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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Psychedelic universe You, Me and The Balloons invites visitors to immerse themselves in Kusama's psychedelic universe as they journey through a colourful landscape of large-scale inflatable sculptures, many standing over 10 metres tall or suspended from the 21-metre-high ceiling. The experience of the scale is what's important.

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2023 Year in Review: Unframed

Design Milk

The main attraction was his artistic re-invention exhibiting 76 drawings completed from 2021-2022 and sculptures produced this year. Presented by Public Art Fund, four giant glyphs spelled out “LAND” in a format that referenced Robert Indiana’s famous “LOVE” design. It is truly a cause for jubilation.

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Evoking Historical Struggles, Hank Willis Thomas Examines the Intersection of Art and Activism

Colossal

Through his bronze sculptures and public installations, Hank Willis Thomas ( previously ) examines history’s repetitions. Thomas’s sculptural pieces include a series of hands clenching a barbed wire fence, an oversized hair pick lodged into concrete, and a gleaming basketball balancing on players’ fingertips.

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F5: Melanie Courbet Shares the Spark Behind Her Gallery + More

Design Milk

Influenced by her French and Tunisian parents, along with her own travels and collaborations, Melanie Courbet founded Les Ateliers Courbet in 2013. She also acts as the New York gallery’s director, with the space focusing on a master-craftsman ethos and the sharing of art that embodies artisanal dexterity and cultural heritage.

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Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism, the Exhibition

Design Milk

Thallus, Installation, 2017 Sculpture developed by ZHA CODE with ZHD in collaboration with AiBuild, Odico Formwork Robotics, Armadillo Engineering © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute. Morpheus Hotel & Resort at City of Dreams, Cotai, Macau, 2013-2018 © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute.

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F5: Jean Lin Shares a Fashion Favorite, a Breathtaking Painting + More

Design Milk

Landscape and architecture perfectly stage the staggering contemporary art collection of Emily and Mitch Rales, private collectors who have made it their mission to share the power of art, architecture, and nature with the public. 3, 2013–2015 by Roni Horn floored me. The work Water Double, v.3, John Risley.

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Impressive Futuristic Installations and Sculptures by Jonathan Latiano

Design You Trust

Jonathan Latiano creates large, site-responsive, installation sculptures that investigate concepts of time and our subjective perception of the past, present and future. In 2013, he won the prestigious Mary Sawyers Baker Prize in Art, which led his first solo museum exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art. More: Instagram , Facebook.