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

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Smith began examining themes relating to the body in the 1980s, spurred by the death of her father, who was also an artist, and the loss of her sister to AIDS. “Dark Water” (2023), bronze, 72 × 65 × 28 inches “Dreaming with Birds” (2004), bronze, 47 3/4 x 73 1/2 x 2 inches.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was an American writer, philosopher and political activist best known for her essays on modern culture and criticism of the Vietnam War. These include oils, watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, mixed media, textiles, fabric art, sculpture, performance pieces, and installations.

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

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Thornton Dial, “Stars of Everything” (2004), mixed media, 248.9 Encompassing more than 60 quilts, sculptures, installations, paintings, drawings, and assemblages by 34 artists from the mid-20th-century to the present, the exhibition is drawn largely from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. centimeters. x 40 centimeters.

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In ‘The Order of Things,’ Wim Delvoye’s Playful Installations Reimagine a Museum’s Historical Collection

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All images © Wim Delvoy, courtesy of Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, shared with permission In 1802, Italian sculptor Antonio Canova produced a marble sculpture known as “ Venus Italica ,” notably commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte and intended to replace another Venus statue at the Louvre in Paris.

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Meet the Winners of the Shaw Contract Design 2022 Awards

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The overarching theme throughout is wellness and community, and the cherry on top are collaborations with local artists featured throughout public and private spaces, highlighting the artists’ talents and adding another level of connectivity. When paired with leather, it creates a dynamic effect.

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Milan Design Week 2022: Highlights from Our Camera Roll

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Meanwhile, in the EuroCucina section of the fair, there was equal focus on cooking as a science and as an art form, with innovative new approaches to range hoods, steam ovens, and storage solutions sharing space with sculptural new kitchen systems. Inside, Poltrona Frau celebrated its 110th anniversary with an immersive film.).

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Sketches of Frank Gehry: A Conversation with Jean-Louis Cohen

Azure Magazine

Among his books, of which he has authored more than 40, there are monographs on Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe as well as broader-themed oeuvres like France , The Future of Architecture Since 1889 , and Liquid Stone, New Architecture in Concrete (with G. Martin Moeller, Jr.). But not the other way around.