The Welcome Team's March Discoveries
Art, artists, and content that caught our eye this month
This is the second installment of Monthly Discoveries.
Each month, our team spends an enormous amount of collective time on the internet. We discover a lot of incredible art, artists, and artworks this way. Last month, we decided to try to keep track of these discoveries, and curated a short list of some standouts. This list serves as a running archive of attention, part taste log and part time capsule.
This month, we did it again. Our March Discoveries span art, music, fashion, design, and internet ephemera. Some entries stand out for their craft, others for their strangeness, intensity, or quiet resonance with the present moment.
However they arrived here, each of the following discoveries stayed with us throughout March. We hope you enjoy them.
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Torbjørn Rodland’s new exhibition
Norwegian-based photographer Torbjørn Rødland’s exhibition at NYC’s David Kordansky Gallery features a photograph captured in London depicting a man kissing someone while a woman pulls his arm in a futile attempt to get his attention. Other favorites include “Banana Black” 2005, “Awkward Seat” 2023-26, and “Baby” 2007. He describes the goal of his work as “reënchantment project,” seeking to instill mythology into our contemporary society which feels glaringly devoid of any.
New Paloma Wool video by Carlos Didierr
Paris-based, Mexico-born director Carlos Didierr’s latest video for Paloma Wool has a simple concept: following model Maria Bottle through a single whimsical day. Shot with highly technical, stop-motion-esque camerawork, the video stitches together a series of scenes, using flower petals, cotton candy, stars, and spiderwebs as surreal transitions as she glides from one liminal space to another.
T-shirts by The Blank Traveler
The Blank Traveler is a Massachusetts-based clothing brand producing graphic-driven designs on Gildan blanks using direct-to-garment printing. Their drops are typically available online for just 48 hours and stocked at three curated stores worldwide. The pieces draw on thrift store-style ironic graphics, often defined by a restrained palette of two to three colors, paired with cropped visuals or fragments of typography.
Chainsaw Maid (2007) by Takena Nagao
This one is technically a rediscovery. Takena Nagao is a Japanese director known for his stop-motion animated horror films. His gory 2007 seven-minute short Chainsaw Maid follows a maid who protects her family from invading zombies using a chainsaw. Other interesting works from him include Maid of the Dead (2013) and Midnight Vampire (2024).
Animal hair sculptures by Shinji Konishi at Noir Kei Ninomiya’s AW 2026
Hair has long been a central focus in Junya Watanabe collaborator Kei Ninomiya’s collections, and the AW 2026 show pushes this even further. Models walk the runway with elaborate, sculptural avant-garde hairstyles, featuring animals such as squirrels, panthers, and bears crafted entirely from hair, perched atop intricate, basketwoven structures placed on the models’ heads.
Heraldic Visual Sequencer by Callum Bridge
Heraldic Visual Sequencer by London-based designer Callum Bridge is a custom tool that creates animated visuals using a mix-and-match library of heraldic symbols. It lets you control movement, layers, and motion trails in real time, so you can generate thousands of unique visuals for performance, projections, or dynamic use cases.
Singing Chinese engine saleswoman
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Tina, a Chinese saleswoman, is promoting the engines she is selling in China by singing. Buyers rest assured; she sings that the engines are “very complete” and have “low mileage.” Her unconventional style of advertising has gone viral in China and has captured the hearts of millions of mechanical engineers worldwide. Dive into the rabbit hole here.
NYC Street Life Lamps by @chefabdu1
Product designer @chefabdu is creating 8 by 11 inch NYC Street Life Lamps depicting scenes of New York City. The lamps are a collaboration with artist Nicholas Colalella and are available for preorder. Each piece features a rotating, globe-like display of Chinatown’s Mott Street, along with its residents, fire escapes, and apartment facades. Also worth checking out is his inflatable Mii punch doll, designed for everyday use but intended for “normal punches only.”
Stuffed plushies by Josie
Josie is an artist who uses secondhand and repurposed fabrics to create, among other things, one-of-one stuffed animal creatures. Her work often combines disparate animal parts with exaggerated proportions, resulting in plushies that are somewhere between cute and unsettling. Her most recent bunny plush features a visible pouch containing a small baby plush embedded within the body, pushing her signature aesthetic into even more surreal territory.
Painting by Utanhole (2026)
Drawing on Agnolo Bronzino’s An Allegory with Venus and Cupid (1545), 花鳥風月, or Requiem for the Damned, is Utanhole’s 2026 oil-on-canvas work that reframes Renaissance painting in the realities of contemporary Japanese life. The piece was recently shown at the 2026 Tokyo Art Fair, the largest art fair in Japan and the oldest in Asia.
Music by twentythree
Toronto rapper twentythree makes music in the vein of DJ Mustard 2010s strip club rap, with bass-heavy production that feels like it’s echoing in a club bathroom. While “Queen St” has racked up over 8 million streams, it’s worth diving deeper into tracks like “POPSTAR” and “I HATE DRUGS.”. If you listen closely, you can hear the Drake “6” sound effect embedded in his songs, paying homage to his Toronto roots.
Sneakers by Paul Easterlin
Paul Easterlin’s Golden Goose-esque sneakers are a scuffed-up hybrid of Converse Chuck 70s and Vans Old-School silhouettes. Each pair is handcrafted by Italian artisans. Updating their vintage inspiration with contemporary design, no two shoes are exactly alike. They feature two-tone laces and layered materials including canvas, suede, and leather.
“On the Brink” by Aram Bartholl
Aram Bartholl is a Berlin-based conceptual artist exploring the digital–physical divide, with a focus on anonymity and privacy. “On the Brink,” running through September 13, 2026, is a stripped-down, ironic exhibition featuring a plain white museum guard chair and a steaming phone plugged in nearby. Reportedly, someone has already panicked and unplugged it.