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WINNER OF A 2024 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERITThis entry extracts a lot of impact from a simple palette of bold paint and steel mesh. The design exceeds the clients expectations by combining a sporty public washroom and pickleball court. Public safety is addressed by reconsidering accepted conventions. One example is exposed washbasins against a glass wall to celebrate an everyday activity in a light-hearted, performative way. DArcy Jones, jurorThe washroom facility is located at the end of 7th Ave SEa site selected for its visual connection to the centre of Calgarys East Village neighbourhood.LOCATION Calgary, AlbertaThe Open is a public washroom that is under construction in the East Village of Calgary. It is the winning submission of a national public design competition hosted by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation. The hybrid architecture and landscape architecture facility marries sport with utility, aiming to transform a functional program into a meaningful urban place.A pickleball court and tiered seating activate the facility, encouraging everyday stewardship.The architects chose to locate the washroom at the end of 7th Avenue SE, close to existing utilities and intersecting pathways, where it could reinforce the urban edge of both the park and the neighbourhood. To bring an animating activity to the building, the 3,000-square-foot facility houses both a new public washroom and a single pickleball court. This pairing of programs makes the structure large enough to have a presence amongst its 12-storey neighbours, yet light enough at street level to feel transparent and safe within the urban park.This modest piece of public infrastructure has a social placemaking element that is intended to serve a multi-generational demographic in Calgarys burgeoning East Village. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in North America, and a free outdoor court brings an active use to the facilitycountering the common perception of public washrooms as dank, territorial, and in some cases dangerous places. In the architects conception, the project is a mullet: business up front, party out back.A protective fence adds transparent, light massing to the facility, giving it a more robust presence.The facility is wrapped with a teal metal screen, and the court is painted with vibrant colours and court lines. At the end of the court, tiered seating encourages spectators to linger. A sedum-planted, wedge-shaped roof nods to the nearby Rocky Mountains.The firms experience with public washroom design over the past fifteen years has shown them that isolating these facilities or turning them into indestructible bunkers only reinforces negative perceptions. If we intend to make amazing public spaces, then we need to start by composing places infused with value, purpose, activity, and delight, they write. One can attract all kinds of activity through design, intentionally or otherwise.ScreenshotCLIENT Calgary Municipal Land Corporation | ARCHITECT TEAM Peter Sampson (FRAIC), Liz Wreford, Taylor LaRocque, Sean Vandekerkhove (MRAIC), Noel Sampson, Andrew Lewthwaite (MRAIC), Maggie Bonnetta, Samantha Scroggie (MRAIC), Breanne Baydock, Evan McPherson, Paul Susi | LANDSCAPE Public City | STRUCTURAL Entuitive | MECHANICAL AME | ELECTRICAL CGM | CIVIL Aplin Martin | AREA Project area280 m2; Building area45 m2 | BUDGET $2.2 M | STATUS Under construction | ANTICIPATED COMPLETION January 2025As appeared in the December 2024 issue of Canadian Architect magazineSee all the 2024 Awards of Excellence winnersYou can read ourjurys full comments here.The post The Open: East Village Public Washroom & Pickleball Court appeared first on Canadian Architect.

