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Cold comfort: photo series charts the rise of the Polar Silk Road

Creative Boom

It's to go on show next month at the Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum. Since 2013, China has begun to officially restore the historic Silk Route with a $900 billion strategy called 'One Belt, One Road'. Gregor Sailer 's fascinating new photo series highlights how climate change and geopolitics are going head-to-head.

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Why Do Books are the perfect life companion for creatives

Creative Boom

Founded in 2013 by Miranda West, The Do Book Company publishes authors who have spoken at the event to create how-to titles as far-ranging as Do Beekeeping : The Secret to Happy Honeybees, Do Open : How a simple newsletter can transform your business, and Do Design : Why beauty is key to everything.

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F5: Melanie Courbet Shares the Spark Behind Her Gallery + More

Design Milk

Influenced by her French and Tunisian parents, along with her own travels and collaborations, Melanie Courbet founded Les Ateliers Courbet in 2013. She also acts as the New York gallery’s director, with the space focusing on a master-craftsman ethos and the sharing of art that embodies artisanal dexterity and cultural heritage.

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2023 Year in Review: Unframed

Design Milk

Marbled and Bewildered was his third solo exhibition at Van Doren Waxter gallery and New Yorkers are hungry for more. The fresh show, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, was on view at David Zwirner Gallery. Installation view, Doyle Lane: Weed Pots, David Kordansky Gallery, New York. It is truly a cause for jubilation.

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Inspiring photo project by Abbie Trayler-Smith tackles the issue of obesity head-on

Creative Boom

Sheffield, 2013 © Abbie Trayler-Smith Shannon, age 16, has the words ‘Kiss it!’ Sheffield, 2013 © Abbie Trayler-Smith Shannon, age 16, recovers in hospital © Abbie Trayler-Smith "I saw the mutuality between us and the difference. Shannon, age 16. It's available to buy directly from the publisher for £40 / €50 / $55.

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Artistic rebel, urban poet: new book celebrates the iconic photography of Saul Leiter

Creative Boom

Erb first met Leiter in the mid-1990s when she worked at the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, which represented the artist and remains his US dealer to this day. "He The publication marked a turning point in his life, with Leiter being hailed, seemingly out of the blue, as a photographer to be reckoned with.

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Solo Exhibitions: Martha Rich’s ‘It’s Wild Here’ + Lisa Congdon’s ‘Ode to Kyoto’

Design Milk

Old City, Philadelphia-based Paradigm Gallery + Studio recently wrapped up two solo shows featuring the colorful, saturated art of both Martha Rich and Lisa Congdon. As we ride along with the artist for the journey, it’s easy to enjoy the random unpredictability that she’s borrowed from the public.