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

Creative Boom

Art Basel Miami Beach. 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.

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Roam magazine celebrates the modern folk movement in a refreshing new way

Creative Boom

Folk music, folk tales, folk art and other cultural artefacts are passed down from generation to generation and may point to deeper truths than official history, which can often be heavily influenced by contemporary propaganda. "In As the philosopher George Santayana once wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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A new sculpture of rainbow-coloured ribbons is amazingly made of steel

Creative Boom

Incredibly, the dynamic flowing sculpture is fashioned from steel and powder-coated in an array of vivid colours. She tends to gravitate towards large-scale mixed media, often using spray paint, concrete, helium, and digital. Her work always hopes to tell stories and add joy to public spaces through her art and design.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Art and fashion have always had a tumultuous and unpredictable relationship. A founding figure in the mid-century New York School movement, Philip Guston helped pioneer a modified form of representational art known as neo-expressionism. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers.

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Cyrus Kabiru Fashions Elaborate Mixed-Media Masks and Goggles from Found Objects

Colossal

Kabiru has recently begun larger standalone sculptures, and you can explore more of his work on Instagram. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. The article Cyrus Kabiru Fashions Elaborate Mixed-Media Masks and Goggles from Found Objects appeared first on Colossal.

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Simone Brewster's new exhibition explores our social relationship with objects

Creative Boom

Simone's work has previously been exhibited both in the UK and around the world, including at the British Embassy during the London 2012 Olympic Games, The Royal College of Art 175th Anniversary Exhibition, and Collect at the Saatchi Gallery. NOW Gallery is the perfect space to show the diversity of my work across many different media.