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Patrick Nelson's breathtaking collages bring a graphic design sensibility to the world of art

Creative Boom

He explains how he transitioned from graphic designer to full-time artist and what inspires his work today. Coming from a graphic design background, Patrick Nelson has been a full-time collage artist now for a number of years. In 2020 he was featured in the De Young Open in San Francisco, a juried community art exhibition.

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

Creative Boom

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. Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Madinat Jumeirah.

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Warhol, Land Art and a giant mirrored building set in the striking desert landscape of ancient Saudi Arabia

Creative Boom

Amid this backdrop of transformation, Arts AlUla has been formed to commission site-specific artworks from international and Saudi artists. In 2020 and again last year, Desert X (alternatively held in Coachella, California every other year) saw the installation of incredible sculptures framed by windswept red sandstone cliffs.

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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

Creative Boom

And if you're exhibiting yourself, we wish you the very best of luck! After two years of digital-only exhibition, the iconic UAL college's graduate shows will appear in physical and digital form this year. Running from 17 June-3 July, the RA Schools Show sees 15 students transform their studios to present new work across various media.

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Richard Mosse photo exhibition examines his unconventional techniques

Creative Review

An exhibition in Italy is bringing together over a decade’s worth of works by Irish photographer Richard Mosse, from his 2010 video piece Quick to his most recent photo series, Tristes Tropiques, shot in the Amazon in 2020. Top: Sawmill, Jaci Paraná, State of Rondônia, Brazil, 2020.

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Remembering Richard McConnell 1942-2020: the inimitable exhibition designer

Design Week

Exhibition design is the ultimate in multi-disciplinary design. There is nothing money can buy that you can’t put in an exhibition. “There is only one crime that an exhibition designer can commit – and that is to be boring! . It was a museum he would continue to visit for more than 50 years.

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20 best illustration agents in the UK, and the awesome illustrators they represent

Creative Boom

After all, being a great artist doesn't mean you're necessarily a great businessperson. They are one of the few agencies to encourage the development of graduates through their Startworks programme, as well as helping more established artists to maximise their creative potential. Well, representation can get you all of that.