WINNER OF A 2024 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF MERITThere is a sense of conviction in the use of the geometry to create a simple volume and a very rational plan, while incorporating a very large and complex program. The play of berm and cutouts is successful in reducing its apparent size, and in allowing activities to relate to the exterior landscape. The resulting distinctive form achieves a harmony with the other stand-alone pavilions in the park. The use of copper introduces a material that is reflective at first, contributing to the sculptural aspect. As the copper ages, it will allow the volume to blend into the park.Andrea Wolff, jurorThe copper-clad sports and recreation centre sits in Edmontons Coronation Park. An underground passage connects it to an existing pool, allowing the paired facilities to function as an indoor triathlon centre.LOCATION Edmonton, AlbertaThe new kid on the blockEdmontons Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centreaims to play nicely with notable architectural neighbours, while bringing high-performance sport and community recreation together under one roof. Part velodrome and part community athletics hub, the centre is the latest addition to a 35-hectare 1950s city park.Sports courts are encompassed by the velodrome track, allowing for dynamic views of the centres different activities.Three existing buildings surround it. The smallest and most charming is Canadas first public planetarium (1960). The other two are rock stars. The Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre (1967) a cable-stayed icon of organic modernism, resembles a gorgeous, partially collapsed glass tent; originally called Coronation Pool, it was renamed after its architect, in 2005. Douglas Cardinals science centre (1984), now part of the Telus World of Science, still looks like a spectral seashell/flying saucer, although additions have made it more earthbound than it used to be.In this illustrious and assertive company, the sleek, elliptical new Sports and Recreation Centre keeps a relatively low profile. It nestles into three large earth berms that, as the award submission states, optically reduce the height of the building, allowing the existing projects to maintain their standing in the park.A running track rings the facility, with windows offering panoramic views of the surrounding park.Behind this deferential exterior, however, theres a lot going on. A tunnel linking the new Sports and Recreation Centre to the Peter Hemingway centre enables the two facilities to operate in tandem as an indoor triathlon centrea unique entity, and a valuable one for a city with very cold winters. Velodromes are highly technical facilities where competitive cyclists race at speeds up to 85 kilometres per hour on steeply banked oval tracks. Integrating a velodrome into a community recreation centre makes political sense because it mitigates the potential for an expensive, highly specialized sports facility to become a taxpayer irritation. What is novel about the new Edmonton facility is that its Union Cycliste Internationale-sanctioned cycling track is positioned a full storey above the community centres ground-level infield courts. Below and outboard the cycling track, but also above the recreation centres courts, is the four-lane running track. By making the cycling track fully visible from recreational activity levels, the design aspires to generate broader community interest in a sport that has yet to acquire a wide Canadian following.A sectional perspective shows the relationship between the running path, velodrome track, sports courts, and supporting spacesa first-of-its-kind approach to a facility containing a velodrome.The open, central community space is divided into two levels, with a flexible urban court for informal recreation and gathering below the upper-level basketball courts. Washrooms and change rooms are tucked under the upper-level courts. Stairs, informal riser-style seating, and best of all, two long, shiny metal slides (!) link these two levels. Other indoor amenities like multiple fitness studios, a caf, and childcare space further contribute to programming for users of all ages and abilities.Outside, the landscape design for the new facility expands the range of outdoor activities available at Coronation Park. Still respecting the mature parks existing context, the refreshed landscape improves wayfinding on a site that became fragmented over time as successive developments eroded the clarity of the parks original plan.CLIENT City of Edmonton | ARCHITECT TEAM hcma Michael Henderson (MRAIC), Darryl Condon (FRAIC), Paul Fast (MRAIC), Michael Rivest (MRAIC), Darin Harding, Derek Harris, Jennifer Sparks, Carter Gallant, Wendy Li, Jasmine Lam, Genevieve Simms, James Kokotilo, Nathan Keebler, Marcus Van Vliet, Alice Rooney, Aaron Bohnert; Dub ArchitectsMichael Dub (MRAIC), Bobby Harris (MRAIC), Gene Dub, Cass Milford, Stephen Smolski, Ciaran Bonar, Chris Woodroffe, Graeme Haunholter; Faulkner Browns Michael Hall, Sherief El-Salamani, Paul Rigby, Archie Wang, David Noble, Andrew Parkin, Shirley Lui, Cristina Ubeda | STRUCTURAL Fast + Epp | MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL Williams Engineering | CIVIL WSP | LANDSCAPE PFS Studio | AREA 16,500 m2 | BUDGET $150 M | STATUS Under construction | ANTICIPATED COMPLETION 2026ENERGY USE INTENSITY (EUI) 122.5 kWh/m2/year | THERMAL ENERGY DEMAND INTENSITY (TEDI) 28.9 kWh/m2/year | GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INTENSITY (GHGI) 49.2 kg CO2e/m2 | WATER USE INTENSITY (WUI) 0.56 m3/m2/yearAs appeared in the December 2024 issue of Canadian Architect magazineSee all the 2024 Awards of Excellence winnersYou can read ourjurys full comments here.The post Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre appeared first on Canadian Architect.

