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Yayoi Kusama’s Current Exhibition Offers a New Infinity

Design Milk

In 2013, I had the privilege to visit ( and feature here ) a dazzling Infinity Room by one of the most famous and influential artists alive: Yayoi Kusama. On view at David Zwirner Gallery in New York, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers is well worth a visit, whether you wait in line or not. The gallery is also closed July 4 th.

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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

Creative Boom

Priya read modern languages at Cambridge University then received a distinction and the annual dissertation prize in the history of design from the Royal College of Art. She was on the board of Chisenhale Gallery for five years and is now a trustee of The Hepworth Wakefield. Simonida was surrounded by art from a young age.

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10 Riveting Movies about Artists

High on Design by Wix

Exploring their art and biographies is always a trusted source of inspiration. This is especially true when the exploration is conducted by acclaimed directors and actors, merging the two artforms of cinema and fine art. Finding Vivian Maier (2013). Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013). National Gallery (2014).

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Ed Fella’s Flyers Blur the Lines Between Design and Art

Eye on Design

In 2010, I curated a selection of Ed Fella’s famous flyers, created “after the fact”—as he put it—for his own lectures, in an exhibition about Surrealism and graphic design at the Moravian Gallery in the Czech Republic. Pokorny had never seen Fella’s work before; his background as a critic and curator was in fine art, not design.

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An Artist’s Tireless Advocacy for Marginalized Women and Girls

Feature Shoot

Untitled from the series, Blood Speaks , 2013-18 © Poulomi Basu. From 2013 to 2018, the Indian photographer, artist, and activist Poulomi Basu documented the practice of chhaupadi in Nepal, listening to the stories of women and girls who were exiled for one week of the month during their periods.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

” Red Cloud and Sitting Bull, Demond Melancon, 2013 Photo: Christopher Porché West. “Some suits that were important in the historical narrative in New Orleans are at the Arthur Roger Gallery. I branched out to show them that beading can be contemporary art, can be fine art.

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Meet the Judges: Patricia Karallis, Emerging Photography Awards Juror

Feature Shoot

This year, prizes include street exhibitions in NYC and LA, gallery shows in Paris and Berlin, inclusion in the Feature Shoot Emerging Photographers book, and more. It took around six months to pull content and the site together, and Paper Journal was launched early 2013.” Portrait of Patricia Karallis by Hilary Walker.