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Ekow Eshun curates an exhibition inspired by activism and agency

Creative Review

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

Creative Boom

We chatted with the artist to find out what inspired this latest series and how she went about shooting it. What most inspires her is the qualities that water work provides: weightlessness and movement. What most inspires her is the qualities that water work provides: weightlessness and movement. "I

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

Creative Boom

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

Creative Boom

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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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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Colorful Illustrations by Jose Elgueta

Design You Trust

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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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.