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Mike Nelson on his sensory new survey, scavenging objects and simulating reality

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Mike Nelson, MAGAZIN: Büyük Valide Han, 2003. Installation view, Büyük Valide Han, 8th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, 2003. Courtesy the artist and the Hayward Gallery But the show harks back to the process and practice of artistry, the cyclical nature of craft, ideas-making and putting an exhibition together.

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Photographer Keisha Scarville wins the inaugural 2024 Saltzman Prize

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The prize, which pays tribute to art patrons and designers Ralph and Muriel Saltzman, sees Keisha receive a $10,000 award and additional funds to support a solo exhibition of her work at the Javits Center on September 6–8, 2024. "It It is a wonderful honour to be awarded the inaugural Saltzman Prize," said Keisha.

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It's all in the eyes for A Practice for Everyday Life's identity for the 59th Venice Biennale

Creative Boom

With the 59th Venice Biennale well underway, our attention turns to the Italian exhibition's graphic identity for 2022. Crafted by A Practice for Everyday Life , the London studio founded by Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas in 2003, it's inspired by Surrealism and represented by eyes, which can be seen dotted around the Venetian city.

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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

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All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. Case in point: Christian Bolt's latest exhibition, On Human Beauty, at Impulse Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland. What is beauty?

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Ekow Eshun curates an exhibition inspired by activism and agency

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The Fund for Global Human Rights is a charity working with activists across Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Southeast Asia – four regions of the world that it is spotlighting in Face to Face, a new public exhibition in King’s Cross Tunnel and the surrounding Outside Art Project space, which launched earlier this year.

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Barbara Cole's underwater photos are ethereal, timeless and utterly enthralling

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Once I began to shoot underwater in 2003, I thought that that series would be a one-off," he notes. "I Selections from Somewhere will appear in a photography book, Between Worlds , from teNeues publishing house, and in several forthcoming exhibitions, including at the new Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto, from now until 30 September.

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Colorful Illustrations by Jose Elgueta

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He started in the year 2003 painting murals by himself and in collaboration with other artists. Throughout his self-guided journey he has participated in various art exhibitions, with both digital and physical paintings, which has provided him the experience needed to earn his place in the contemporary art world.

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