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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

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Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. The new venue will be commissioning and presenting a year-round programme by leading artists from across the world. © YAYOI KUSAMA. © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Florence Henri: the forgotten female pioneer of surreal photography

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It is a typical painting influenced by Constructivism (1915–1930) (The Art Story, 2012). Based on the title, She uses reflections from mirrors to present traditional still-life paintings. Atlas Gallery | Fine Art Photography. The Museum of Modern Art. Bauhaus effects in art, architecture and design.

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

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Van Der Zee’s work impressed upon Bey the power of photography to not only define the times in which they were made but to transcend them as a portal bridging present and past. Mary Parker and Caela Cowan, Birmingham, AL (2012). Dawoud Bey_Don Sledge and Moses Austin, from the Birminghal Project (2012). Shuttlesworth.

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An Artist’s Tireless Advocacy for Marginalized Women and Girls

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During this time, she saw women and girls banished from home to live in makeshift huts, surviving on lentils and rice and weathering soaring temperatures–with the ever-present threat of snake bites and physical assault. Untitled from the series To Conquer Her Land, 2009-2012 © Poulomi Basu.

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Enchanting Photos from a Cabin in the Woods

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In 2012, Ervin picked up where they left off, creating portraits of life at the cabin using an old and compact Polaroid Land Camera. The past and present overlap. The River’s Arch, 2012. Camouflage, 2012. Throughout the decades, their ancestors have left behind vintage photographs, many of mysterious origin.

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

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“ Matt Cosby graduated from the Professional Certificate in Visual Storytelling program in 2012. This means that we will keep contemporary techniques present but that we also hold onto the historic photographic processes, and better yet, we find ways in which we can combine those areas. Can you share one of their stories?

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Photographers Celebrate Black History, from the 1920s to Now

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He debuted the work in 1979 at the Studio Museum in Harlem, showing just 25 images from a seminal series, finally showing it in full in 2012 at the Art Institute of Chicago. In celebration, Fondazione Prada presented The Black Image Corporation in 2019, a project conceived by African-American artist Theaster Gates.”