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THE CUP EXHIBITION

Rhine Gallery

We believe every cup of coffee deserves to be treated with care. That care belongs not only in the beans, extraction and temperature, but also on the cup in your hand. Each cup is paired with a work from the current Rhine Gallery selection, so even the same coffee may leave with a different view. It gives your own cup more character and makes coffee for a friend feel like a small gift chosen with care.

01An artwork for the journey

FOUNDING PROOFS · 000001—000006

Painterly Stories

Gouache, wet glass and cinematic light hold a moment of atmosphere, turning the sticker into a scene with a story.

130 works

Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a swimmer resting beside a sunlit outdoor pool with a yellow towel nearby. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000231Painterly Stories

Summer at Poolside

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Summer at Poolside” holds onto a swimmer resting beside a sunlit outdoor pool with a yellow towel nearby. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a family chasing a billowing white bedsheet across a windy rooftop. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000235Painterly Stories

Chasing One Bedsheet

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Chasing One Bedsheet” holds onto a family chasing a billowing white bedsheet across a windy rooftop. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a child watering an enormous moon-shaped flower in a bright courtyard. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000239Painterly Stories

Watering the Moon Flower

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Watering the Moon Flower” holds onto a child watering an enormous moon-shaped flower in a bright courtyard. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting two friends carrying a long mirror that reflects only blue sky and leaves. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000247Painterly Stories

Carrying a Piece of Sky

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Carrying a Piece of Sky” holds onto two friends carrying a long mirror that reflects only blue sky and leaves. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting four neighbors sharing a summer lunch around a low table by a blue doorway. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000251Painterly Stories

Lunch by the Blue Door

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Lunch by the Blue Door” holds onto four neighbors sharing a summer lunch around a low table by a blue doorway. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a reader sitting on a patterned rug hovering only a few centimeters above the living-room floor. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000259Painterly Stories

Reading Above the Floor

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Reading Above the Floor” holds onto a reader sitting on a patterned rug hovering only a few centimeters above the living-room floor. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting six friends sharing watermelon in a loose circle on a rooftop at sunset. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000263Painterly Stories

Rooftop Watermelon Circle

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Rooftop Watermelon Circle” holds onto six friends sharing watermelon in a loose circle on a rooftop at sunset. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a grandmother repainting an old wooden chair bright yellow in an open doorway. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000267Painterly Stories

Paint the Chair Yellow

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Paint the Chair Yellow” holds onto a grandmother repainting an old wooden chair bright yellow in an open doorway. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a boy and a tall white heron sharing one yellow umbrella beside a flooded field. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000271Painterly Stories

One Umbrella, Two Species

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“One Umbrella, Two Species” holds onto a boy and a tall white heron sharing one yellow umbrella beside a flooded field. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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Mixed-media painting on paper artwork depicting a family sharing a simple balcony picnic as a huge pale moon rises between buildings. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear with tactile material and natural-light detail. Founding concept proof

RC-000275Painterly Stories

Balcony Moon Picnic

Visual medium
Mixed-media painting on paper

“Balcony Moon Picnic” holds onto a family sharing a simple balcony picnic as a huge pale moon rises between buildings. Real materials and small handmade irregularities keep the unusual idea grounded in everyday warmth.

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One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate artwork depicting a red chair in a rain-wet courtyard rendered through residual ink and wiped marks. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000299Painterly Stories

Red Chair After Rain

Visual medium
One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate
Technique
Monotype

“Red Chair After Rain” uses one-of-one monotype / inked glass plate to preserve a red chair in a rain-wet courtyard rendered through residual ink and wiped marks. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate artwork depicting five figures waiting for the last ferry formed by blurred impressions and lifted white space. The vertical composition keeps the subject clear and preserves authentic craft texture. Founding concept proof

RC-000300Painterly Stories

Figures at the Last Ferry

Visual medium
One-of-one monotype / inked glass plate
Technique
Monotype

“Figures at the Last Ferry” uses one-of-one monotype / inked glass plate to preserve five figures waiting for the last ferry formed by blurred impressions and lifted white space. Bleed, seams, scratches and material variation keep the idea tactile even at a small scale.

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ONE FULL-SIZE EDITION

When a work stays with you,collect the full piece

Each artwork is offered as a single full-size physical edition. Once collected, it is marked as privately held: no new physical editions are produced, and the image leaves future cup-sticker rotations.

How collecting works

FROM ARCHIVE TO CUP

How an artwork reaches the cup

  1. 01

    New work enters the collection

    The work is not limited to coffee and is never tied to a particular drink. A city, shoreline, summer afternoon, dream or odd thought may become the next piece.

  2. 02

    Rhine curates the current rotation

    Rhine arranges each rotation by season, visual balance and the available collection, allowing photography, print, painting and collage to take turns on the cup.

  3. 03

    Prepared for print and the cup

    Each work is checked again for composition, color and detail at sticker size, then given an artwork ID so the small print retains clarity and texture.

  4. 04

    The artwork travels with coffee

    At service, the cup is paired with a work from the current rotation. Its story remains online after the coffee is gone. Cup art depends on current curation and production availability; the artwork received may vary.

PRIVACY BY DEFAULT

The artwork has an ID; your order is not on display

The gallery keeps only the artwork ID, date, style, medium and creative note. It does not publicly connect a work with a particular customer, drink or order.

THE CUP EXHIBITION

Today, your cup brings you an artwork

Every cup deserves to be treated with care—from extraction and temperature to the artwork on the cup. For yourself, it gives an everyday coffee more character; for a friend, it feels like a small gift chosen beyond the drink itself. Artwork follows the current rotation and production availability, so the piece received may vary.

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