Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2022

And from September, visitors at Glasgow's Tramway gallery will be able to look back on his paintings, sketches and more with a landmark solo exhibition of his art. That's because the Glasgow gallery is running the first solo hometown exhibition of his work from September third 2022, all the way through until February fifth 2023.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 30, 2023

Photo: Anna Arca Unique to UK festivals, Green Man not only exhibits artwork out in the wild, but commissions original pieces from working artists. Art galleries are fantastic places to get creative inspiration, and most of us probably don't take advantage of them enough. Check out what they created this year.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

And now we're back for 2023 with another bumper crop of amazing gift ideas from independent artists and shops. It's a lively hub of creativity that's been supplying the people of Manchester and the rest of the world with art supplies since 1886. For more of the latter, check out our guide to the UK's top independent shops.)

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2024

Connecticut-based contemporary artist Alexis Rockman has returned to Huxley-Parlour with Conflagration, a solo exhibition of nine new paintings focusing on the increasing occurrence of wildfires worldwide. In 2023, they were all ravaged by wildfires, with Canada breaking previous records by a significant margin.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Large-Scale Ceramics That Are Both Eye-Catching + Functional SCP presented an exhibition of new, large-scale ceramic works by Dutch designer Floris Wubben during this year’s London Craft Week to showcase a series that fuses function with sculpture.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Photography by Andrew Benge Taking place in Leeds and Harrogate, Thought Bubble is the UK's biggest celebration of comic art and culture. One of the funnier things about the current Writers Guild of America strike has been seeing people lose their minds over the fact there may be no movie or TV promotions at LA Comic Con 2023.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

Dubbed 'one of the most progressive figures in fine art photography', Garry Fabian Miller's work is currently on show at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. The book echoes the typographic approach of the other exhibition graphics. The pair also worked closely together on the book's design accompanying the show, also called Adore.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 24, 2025

Basedow and Draga Obradovic of Draga & Aurel Photo: Valerie van der Werff The partners in work and life established Draga & Aurel , a multidisciplinary studio and workshop for art, collectible design, and furnishings, in 2007. The starting point is a common object, the neon tube, studied and elevated to art.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When John Makepeace OBE attended the Young Furniture Makers Awards in London in 2023, he encountered the impeccable craftsmanship of Foris, a newly established workshop based in Oxfordshire of South East England. Obelisk 3 made its public debut at the TEFAF art fair in Maastricht , exhibited by the Sarah Myerscough Gallery.

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Design Milk

MARCH 7, 2023

Stop by CONTROL Gallery in Los Angeles before March 18, 2023 to see Felipe Pantone’s exploration of the space found between polarities: Kosmos. This marks the Argentinian-Spanish visual artist’s first exhibition in the city.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It's been just over a month now since we first announced Pantone's Color of the Year for 2023 as 18-1750 Viva Magenta. And now, an experiential art exhibit celebrating this evocative hue is coming to New York. Magentaverse continues Monday to Sunday, 10am to 10pm, until 31 April 2023. Tickets are available here.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

She considers art to have saved her life and is launching her biggest solo show next month to help others. Now in recovery from 18 years of mental health difficulties and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder eight years ago, Sarah strongly believes that if it weren't for art, she wouldn't be here today.

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Design Milk

APRIL 22, 2025

The Polish furniture brand recently tapped German designer Moritz Putzier to create a limited edition collection of his Taptap Chair for an exhibition held in Dsseldorf at the NEBN Gallery. Taking familiar pieces and combining them with evocative coloring, these artful pieces create an approachable and cohesive finish that embraces bold hues.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 3, 2024

It all takes place at the National Gallery of Victoria (aka NGV) in Melbourne, which was founded in 1861 and is both Australia's oldest and most visited art museum. The museum is currently holding its Triennial, a large-scale celebration of the best of contemporary international art and design, which takes place every three years.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Maraya, AlUla © Creative Boom 2023 A country four times the size of France, made up almost entirely of desert, Saudi Arabia is reimagining itself as a post-oil tourist destination. Amid this backdrop of transformation, Arts AlUla has been formed to commission site-specific artworks from international and Saudi artists.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 16, 2023

The 22nd edition of the International Festival of Creativity, Art and Digital Design of Barcelona takes place later this month at the Disseny Hub in Barcelona. The rooms themselves exhibit varying behaviours, further highlighting the imperfect and constantly evolving nature of the creative process.

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Creative Boom

MAY 12, 2024

We met him to learn more about Museum Mayhem, his first-ever UK exhibition at the Holburne Museum. The two have collided spectacularly though in Museum Mayhem , the first UK exhibition by artist and online sensation Mr Doodle , AKA Sam Cox. In 2023, he made the headlines by doodling over the entirety of his £1.3

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Creative Boom

JUNE 19, 2023

Mt Fuji Winter Morning, 2023 © Ryoko Kaneta. There's something uniquely evocative about Japanese art that strikes right at the soul, and here's a great example. Ryoko was born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1991 and graduated from Yokohama University of Art and Design in 2014. Bonfire, 2023 © Ryoko Kaneta.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

BCNMCR 2023 Manchester's Hallé St Peter's But as the years went on and the global pandemic intervened, Dave felt he needed another challenge to rekindle some of the adrenaline and passion he had felt while organising the first two BCNMCR events. And what could be a better time than exactly ten years after the first one?"

