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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). ” Zoophites borrows its title from a 1964 show in Paris that was the first the pair presented together and is on view through May 9.

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

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In 2016, he launched Nounou with Jae Huh, a Korea-based label producing various items, including clothing, graphic objects, rugs and dolls. His work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including presentations in Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

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We've got a selection of quirky and beautiful gift ideas that will raise your present-buying above the generic and propel your imagination. Because all of us love the idea of buying presents in theory – 'tis better to give than to receive, as they say – in practice, we often struggle to devote enough time to it.

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2023 Year in Review: Unframed

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What we re-quire is / silence, 2023 Kennedy Yanko’s Poetic Fusion of Metal and “Paint Skin” Brooklyn-based artist Kennedy Yanko’s exhibition Humming on Life presented 10 new artworks on view at Jeffery Deitch. While each artwork can stand alone as an individual composition, the series together in context tells a greater story.

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

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The exhibition's third and final act, Witch, focuses on the period stretching from 2008's financial crash until the present day. The sculpture, seen for the first time in the UK, can be seen alongside a specially commissioned audio installation by Gazelle Twin. © Jake and Dinos Chapman, Return of the Repressed3.

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Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Takes Your Pulse

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1967, Mexico City) presents a dazzling interactive exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York that broadcasts and records every visitor’s heartbeat across 3,000 suspended light bulbs. Beyond the visual spectacle and joy of the interactive experience, Pulse Topology is about human connection beyond our vision and self-presentation.

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Jeffrey Gibson’s Ecstatically Colorful Sculptures Fuse Modernist Aesthetics and Indigenous Traditions

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“My Joy My Joy My Joy” (2021), acrylic felt, polyester fiber fill, pyrite, glass beads, sea glass, vinyl sequins, white abalone shell, metal base, nylon thread, aluminum sculpture wire, and artificial sinew, 16.5 × 13.3 × 22 inches. Installation view of ‘The Body Electric’ at SITE Santa Fe, 2022.