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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. The new venue will be commissioning and presenting a year-round programme by leading artists from across the world. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Images © David Levene.

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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. Courtesy the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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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. The Artist Is Present (2012). Finding Vivian Maier (2013). Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013).

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Cheryl D. Miller Forged the Path Towards a More Inclusive Design Industry

Eye on Design

Exposure to art was everything for Miller, who soaked it up and developed her own distinct visual perspective that won her numerous art awards as a child. . She opted for art first, attending the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970. Miller continues to write, teach, and build an archive of Black design history.

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Impressive Futuristic Installations and Sculptures by Jonathan Latiano

Design You Trust

Jonathan Latiano creates large, site-responsive, installation sculptures that investigate concepts of time and our subjective perception of the past, present and future. from the Mount Royal School of Art. Latiano is both thrilled and proud to serve as the first Bunting Teaching Fellow in Fine Arts at MICA.

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

Eye on Design

When the exhibition was ready, I walked around it with Marek Pokorny, who was then director of the city’s fine and applied arts gallery. Pokorny had never seen Fella’s work before; his background as a critic and curator was in fine art, not design. But he never lost the urge to make art. .

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These Photographers Capture the Magnificent Beauty of Trees

Feature Shoot

2013 © Michael Kenna Rachel Sussman travels the world photographing the oldest trees in existence. Wanaka Lake Tree, Study 1, Otago, New Zealand. Beth Moon captures Africa’s trees under a diamond-encrusted night sky. Michael Kenna finds sanctuary in the remote corners of the globe.

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