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Creative Boom

JUNE 22, 2022

Created by nonprofit arts organisation Art At A Time Like This in collaboration with SaveArtSpace , 8X5 is a billboard exhibition which aims to provoke a dialogue about America's criminal justice system. It's all part of Art at a Time Like This's belief that artists and the power of visual images can inspire a rethinking.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

More than 40 students exhibited their work this year, with several earning prestigious Pencil awards. Students benefit from state-of-the-art facilities and guidance from experienced faculty who maintain strong connections with the industry. And its ability to prepare students for industry is clear to see.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Crafted from a multitude of materials including ceramic and steel, this piece also exhibits an oxidized copper finish with limbs emerging from a chunky bed-like structure, transitioning from a static to kinetic force. Photo: Courtesy P.P.OW Photo: Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery “Light for some time to come will have to be considered darkness.”

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Creative Boom

MARCH 23, 2023

Ricardo Passaporte Off Leash, a duo exhibition by Travis Fish and Ricardo Passaporte features works that are playful, disruptive and push against the boundaries of contemporary art. So where an art series titled 'Bong Paintings' might once have created outrage and protest, nowadays it's just parred from the course.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

To Err is Human, 2023 © Samson Bakare. Courtesy of DCG and the Artist On the eve of his upcoming solo exhibition 'Let This Be A Sign', Nigerian artist, painter and sculptor Samson Bakare tells Creative Boom about his inspirations, process and unique approach to re-envisioning the history of Africa.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2022

A new exhibition at Japan House London traces the development of an astonishing craft tradition, originating in Japan's Hida region and dating back over 1,300 years. Starting with the wood itself, the free exhibition explores tools, techniques and products synonymous with Hida's woodworking heritage. Extraordinary legacy.

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Design Milk

JUNE 20, 2023

Ten years later, the 94-year-old Kusama presents a brand new (and much bigger) Infinity Room , included within a dazzling four-room exhibition that includes polka-dotted pumpkin walls, towering flowers, and new abstract paintings. Yayoi Kusama, I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, 2023 (detail) © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

New York-based graphic designer and illustrator Janny Ji talks us through working with some of the biggest studios in the industry and how she earned a place at Apple's coveted Media Arts Lab. Later, I went to Maryland Institute College of Art to pursue a graduate degree in graphic design. Media Arts Lab is a great place to work.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 24, 2022

Hosted by Sarah Horn, designer at studio.build and author of En-Suites Available , along with Justin Burns , Head of Art & Design at Leeds Beckett University and researcher of British seaside typography, the tour on 14 May will begin at the Comedy Carpet, then lead from the promenade onto the adjacent streets and deep into the seaside city. "The

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

To say Wenjing's art is unique would be something of an understatement. Medicine and social sciences are areas Wenjing would like to pursue in her art The topics of heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's have personal meaning to Wenjing because members of her family are living with these diseases. "It

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Zhongwen Hu finds her approach to painting a unique form of art therapy. This work, imbued with emotional sensitivity, can be found in art galleries, books and commercial products. Zhongwen's work has been exhibited in multiple cities across China, the United States and the UK.
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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Bitter Lemon © Mark Denton Esq London's Jealous Gallery has launched a new exhibition of Mark Denton's 'daily doings', the artworks he's created in his spare time. So don't delay; make sure you head to The S**t Show, which is on now until 26 February 2023 at Jealous East, 53 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3PT. Not ad creative Mark Denton.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 11, 2022

We’re no stranger to Jaime Hayon’s work which is why we were excited to learn about his latest exhibition, Jaime Hayon: InfinitaMente , at the Center del Carme Cultura Contemporània (CCCC) in Valencia, Spain. Two of the rooms in the exhibition are dedicated solely to glass and ceramics, two central materials in Hayon’s works.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 30, 2023

All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. Case in point: Christian Bolt's latest exhibition, On Human Beauty, at Impulse Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

“The Windhorse” is one of dozens of works included in Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now, a large-scale exhibition curated by Michelle Bennett Simorella of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in New York. Shraddha Shrestha, “Dus Mahavidyas (Great Goddesses of Wisdom): Kamala” (2023), acrylic on canvas.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In March, sculptor and industrial designer Aaron Blendowski and artist Sue Ravitz headlined Superhouse’s first exhibit of the year – Isolated from Function. Pantone’s Color of the Year 2023 Is Viva Magenta. Just weeks ago, Pantone announced their Pantone Color of the Year 2023: PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta!

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A self-described mad scientist, Erica Sellers has merged art and design since she was a child. Her vision for his installations at the Venice Biennale and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art garnered international acclaim. The pair works on a range of projects, from interiors to exhibition design. I really look up to them.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We chat with Josh Kay and Jamie White about how they graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth, founded their own agency and took on the world. We recently profiled Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and highlighted how its strength of community, forward-thinking and real-world focus puts it at the cutting edge of the creative industry.

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