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Thursday, December 5th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerMaxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.1html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Maxon has released Cinema 4D 2025.1, the latest version of its 3D software for motion graphics, VFX and visualization work.The update overhauls Cinema 4Ds Boolean modeling system, improving the speed and stability of Boolean operations, and making it possible to set up more complex Boolean hierarchies.There are also updates to the simulation toolsets, including a new Particle Node Modifier, plus updates to Scene Nodes, the animation tools, and USD workflows.3D modeling: new Boolean generator provides faster, more stable, more flexible BooleansThe headline change in Cinema 4D 2025.1 is the new Boolean modeling system, for creating hard surface models non-destructively by performing Boolean operations on geometry.According to Maxon, workflow with the new Boolean generator is consistent with the old Boole object it supersedes, but is faster and more robust, particularly when animating Booleans.Unlike the Boole object, which is limited to two inputs, the new generator supports any number of input objects, making it possible to create more complex geometry.Boolean operations can also now be organised into nested hierarchies.Vertex, edge, and polygon selections are preserved during Boolean operations, and attributes like UVs and colors are preserved as they are for selections.However, scenes containing legacy Booleans are not converted automatically to the new system, and will need to be updated manually.https://www.cgchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/241205_Cinema4D20251_CollisionNoise.mp4Simulation: new Collision Noise and Collision Priority options for rigid bodiesThe Unified Simulation System progressively expanded over recent updates gets another update in Cinema 4D 2025.1.For rigid body simulation, a new Collision Noise setting (shown above) adds random variation to output, and there are new Collision Priority settings to prevent unwanted penetrations.For motion graphics, the MoGraph Matrix Object now syncs with simulated rigid body positions.Simulation: Out of Core Storage permits larger Pyro simsThe Pyro toolset, for smoke and fire simulation, gets a new Out of Core Storage option, making it possible to perform larger simulations by assigning more GPU memory to Pyro.There is also a new Ambient Temperature control for simulations, and new options to have simulation pressure control Vorticity and Turbulence.Simulation: control particle simulations with nodesThe new particle toolset introduced in Cinema 4D 2024.4 gets a new Particle Node Modifier, making it possible to control particles using a node-based workflow.All of the existing Scene Nodes can be used to control particles, and there are also a number of new nodes with particle-specific properties.It is also now possible to define custom particle properties to be used in Emitters and Modifiers, including the option to specify what output data is generated for a custom property.Updates to Scene Nodes, animation, rendering and pipeline integrationChanges to the Scene Nodes system include the option to use child objects or linked objects as generators to create custom mesh or spline generators.There are also new Geometry by Type and Geometry Info nodes, and updates to existing nodes.Animators get workflow improvements including the option to copy and paste data in the Powerslider in the same way as the timeline, and the Tween Tool gets a Global Space Mode.When rendering, users can now specify custom frame ranges, or opt to skip existing frames.For pipeline integration, support for USD workflows has been expanded.Users can now import character animation in USD format, including joint hierarchies and skin weighting; and can import and export some animated camera and light settings.It is also now possible to send and receive data directly to the iPad edition of ZBrush, Maxons digital sculpting app, thanks to the introduction of GoZ support in ZBrush for iPad 2025.2.Price and system requirementsCinema 4D 2025.1 is compatible with Windows 10+ and macOS 13.6+. It is available rental-only, with Cinema 4D subscriptions costing $109/month or $839/year.Read a list of new features in Cinema 4D 2025.1 in the online release notesRead more about the new features in Cinema 4D in the online manualHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Latest NewsMaxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.13D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.1Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.2iPad edition of the digital sculpting app gets GoZ support for Cinema 4D, plus ZSpheres templates for female, male and hand mannequins.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Adobe releases After Effects 25.1Check out the changes to 3D workflows in the latest update to the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX work.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Check out Substance 3D Modeler's new Primitives systemUpdated for version 1.17: VR modeling software gets new non-destructive workflow for blocking out complex hard surface models.