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16 of the best online shops to buy original art prints for your home

Creative Boom

We reveal the best place to buy wonderful art prints to fuel your mood, imagination and creativity. In fact, you probably spend every working day meticulously crafting amazing-looking work for your company or freelance clients – not just because you want praise and reward. As a creative, you're by nature a visual person.

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Mammoth Straw Creatures Populate Japanese Farmland in the Annual Wara Art Festival

Colossal

All images courtesy of Wara Art Festival. The towering sculptures are part of the Wara Art Festival , a summertime event that displays massive animals and mythical creations fashioned from the crop’s leftover straw.

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In Vancouver, a New Gallery Brings Collectable Design North

Azure Magazine

Long considered the sibling to the more prominent and patronized art market, collectable design has enjoyed a significant resurgence in the past two decades. In other words, they’re one-off, one-of-a-kind pieces that exemplify artisanal craft, artistic expression and conceptual exploration.

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15 Best Art Blogs to Add to Your Reading List in 2022

High on Design by Wix

While there are many ways to gather inspiration and new ideas, art blogs offer a vast hub of information and diverse topics. 15 best art blogs to add to your reading list. 15 best art blogs to add to your reading list. Art Observed. Google Arts & Culture. Wix Creative. Aesthetica.

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Meet the Jury of the AZ Awards 2024

Azure Magazine

Lee Alumni Centre and Ponderosa Hub, both at the University of British Columbia (UBC); Ottawa’s Global Centre for Pluralism for the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada; the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan; and the recently completed Harrison McCain Pavilion for Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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Patkau Architects Crafts a Sinuous Furniture Collection for Nienkämper

Azure Magazine

From the Audain Art Museum to the Temple of Light and the Polygon Gallery, an impressive number of Canada’s most striking new cultural and spiritual spaces bear the architectural signature of one firm: Vancouver’s Patkau Architects. The Patkau Twist Chair is a more playful, kinetic design. and 375 lbs.

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Social Issues and the Climate Crisis Intertwine in Subversive Crocheted Works by Jo Hamilton

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Her knotted pieces push the boundaries of art and craft traditions, bringing the two together in subversive portrayals of powerful women and metropolises marred by production. “Isaac Montalvo” (2008), mixed yarn, 23 x 22 inches. “Cherry Steel Above and Below” (2017), mixed crocheted yarn, 68 x 122 inches.