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Two Curious Gerbils Visit (and Chew on) a Miniature Art Museum Made by Their Quarantined Owners

Colossal

Stay-home orders around the world have inspired people to fill their time creatively—think the recreations of well-known artworks and “Coronavirus Tourism Bureau” posters we mentioned last week. But rather than fashion a mock art exhibition for themselves, this London couple thought a little bit smaller. from r/aww.

Art 101
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Resin-Fossilized and Machine-Cut: The Art of Matthew Angelo Harrison

Design Milk

Detroit-born artist Matthew Angelo Harrison’s first solo exhibition at Salon 94 in New York feels ancient and futuristic, seductive and uncomfortable, completely human and totally alien. In the middle of the gallery, the nearly black “Wraith” (above) holds the headlight of a Tesla. Wraith, 2021. Wraith, 2021 (detail).

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What to See at Toronto’s 2021 Contact Photography Festival

Azure Magazine

Now in its 25th year, Toronto’s annual Contact Photography Festival routinely transforms a host of sites across the city — from parking lots to hotel facades — with cutting-edge work by national and international artists working with lens-based media. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GEORGIA SCHERMAN PROJECTS. COURTESY THE ARTIST.

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Warhol, Land Art and a giant mirrored building set in the striking desert landscape of ancient Saudi Arabia

Creative Boom

With a population of 35 million, and more than 75% aged under thirty-five, the Kingdom is embarking on transformational development to embolden, employ and entertain its populous and attract growing national, regional and international tourism. The artist said: "People are always calling me a mirror."

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Milan Design Week 2022: Highlights from Our Camera Roll

Azure Magazine

Commissioned by the local tourism agency, the posters are the work of Riccardo De Franceschi, the Milan-born creative director of London typeface design studio Dalton Maag. Heading into the 60th anniversary edition of Salone del Mobile at the Fiera Milano exhibition centre. Design is Milano is design.

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A Vibrant Coral Ecosystem of Thousands of Crocheted Sculptures Confronts the Climate Crisis

Colossal

Disasters like this are becoming more frequent as the climate crisis intensifies, prompting artists like Christine and Margaret Wertheim to respond with striking displays of what could be permanently lost. and will be on view at the Museum Frieder Burda until June 26. Photo courtesy of LUAG by Stephanie Veto.

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15 Must-Sees at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2023

Azure Magazine

As much a rallying cry as a thesis, this dual theme informs both the central exhibition as well as the national pavilions on the biennale grounds as well as the collateral events and the multiple talks series and installations taking place over the course of the biennale’s six-month run throughout the city.