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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's exhibition You, Me and The Balloons is a colourful wonderland of inflatable inspiration: a suitable opener for a brand new type of arts centre. The new venue will be commissioning and presenting a year-round programme by leading artists from across the world. Images © David Levene.

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The Alternative Limb Project by Sophie de Oliveira Barata is where art meets science

Creative Boom

Artist and sculptor Sophie de Oliveira Barata has combined art, technology and science to create artificial limbs, which are wearable art pieces for performance and exhibition. The Lewes-based artist explores themes of body image and definitions of beauty. Image by Omkaar Kotedia, co-created with Dani Clode. Photo by R.

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Cowboys, Gangsters, and Intellectual Humor: The Illustrative World of Glen Baxter

Design You Trust

This English draftsman and artist, born on 4th March 1944 in Leeds, is celebrated for his absurdist illustrations and for creating an overarching effect often reminiscent of literary nonsense. More: Glen Baxter , Instagram Baxter’s artistic journey began at Leeds College of Art, where he trained from 1960 to 1965.

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5 Stunning Summer Pavilions Elevating the Outdoors

Azure Magazine

From parks to pools and beaches to boardwalks, residents of urban spaces near and far flock to such public amenities as temperatures rise and the days lengthen. In 2019, the curving Soft Civic installation was a standout among the temporary structures from that year’s edition of Exhibit Columbus. ” — to the future of play.

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Andrew Satake Blauvelt Elevated Graphic Design Far Beyond Notions of “Problem Solving”

Eye on Design

His writing appeared in a variety of design journals and publications, and he guest-edited three seminal issues of the academic journal Visible Language, all focused on design history. “He Exhibition Design: Andrew Blauvel. Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia, 1964–1974 Walker Art Center, 2015. Curated by Andrew Blauvelt.

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In ‘Eyes on the Street,’ Photographer Jamel Shabazz Identifies the Boundless Culture of New York City’s Outer Boroughs

Colossal

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission. His first institutional survey, an expansive exhibition of Shabazz’s photos is on view through September 4 at The Bronx Museum. “When two paths cross,” Fort Greene, Brooklyn (2012), archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches.

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Dawoud Bey’s Powerful Portrait of Black America Over Half a Century

Feature Shoot

Hoving, then Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and curator Allon Schoener mounted Harlem on My Mind: Cultural Capital of Black America, 1900-1968 , a three month long multimedia exhibition designed extensively to highlight the history of Harlem throughout the twentieth century. Mary Parker and Caela Cowan, Birmingham, AL (2012).