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Recent Examples of diptych
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.
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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
The exhibition is physically structured around five diptychs, each on a podium, juxtaposing five sculptures and five video installations.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
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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
The exhibition is physically structured around five diptychs, each on a podium, juxtaposing five sculptures and five video installations.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diptych
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Apparently Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó intends his latest film, At the Sea, to be the middle part of a loose triptych that began with 2020’s Pieces of a Woman which earned star Vanessa Kirby an Oscar nomination, and the upcoming A Place to Be with Ellen Burstyn and Pamela Anderson.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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But a triptych of photographs that were released last month, showing Andrew apparently on the floor of Epstein’s New York town house, have a terrible directness.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Anthony Reyes would often pass by the mural as a child.—
Andrés Soto,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Two murals will be installed on the basketball and futsal courts at Cheatom Park, which is located just north of Interstate 235 and provides a vista of the downtown Des Moines skyline.—
Kate Kealey,
Des Moines Register,
19 Feb. 2026
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The dolls were like sketches, and among the pieces born from these miniature looks was a flapper dress inspired by Bal Bullier, the Belle Époque Parisian dance hall that, in 1913, Sonia Delaunay famously depicted in a panorama of moving color.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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Both dramas from Asia offer a panorama of a family rocked by unexpected circumstances and grappling with the mundane realities of an economic life mismatched to their goals.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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Although inspired by ancient techniques, the original fresco was only painted 25 years ago.—
Camilla Alcini,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The diocese of Rome addressed the controversy in press releases, noting that the fresco was being restored in a project.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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The diffused appearance of this gradient design has a mesmerizing, watercolor-like appearance.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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Scrolling through the results, Benning then selected a diverse set of reference images and turned these into digital collages on an app on their phone, finally executing them on paper through the highly personal and painstaking medium of watercolor.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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Harrell says 60 new businesses and amenities have opened in the last 18 months, including pilates and yoga studies, an indoor golf simulator and DIY painting and art event spaces.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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The geometric lines of the table are tempered with the organic, landscape painting and sculptural lamps and bowl.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
17 Feb. 2026
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Made with gouache and pencil on paper, the work depicts a guitar and several everyday objects, including a bottle and a folded sheet of paper, arranged on a table in soft brown and gray tones.—
Dragana Jovanovic,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
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With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas, her art is a process of accumulation, textures applied to capture the brush of wind and the shift of light.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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There are already stickers with this texture that just stick to the surface, but nail experts can also do it from scratch by first applying nail polish and then a layer of clear acrylic.—
Paola Zamarripa,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Diptych.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diptych. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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