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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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All photos by Charlie Rubin, courtesy of Kasmin, shared with permission Now obsolete, the term zoophytes once referred to organisms that exhibited both animal and plant characteristics. Having worked as a guard in the Egyptian and Assyrian galleries of the Louvre, the artist often referenced ancient mythology and hybridity in his figures.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

Creative Boom

Norm The Worm by Bobbi Rae Karel Martens 2024 Calendar by Present & Correct Big House coffee by NewGround Friend's Annual Membership by Yorkshire Sculpture Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is an open-air gallery in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, and the largest sculpture park of its kind in Europe. Wield it wisely."

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F5: Interior Designer Tara Bernerd’s Passion Collections, a Favorite City + More

Design Milk

Since establishing her practice in 2002, Tara and her expert team have specialized in creative direction and interior space planning for restaurants, bars, hotels, yachts and private developments throughout the world. We work with a number of galleries and gallerists, and my friend Tim Jefferies of Hamiltons Gallery is one of my favorites.

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Ann Weber Elevates Discarded Cardboard Boxes and Staples to New Heights in Billowing Sculptures

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.” Weber recently wrapped up a major exhibition at Wönzimer Gallery in Los Angeles. Right: “Almost 16 & 15 and 1/2” (2002), found cardboard, staples, polyurethane, and steel base, 182 x 48 x 49 inches and 177 x 38 x 38 inches. Installation view at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco (2012).

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26 Contemporary Chinese Artists Explore Materiality in ‘Allure of Matter’

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CHICAGO—Containing a massive paper wave, a tower of leftover fat, and a tiger-skin rug of 500,000 cigarettes, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China encompasses 48 works from 26 contemporary Chinese artists in an exhibition on view now in Chicago. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Pace Gallery.

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Prem Krishnamurthy on Design as a “Generous Discipline”

Eye on Design

A procession of designers had made their way to the city over the course of the year to take part in a new workshop/exhibition space supported by KW Institute for Contemporary Art — Na Kim , Karel Martens, Esen Karol, Fikra ’s Salem Al-qassimi, among them. Over those five years, the exhibitions at P!

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Hamed Ouattara’s Bolibana Reimagines Disposability + Possibility

Design Milk

Burkinabé multidisciplinary artist and designer Hamed Ouattara’s first American solo show – Bolibana – is currently on exhibit at Friedman Benda. Throughout the Bolibana exhibition, he celebrates traditional techniques and craft, with each work’s accumulated patina telling a story of its past.