Amy Gunia

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A recently released Southern white rhino in Akagera National Park in Rwanda. Gael Vande Weghe Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action.

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Proyecto "CHOIR", de la artista alemana Katharina Grosse, en la Art Basel 2025, en Suiza. Jens Ziehe/Cortesía del artista/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 CNN  —  Miles de artistas se presentarán en cientos de galerías ya que la exposición Art Basel abre sus puertas en la ciudad suiza de Basilea esta semana. Pero antes de que los visitantes entren a la feria de arte, cruzarán una gran plaza pública rociada con pintura blanca y magenta: una obra de Katharina Grosse.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Amy Gunia

CNN  —  Thousands of artists are being featured at hundreds of galleries as Art Basel opens its doors in the Swiss city this week. But before visitors even enter the art fair, they will cross a large public square sprayed with white and magenta paint — an artwork by Katharina Grosse. The German artist is known for using spray paint to transform spaces, from an abandoned property in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans to a condemned structure in the Rockaways, New York.

1 week ago | cnn.com | Amy Gunia

CNN  —  For some people, Instagram’s infinite scroll is an endless time waster. For celebrated young South Korean artist Moka Lee, it’s the main source of inspiration for her portrait paintings, which have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. “I can observe countless people with just my phone without meeting them,” Lee tells CNN. “I wait to find something unique in the pictures that I come across by chance through the algorithm,” she adds.

1 month ago | cnn.com | Amy Gunia

Hong Kong CNN  —  The neon signs that once illuminated Hong Kong have mostly gone dark. The lights were once synonymous with the city, but in recent years, the government has tightened regulations over safety concerns about unwieldy signs, and many have been removed. But inside a workspace in the Wong Chuk Hang neighborhood, neon lights are shining bright. Jive Lau founded the Kowloneon studio in 2021, with the hopes of preserving the craft of neon making.