One month ago, the ‘Microkosmos’ exhibition opened at the Drents Museum.
A year prior director Harry Tupan and curator Annemiek Rens invited me to contribute. With intern Nina van de Vijver, I immersed myself in a new chapter of Terra Ultima and into a new field: film.

Close encounter No.2
Another Delicate Dose of Detail.
If you like, stroll your eyes.
Fragments of ‘Urnacingulatus potentipus’
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PS. On view in Drents Museum
@drentsmuseum.bsky.social

Close encounter.
Your Delivery of a Delicate Dose of Detail.
If you like, stroll your eyes.
Fragment of ‘Urnacingulatus potentipus’
(^ ᴗ ^)®️
PS. On view in Drents Museum @drentsmuseum.bsky.social .

One year ago, I unearthed a strange object. This find sparked an investigation to it’s origin, captured in a short film and culminating in a new painting.
Both film and painting are on show at the ‘Microcosm’ exhibition in the Drents Museum from this weekend on until 1 March 2026.
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There’s something on the horizon…
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#terraultima #naturalhistory #raouldeleo #discovery #art #unknowncontinent #exploration #newchapter

The Lithuanian translation of the book Terra Ultima is now available!
I hope many Lithuanian readers will discover the miraculous continent and will be amazed, just like me, by its remarkable wildlife. (^ ᴗ ^)®🙏❤️

Chinese translation of the book about the discovery of Terra Ultima. The publisher has made great effort to make the book accessible to the Chinese readers. A letter to the reader has been added.

Inspired by this quote of Proust:
“The only true voyage of discovery, (…) would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is.”