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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

Creative Boom

Photography by Kate Shanasy The Paris-based artist brings an intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and natural wonders to the National Gallery of Victoria for their latest Triennial. He graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2008 and the Royal College of Art in 2010. whatever your age. whatever your age.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

Creative Boom

Courtesy of John Marchant Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. It traces an unsettling path through to the global financial crisis of 2008, at the dawn of a digital age of faceless audiences and invisible cyber wars. Jamie Reid, Monster On a Nice Roof, 1972. © Jamie Reid. © Harminder Judge.

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude (1925-2019) and François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008). Having worked as a guard in the Egyptian and Assyrian galleries of the Louvre, the artist often referenced ancient mythology and hybridity in his figures.

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French Artist Jean Jullien Creates Playful Sculptural Pieces and Artworks with A Comical and Cartoony Style

Design You Trust

He has since graduated from Central Saint Martins (2008) and from the Royal College of Art (2010). Jean has shown work around the world with museums and galleries in Paris, London, Brussels, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Tokyo, Seoul, Singapore and beyond.

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

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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. The monumental figures stand as high as 30 feet, looming over the green landscape in a playful celebration of local culture.

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Bunch Auctions Offers 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art From the Stephen Heighton Collection

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On June 30, Bunch Auctions ’ 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art Auction draws together a remarkable selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and media art by influential contemporary artists. Nina Chanel Abney’s “Brothers in Blood”(2008), acrylic on canvas, 44 x 34.5

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Oof magazine launches a gallery celebrating the art of football

Creative Review

All installation images by Tom Carter, © Oof Gallery Oof originally launched as a biannual magazine exploring the intersection between art and football, and in recent years has hosted a number of pop-up exhibitions around London involving creatives such as Juno Calypso and Emma Cousin. Victoria, 2008 by Marcus Harvey.

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