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Shattered Porcelain Fragments Are Elegantly Bonded in Kintsugi Sculptures by Yeesookyung

Colossal

Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. In a statement about her latest additions, she describes her fractured sculptures: To me, a piece of broken ceramic finds another piece, and they come to rely on one another.

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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

January Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – China, 5 Jan-early March Ever been to an ice sculpture festival? Dress warmly in layers and book a guided tour to explore Harbin's ice sculptures and local cuisine. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 2020. We'd heartily recommend it!

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‘An Indigenous Present’ Is a Paradigm-Shifting Illumination of Native North American Art Today

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All images © DelMonico Books, shared with permission “Historically, books about contemporary Native and Indigenous art have often been composed of academic essays illustrated with artworks by Indigenous makers,” Jeffrey Gibson ( previously ) says in the introduction to An Indigenous Present.

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

Creative Boom

His work has been exhibited extensively around the world, including presentations in Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York and Berlin.

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IDS Vancouver 2020 Gets Virtual – in a Vivid Way

Azure Magazine

In light of the challenges society is facing, Ben van Berkel and Astrid Piber, founder and partner of UNStudio, respectively, will present a talk on the integral and human-centric approach to health, nature, flexibility and technology that have helped to nurture this successful, multi-faceted firm. Tuesday, Oct 6 at 9AM PST, $20 (IDCEC 1.0

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2020 AZ Awards – Deadline Extended!

Azure Magazine

Stay tuned to learn who our guest of honour will be in 2020. 3 Winners take home a one-of-a-kind trophy Winners take home the AZ Awards trophy , a limited-edition sculpture reimagined each year by an exciting designer – in past years, Michael Anastassiades, Philippe Malouin and Omer Arbel have designed trophies for the AZ Awards.

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Glitches Distort Household Objects and Art Historical Figures in Sculptures by Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford

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Artist Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford reenvisions classical sculptures as chaotic, glitched assemblages that piece together fragmented bits of the original work. Find more of Hulsebos-Spofford’s sculptures on his site and Instagram , where he also shares glimpses into his process.