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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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Florence Henri: the forgotten female pioneer of surreal photography

UX Collective

Florence Henri was a pioneering surrealist artist, photographer, painter, and pianist. After encountering Berlin’s avant-garde artists, she shifted her interest from music to painting, and she began studying painting in Berlin in 1914. It is a typical painting influenced by Constructivism (1915–1930) (The Art Story, 2012).

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An Artist’s Tireless Advocacy for Marginalized Women and Girls

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From 2013 to 2018, the Indian photographer, artist, and activist Poulomi Basu documented the practice of chhaupadi in Nepal, listening to the stories of women and girls who were exiled for one week of the month during their periods. Untitled from the series To Conquer Her Land, 2009-2012 © Poulomi Basu.

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Remembering Bob Gill: “There’s no such thing as a bad client”

Design Week

He later studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before moving to New York. In a full-circle moment for the studio, Pentagram led the design on an immersive exhibition for the band at London’s Saatchi Gallery in 2016.

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Maine Media Workshops Have Taught Generations of Photographers. Now, They’re Celebrating 50 Years. (Sponsored)

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Denny Courtesy the artist and CLAMP (New York, NY). Fifteen years ago, the artist Frances F. Having recently completed an internship at a New York City art gallery, she spent the summer at Maine Media in Rockport— a campus surrounded by majestic mountains and sunlit blueberry fields. © Frances F.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. CERF+ , a mutual aid safety net for artists, introduced us to Melancon recently, and we jumped at the chance to learn more about him, his work and his ambitions.

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Photographers Celebrate Black History, from the 1920s to Now

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1924, 5 x 7 inches ©Donna Mussenden Van Der Zee, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York Harlem Through the Eyes of James Van Der Zee “Picture it: Harlem, 1918. © The Gordon Parks Foundation, courtesy of the Gordon Parks Foundation and Jenkins Johnson Gallery. James Van Der Zee, Marcus Garvey with George O.