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.1 in alphaExperimental preview showcases new tech in development for the GPU renderer, including native MaterialX and 3DGS support.Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024More NewsOtoy releases OctaneRender 2025.1 in betaiClone 8.52 adds new AI-assisted character posing systemDownload ActionVFX's 20 free stock VFX clips of asteroidsBlack Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artistsNekki releases Cascadeur 2024.3Exclusive Cyber Weekend offer on The Gnomon Workshop trainingTutorial - Maya for Animators: Body Mechanics3DGS Render 2.0 now lets you edit 3D Gaussian Splats in BlenderNevercenter releases Silo 2025 and Milo 2025Boris FX releases Sapphire 2025Epic Games releases RealityCapture 1.5KeenTools releases FaceTracker for BlenderOlder Posts

Thursday, December 5th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerMaxon releases ZBrush 2025.1html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Maxon has released ZBrush 2025.1, the latest version of its digital sculpting software.The update introduces a new Quick Polygroup Brush, updates the existing Anchors Brush, and improves integration between ZBrush and Maxons Redshift renderer.New Quick Polygroup Brush creates Polygroups automaticallyThe new feature in ZBrush 2025.1 is the Quick Polygroup Brush, for creating Polygroups.It enables users to create a group simply by clicking on the surface of a model, with ZBrush creating a Polygroup for the surrounding region based on edge flow.Updates to the Anchors Brush and the GoZ bridges to 3ds Max and MayaOther than that, ZBrush 2025.1 is primarily a workflow and bugfix update, updating existing tools.The Anchors Brush introduced in ZBrush 2023.2 for quickly posing characters gets a new Bend mode, in addition to the existing Move, Rotate and Twist modes.It enables users to reposition parts of the model using two anchor points, giving more natural bending.There are also fixes to the Chisel Brush and to Lightbox, and the GoZ bridges for 3ds Max and Maya now support 3ds Max 2025 and Maya 2025, the current versions of the software.Support for AOVs and the OIDN denoiser in RedshiftThe integration of Redshift, Maxons renderer, within ZBrush has also been extended, and now supports AOV passes and the OIDN (Open Image Denoise) render denoiser.According to the release notes, interactions are much faster, with changes to lights, HDRIs and materials displayed in real time in the viewport.Redshift was first integrated into ZBrush in ZBrush 2023, and includes CPU rendering by default: rendering on the GPU currently requires a separate subscription.Price and system requirementsZBrush 2025.1 is compatible with Windows 10+ and macOS 11.5+. It is rental-only. ZBrush subscriptions now cost $49/month or $399/year.Read a full list of new features in ZBrush 2025.1 in the online release notesHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Homepage image: the ZBrush 2024 promo image was created by Stephen Davidian.Latest NewsMaxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.13D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.1Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.Thursday, December 5th, 2024Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.2iPad edition of the digital sculpting app gets GoZ support for Cinema 4D, plus ZSpheres templates for female, male and hand mannequins.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Adobe releases After Effects 25.1Check out the changes to 3D workflows in the latest update to the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX work.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Check out Substance 3D Modeler's new Primitives systemUpdated for version 1.17: VR modeling software gets new non-destructive workflow for blocking out complex hard surface models.Wednesday, December 4th, 2024Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.1 in alphaExperimental preview showcases new tech in development for the GPU renderer, including native MaterialX and 3DGS support.Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024More NewsOtoy releases OctaneRender 2025.1 in betaiClone 8.52 adds new AI-assisted character posing systemDownload ActionVFX's 20 free stock VFX clips of asteroidsBlack Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artistsNekki releases Cascadeur 2024.3Exclusive Cyber Weekend offer on The Gnomon Workshop trainingTutorial - Maya for Animators: Body Mechanics3DGS Render 2.0 now lets you edit 3D Gaussian Splats in BlenderNevercenter releases Silo 2025 and Milo 2025Boris FX releases Sapphire 2025Epic Games releases RealityCapture 1.5KeenTools releases FaceTracker for BlenderOlder Posts

