Mermaids

Model <n>MAUREEN TANG</n> in 'Maiden of the Sea'. Photo by <n>Carly Sharp</n>, styling by <n>sabrina reneé teerlink</n>.

A film still from <n>The Mermaid</n> (1904), directed by <n>Georges Méliès</n>.

700 BCE-650 BCE PHOENICIAN Carved shell (Tridacna squamosa) with a human head and two incised winged sphinxes on the edge of the inner side; lotus buds and flowers in the space above the sphinxes with a band of triangles framed by parallel lines defining the inner edge of the field; assembled from fragments. The carved shell was used to hold cosmetics. E.MED, found probably in Vulci Italy. B.M.

<n>Valerie Zhang</n> wears the <n>Silver Mermaid Tail</n>, a digital fashion piece by <n>XTENDED iDENTiTY</n>.

<n>A Fisherman and Mermaids in the Blue Grotto on Capri</n> by artist <n>Hermann David Salomon Corrodi</n>.

A scene featuring one of <n>The Little Mermaid's Sisters</n>.

<n>Candleholder</n> by <n>Alana Burns</n> from the <n>Inner Space</n> exhibition. Photo by <n>David Alhadeff</n>.

The painting <n>Hairline Cracks</n> by artist <n>Adam Hall</n>, featured in the film 'Leave the World Behind'.

<n>Peng Chang</n> for <n>Vogue Taiwan</n>'s January 2022 Sustainability Issue, photographed by <n>Zhong Lin</n>.

Photo by <n>Ditte Isager</n> for <n>Noma</n>'s <n>Ocean Season Menu</n>.

Guide me through the dark by artist <n>Julia Soboleva</n>.