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Recent Examples of diptych
His most recent works, the Polar EP and the conceptual diptych Helios Rave Draft and Superfluid, continue his exploration of sound design as emotional and physical experience.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Around 2013, Kalu also began creating distinctive circular drawings — whirlpools of overlapping ink, acrylic pen, graphite or oil pastel that are frequently presented as diptychs and triptychs.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Her trademark spectacles and no-nonsense Prince Valiant haircut, along with the electrifying diptych Two Sunflowers (1980), completed the scene.
—Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2026
Around 2013, Kalu also began creating distinctive circular drawings — whirlpools of overlapping ink, acrylic pen, graphite or oil pastel that are frequently presented as diptychs and triptychs.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 10 Dec. 2025
Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Her trademark spectacles and no-nonsense Prince Valiant haircut, along with the electrifying diptych Two Sunflowers (1980), completed the scene.
—Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diptych
Noun
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The film, a beguilingly expansive triptych from the Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi, is in no hurry to answer.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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An ancient ginkgo tree enchants longing souls across more than a century in this spellbinding cinematic triptych starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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During Juneteenth weekend, the neighborhood feels less like a district and more like an open invitation — murals, pop-ups, and installations spilling into storefronts and sidewalks, with artists and visitors drifting in and out of shared space.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
14 May 2026
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There, on the Hudson River waterfront, David Wojnarowicz wrote poems and painted murals alongside Luis Frangella and Mike Bidlo, while Peter Hujar and Dirk Rowntree photographed scenes of impromptu happenings and performances, before the site was demolished in 1984.—
Natalia Torija,
Curbed,
14 May 2026
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The five NanaWall glass systems are 11 feet tall, a kind of scale that lands differently when it’s paired with a Bay panorama that changes by the hour.—
David Caraccio
May 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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The Bernina Express winds through striking Alpine scenery before descending into warm, sunlit Mediterranean landscapes, revealing a stunning panorama that feels almost cinematic.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2026
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The seven tracks on their first LP together are largely instrumental and instinctive, building a pivotal series of Miami recording sessions into a fresco of outsider rock, ambient, and avant-garde arrangement.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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To encompass the story, about a miracle from 847, when Pope Leo IV stopped a fire with a blessing, Raphael brings you into the fresco through the unshod feet of a woman in agony and leaves you near the very back, with a tiny and serene Leo IV.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Think pottery classes, watercolor lessons, baking, gardening, book clubs, Pilates, surf lessons and dance classes like hip hop.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Lively leaned into the moment with a look designed to turn heads — an archival 2006 Atelier Versace gown in soft watercolor tones.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Unlike spare paintings of the postwar era created by artists like Agnes Martin, who famously worked solo, Zhao’s require assistance from supply chains and shipping companies to become complete.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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Viewers might sense a grand statement being made by the invocation of this famous painting.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Poway Center for the Performing Arts will be filled from top to bottom with art in a wide variety of techniques and mediums – pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media – during the North County Society of Fine Arts Exhibit through May 30.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Synthetic fabrics like polyester, nylon and acrylic shed tiny plastic fibers every time they’re washed — especially fuzzy materials like polyester fleece.—
Ryan Brennan
May 11,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 May 2026
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“Diptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diptych. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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