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V&A announces the shortlist for the 2022 Illustration Awards

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Celebrating excellence in student and published illustration, the shortlisted work covers a range of styles and subjects. This year's awards cover work published in 2020 and 2021, with a record number of over 1,440 entries competing for prize money of up to £8,000. Kingston University (Student Illustrator of the Year 2022 Shortlist).

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

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Photography by Kate Shanasy The Paris-based artist brings an intimate experience of colourful ocean life, inner coral reefs and natural wonders to the National Gallery of Victoria for their latest Triennial. French artist Jean Jullien is one of our favourite creatives working today. whatever your age. whatever your age.

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London Original Print Fair moves to Somerset House for its 37th edition

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Deborah Azzopardi, The Great Escape, 2014, Cynthia Corbett Gallery. Running from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022, this year's fair boasts prints by Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud. Meanwhile, Jealous Gallery and Enitharmon Editions return with that annual joint initiative, The Print and the Poem.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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Mainstream publishing and media haven't always done a great job at representing the contribution made by black creatives to the British art scene. Others were not, so on occasion, they came together and made their own exhibitions or created their own gallery spaces. This book aims to right the balance and tells a compelling tale.

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Jingxin Fang defies imitation with her one-of-a-kind illustrations

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Specialising in "colourful textures and cute things," the work of Chinese illustrator Jingxin Fang has appeared in several picture books, scooped the 2022 iJungle Illustration Merit award and been shortlisted for the 2021 Communications Arts awards. And once you've looked at it, you'll see why. So I drew a lot of sketches of passers-by.

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Hapless Hangups and Silly Spoofs Abound in the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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Highly Commended Winner, “Pegasus, the flying horse” © Jagdeep Rajput and Comedy Wildlife 2022. See a gallery of all winning images on the competition website , and if you would like to enter your own images for consideration in the 2023 contest, applications are now open. ” © Michael Eastway and Comedy Wildlife 2022.

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October 2022 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Deadline: November 1, 2022. Deadline: November 14, 2022. MST on October 7, 2022. GMT on October 17, 2022. Deadline: October 31, 2022. EST on November 7, 2022. Deadline: November 25, 2022. PDT on October 7, 2022. Deadline: November 1, 2022. Lenore Tawney Fellowship Featured. Open Calls.

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