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A Comic Book Classic and Master of Abstraction: Illustrations by Bill Sienkiewicz

Design You Trust

His work has graced the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; galleries in Paris, Barcelona and Tuscany; Spain’s famed La Semana Negra (The Black Week) Festival; advertising campaigns for Nike, MTV and Nissan; posters for The Green Mile and 2006 Winter Olympics; and magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Spin.

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A New Book Flies Through the Vast World of Birds from Art and Design to History and Ornithology

Colossal

Matt Stuart, Trafalgar Square, 2004. Picture credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC: Gift of Mrs. Picture credit: All rights reserved by Fiskars Finland Oy Ab/Photographer Timo Junttila, Designer Oiva Toikka. Mixed media, Temporary installation at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK. Picture credit: © Matt Stuart.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Mainstream publishing and media haven't always done a great job at representing the contribution made by black creatives to the British art scene. Others were not, so on occasion, they came together and made their own exhibitions or created their own gallery spaces. This book aims to right the balance and tells a compelling tale.

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Explore Maze-Like Passageways Exploding with Elaborate Mosaics at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

Colossal

But in 2004, the landowner decided to sell the property and called for the artwork to be dismantled. Currently in the process of revamping its indoor galleries, there will soon be a refreshed space to showcase work by visiting artists, with some new mosaics, too.

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Rooted in the American South, ‘Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers’ Recognizes Remarkable Artistic Traditions of Black Artists

Colossal

Thornton Dial, “Stars of Everything” (2004), mixed media, 248.9 Image © ARS, NY, and DACS, London 2023 Gallery view of Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers at the Royal Academy of Arts. Image © Estate of Mose Tolliver and DACS 2023 Gallery view of Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers at the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Playing War Games on American Soil, in Photos

Feature Shoot

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” Karl Rove told the New York Times Magazine in 2004, under the guise of anonymity as a “senior advisor” inside the Bush II White House. ” “This 2004 quote from George W. Smoke Bomb. House of Worship.

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10 Landmark Projects Shaping Architecture in 2024

Azure Magazine

In 2014, photographer Milos Bicanski revisited a series of venues constructed for the 2004 edition of the Olympics in Athens, Greece. While only a decade old, the buildings already resembled ruins: overgrown with plants and utterly devoid of human life.