> by artist <n>Mahmoud Alkurd</n>.