Untangling the male loneliness epidemicPublished inThe Medium BlogSent as aNewsletter3 min readJust now-- Morning. Three more Thursdays until 2025.Issue #222: subway mosquitoes + good opinionsIs there an epidemic of male loneliness?Ive been seeing posts alluding to it everywhere lately. Google it and youll find lots of supporting surveys, though they dont tell a clear story.A 2021 survey revealed that men have, on average, 50% fewer close friendships than women and the number of close male friendships has plummeted over the last 20 years. Scott Galloway (podcast host, marketing professor, and masculinity pundit) writes on Medium about the crisis of underemployment and undersocialization young men are facing. Slightly more men than women (57% to 54%) under the age of 24 live with their parents today. Men under 30 are more likely to be single than women (maybe because women are dating above their age bracket?). A third of men havent had sex in the last year (Galloway has promoted this stat), but in truth, everyone is having less sex than they did a decade ago (men, women, old, young everyone).At the same time, research is pretty clear that were all lonelier today than we were a decade ago. A Gallup survey last year discovered that men and women are equally lonely. Eileen Graham, associate professor of social sciences at Northwestern University, analyzed nine longitudinal studies of loneliness and found that women self-report being lonely more than men.To me, the conversation around a so-called male loneliness epidemic conflates multiple things: self-reported loneliness (a subjective experience, equally felt across all genders), singledom (which is not the same thing as loneliness), and celibacy (also not the same thing as loneliness).What the conversation about men seems to overlook is the fact that everyone, no matter how old you are or how you identify, is more isolated than they were a decade ago. Its not just a male loneliness epidemic. Its a retiree loneliness epidemic, a queer loneliness epidemic, an everyone-is-staring-at-their-phones-on-the-couch epidemic. To un-isolate ourselves, we have to become more aware of who we are when were online. I like Richa Kaul Padtes line in a beautiful essay about this: I sincerely tried and still try to close the gap between my online and offline lives.Im curious what you think. Harris Sockel What Im readingPublic health scientist Dr. Jess Steier summarizes the research around raw milk: Its worse for digestion than pasteurized, and the risks are most pronounced among children.British design consultant Tom Whitwells things I learned is an annual Medium tradition. A highlight from this years roundup: the London tube harbors a distinct species of mosquito, Culex pipiens f. Molestus, which evolved 80 years ago and is genetically distinct from above-ground skeeters.If you want to delight your neighbors, you could do worse than hiding tiny ducks outside peoples houses. (Gothamist) Your daily dose of practical wisdomTo write an opinion that starts a conversation, New York Times opinion columnist Elizabeth Spiers explains, focus on making just one point. Most first-time writers make the mistake of viewing everything they write as their last chance to say something so they cram every idea into one story. Be judicious.

Arctic sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. Cline Heuz/University of GothenburgThe first summer on record in which practically all of the sea ice in the Arctic melts could occur much earlier than previously expected. In a new study, scientists warn that the ever-increasing greenhouse emissions may bring us closer to an ice-free Arctic by the end of the decade.The new research, published on Tuesday in Nature Communications, suggests that rapid ice loss is associated with strong winter and spring warming, and warns that a transition to an Arctic Ocean with less than one million square kilometers of icea condition known as "ice-free"in the summer could have cascading effects.The climate models show that unless we can stay below 1.5 degrees Celsius globally in the climatological average, which is becoming less and less likely every month basically, its guaranteed that we will see ice-free conditions this century, says Alexandra Jahn, an atmospheric and oceanic sciences researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and study co-author, to the Independents Julia Musto.In the Arctic, September sea ice has shrunk by a rate of more than 12 percent each decade since 1979. This year, it reached near-historic lows over the summer and its minimum extent on September 11, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Using satellites and climate models, scientists have been able to track sea ice changes and measure their impactsthese range from losses in polar habitat to implications for local Arctic communities.According to NASA, the difference in ice cover this year compared to the average from 1981 to 2010 represents an area larger than Alaska. The yellow line shows the extent of previous sea ice formation versus current extent as of September 2024. NASA/Earth ObservatoryPast studies have focused on the first ice-free month, or ice-free summer. This new study focuses on the first ice-free day. Using past research showing that the first ice-free month could occur by the 2030s, Jahn wondered when the first ice-free summer day would happen, according to a statement.Because the first ice-free day is likely to happen earlier than the first ice-free month, we want to be prepared, says Cline Heuz, a climatologist at the University of Gothenburg, in the statement. Its also important to know what events could lead to the melting of all sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.Scientists Jahn and Heuz projected the first ice-free day using computer simulations. In most models, regardless of greenhouse gas emissions, the