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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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Playfully sinister works by the Cameron Twins challenge our connections with our past selves

Creative Boom

Working across screen print, digital montage, photography, casting, sculpture and installation, the work of the Cameron Twins leans into a strong, garish aesthetic that plays with a bright and oversaturated colour palette. The result is a surreal juxtaposition of child-like naivety and chaotic imagery.

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

Creative Boom

Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). Subjects covered include fashion, graphic design, illustration, animation, product and furniture design, and photography. It runs until 24 July.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Ranging from painting to photography, each takes a deep dive into its respective subject to help educate, inform and entertain you in equal measure. Philip Guston (1913-1980) was a Canadian American painter, printmaker, muralist and draftsman who's now considered one of the most important American painters of the 20th century.

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May 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Open Calls ArteAlta (International) This annual competition organized by Alina Art Foundation, Inarttendu, and the Council of the Region Valle d’Aosta invites artists to submit work across painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, textiles, paper, and video related to the theme of Fear. Deadline: May 1, 2024.

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March 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

2024 International Photography Competition (International) In its 13th year, the International Photography Competition is hosting an open call. Each commission will come with an average budget of $30,000. Deadline: Midnight on March 15, 2024. There is a €29 submission fee. Deadline: April 22, 2024. Deadline: March 15, 2024.

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Humans and Animals Commune with Nature and the Cosmos in the Multidisciplinary Work of Kiki Smith

Colossal

Her early drawings and sculptures literally turned the figure inside out, often depicting organs, body parts , and bodily fluids, which related closely to the root concern in the AIDS epidemic as well as the visceral experience of the menstrual cycle.