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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

Art Basel Miami Beach. This festival transforms Harbin in China into a winter wonderland with massive, intricately carved ice sculptures, ice lanterns, and a variety of winter sports, drawing artists and visitors from around the world. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 2020. Sounds reasonable, right?

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

Creative Boom

As a new monograph highlights, this uncompromising artist was a true rebel with a radical approach that resulted in a huge archive of truly groundbreaking work. Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective presents the full spectrum of his artistic output for the first time, including rare and previously unpublished material.

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Spinning a yarn: how Icelandic artist Ýrúrarí turns textiles into stunning works of art

Creative Boom

Nærvera © Ýrúrarí aka Ýr Jóhannsdóttir We chat with the brilliant Icelandic artist about sustainability, textile techniques and handing out wool pizzas to the public. But Icelandic artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, aka Ýrúrarí , has been turning them into stunning works of art. I think Iceland has shaped me.

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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

Creative Boom

Photography by Kate Shanasy The Paris-based artist brings an intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and natural wonders to the National Gallery of Victoria for their latest Triennial. French artist Jean Jullien is one of our favourite creatives working today. whatever your age. million followers on Instagram.

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Pepita Sandwich delves into the significance of crying in her new beautifully illustrated book

Creative Boom

Brooklyn-based illustrator and visual artist Pepita Sandwich explores the multifaceted role of crying in her new book The Art of Crying: The Healing Power of Tears. Tears often feature in her artworks, and she even started compiling an illustrated diary of when she cried in 2020. Pepita Sandwich is no stranger to crying.

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Adrian Cox's visionary art explores mythic narratives and spiritual meaning

Creative Boom

The LA-based artist conjures magical worlds and invites us to explore them together "like a shared dream". We've long been a fan of figurative painter Adrian Cox here at Creative Boom, most recently sharing his series Into the Spirit Garden back in 2020. We share some highlights of his upcoming exhibition, The Brush and the Torch.

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V&A announces the shortlist for the 2022 Illustration Awards

Creative Boom

Hopefuls for this year's V&A Illustration Awards have been whittled down even further as the shortlisted artists have recently been announced. This year's awards cover work published in 2020 and 2021, with a record number of over 1,440 entries competing for prize money of up to £8,000. Published by SPCK, 2020.