![‘That truly is nature’: the inspiring story behind four spring scenes Van Gogh painted just weeks after mutilating his ear](https://komoneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/art-news-1080x675.jpg)
![‘That truly is nature’: the inspiring story behind four spring scenes Van Gogh painted just weeks after mutilating his ear](https://komoneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/art-news-1080x675.jpg)
![Are battery energy storage systems worth the investment?](https://komoneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Untitled-design-15.jpg)
Are battery energy storage systems worth the investment?
As the world transitions towards sustainable energy practices, the role of battery energy storage systems is becoming increasingly vital. These systems not only offer environmental benefits but also provide economic advantages for installers, distributors, and property owners. Let’s explore the value proposition of battery energy storage systems in each of these contexts. FOR INSTALLERS: The … Continued
![Kaleidoscopic Paintings by Edie Fake Invoke the Spiritual Wisdom of Plants](https://komoneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fake-4-1080x675.jpg)
Kaleidoscopic Paintings by Edie Fake Invoke the Spiritual Wisdom of Plants
In Persuasions, artist Edie Fake turns their attention to the wise, enduring insights of plants. The new series of acrylic and gouache paintings expands Fake’s bold visual language to incorporate flowers, which they render amidst the kaleidoscopic geometries they’re known for. Evocative of architecture and mechanics, the colorful graphic works veer into the spiritual, melding the myriad systems that order our lives.
Fake often begins with a meticulous sketch in graphite. More
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![In Billowing Sculptures, Joris Kuipers Suspends Cloud-Like ‘Gardens’ from the Ceiling](https://komoneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kuipers-Jardin-Suspendus-3-1080x675.jpg)
In Billowing Sculptures, Joris Kuipers Suspends Cloud-Like ‘Gardens’ from the Ceiling
Although trained in traditional painting techniques, Dutch artist Joris Kuipers isn’t satisfied with the constraints of a rectangular frame or pieces that sit stationary on the wall. His undulating, cloud-like installations appear to float and flutter as if a clump of giant, colorful autumn leaves have been tossed upwards and frozen in mid-air.
In his ongoing series Jardin Suspendus and In Bloom, Kuipers invokes the atmosphere of gardens. Floral-like shapes overlap, swell, and skitter in site-specific installations, whether hanging from the ceiling or flaring up from pedestals. More
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Toyota Yaris vs Renault Clio 2024 twin test: hybrid supermini battle
With more and more electrified rivals arriving, Toyota has given its hybrid-only Yaris a facelift. We put it up against Renault’s class-leading Clio.