first ice-free day could occur within nine to 20 years. In the earliest model, it could be between 2027 to 2030.If the first ice-free day does occur in the next few years, it might lead to an ice-free period of between 11 to 53 days, per the study. The average was an ice-free period of 27 days, meaning that an ice-free day could in fact turn into an ice-free month. August and September were the most likely months for such conditions to happen.That scenario doesnt guarantee that that ice-free day will happen in 2027. Its definitely a very unlikely event, Jahn tells E&E NewsChelsea Harvey. Were looking at the outer edge of what could happen.A series of extreme weather events could lead up to that ominous milestone. For instance, a warm fall could weaken sea ice and a warm winter and spring could prevent it from forming. If these weather events happen three years in a row, or more, that could lead to an ice-free day late in the summer."When we reach ice-free conditions then the majority of the Arctic Ocean, 94 percent of it, will have no ice anymore," Jahn tells the Independent. So, were going from a white Arctic Ocean to a blue Arctic Ocean. She adds that shift illustrates the way anthropogenic-caused changes affect the natural environment.Even though the outlooks seem negative, the scientists point out that if we stick to the 1.5 degree celsius of global warming, ice-free days could potentially still be avoided. Thus, making climate action even more important.If we miss that target and stick to 1.6 degrees, Jahn tells E&E News, that will be a great achievement and will definitely have a big impact on how the Arctic will look like in the second part of the 21st century. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Anthropocene, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, Climate Change, Climatology, New Research

Left: Portrait of Paul Gauguin,Vincent van Gogh,1888. Right: The Little Cat,Paul Gauguin,1888 Van Gogh MuseumAfter examining the French artist Paul Gauguins The Little Cat with X-ray imaging, experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam are unraveling the paintings secretsincluding a hidden beetle.When the Post-Impressionist artist was working on the piece, the doomed beetle somehow made its way into his paint, becoming stuck to the canvas. Measuring only about one millimeter, its remains werent spotted until now.The researchers arent sure what kind of beetle it is. As they tell Artnets Eileen Kinsellam, it is lying on its back, the head and legs broken off.The analysis also revealed that The Little Cat was originally a part of a larger Gauguin painting. Museum experts found that threads around the canvas had been cusped, or stretched into arched shapes, on three of the works sides.The fourth side bears no such markings, suggesting that the canvas was cut off at the right side, probably by Gauguin himself, according to astatement from the museum.Gauguin painted The Little Cat in 1888, when he was visiting Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France. The artists lived together in the now-iconic Yellow House during a turbulent two-month period. Discussions about art became more frequent, and sometimes heated, per the Van Gogh Museums website. Vincent found it important to work from reality. Gauguin painted from memory, from his imagination.That December, van Gogh famously cut off his left ear, and Gauguin returned to Paris. But before their brief collaboration came to an end, the two artists influenced and challenged each other.[Gauguin is] often characterized as confident and someone to whom van Gogh looked up, says Joost van der Hoeven, a researcher at the museum, per the Art Newspapers Martin Bailey. But maybe the relationship was more one of equals.According to the museum, Gauguin was particularly impressed by van GoghsSunflowers, which inspired him to [start] work on his own yellow still life. Paul Gauguin was inspired by Vincent van Gogh's famous paintings of sunflowers. VCG Wilson / Corbis via Getty ImagesVincent wrote to his brother Theo that Gauguin was working on a big still life of an orange pumpkin and some apples and white linen on a yellow background and foreground, per the statement. This quote is intriguing, as a big still life by Gauguin is unknown.The Little Cat happens to have an orange pumpkin and a yellow background. As such, experts think it may have belonged to the larger canvas that van Gogh once described.Another clue can be found in an 1888 portrait that van Gogh made of his friend: It shows Gauguin working on a yellow canvas featuring a spherical orange objectechoing elements of The Little Cat and demonstrating the artists influence on each other. Experts say that van Goghs portrait was also cut down, though nobody knows why.It may be that he was dissatisfied with the picture, but wanted to save the image of Gauguin, either for possible copying or simply as a memento of their time working together in Arles, writes the Art Newspaper. But another possibility is that Gauguin disliked his failed still life being depicted and asked van Gogh to cut it out.Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.Filed Under: Art, Arts, Modern Art, Museums, Mysteries, Netherlands, New Research, Painters, Painting, Vincent Van Gogh, Visual Arts