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Bauhaus Graphic Design: Past, Present, and Future

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From 1919 to 1933, the Bauhaus united fine arts and crafts to create practical yet beautiful designs for the machine age. He aimed to start a new movement in the visual arts that rejected the excessive historicism and ornamentation that defined late 19th-century design in favour of a modern , industrial aesthetic.

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Take 5: Lamp-Making, Basket Weaving, Metal Art + More

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Rodger Stevens Wire Sculpture Wrought with whimsy, each linear piece of Rodger Stevens’ iterative practice producing wire sculpture seems to build on the last forming a collection of glyphs that generates a language all his own. Motion design and brand development firm Revie.co

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Resting with Ancients: Nichola Theakston Invokes Animal Spirits in Her Contemplative Bronze Sculptures

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Detail of “Sacred Langur 2” (2023), bronze, edition of 15, 27 centimeters tall Informed by her work with ceramics, Theakston is constantly evolving her approach to the nuances of texture and color. Theakston is currently casting a new macaque study at Castle Fine Arts Foundry in Powys, Wales.

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Bunch Auctions Offers 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art From the Stephen Heighton Collection

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On June 30, Bunch Auctions ’ 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art Auction draws together a remarkable selection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and media art by influential contemporary artists. Bunch Auctions’ 20th- and 21st-Century Fine Art Auction will be online starting at 12 p.m. EST on June 30.

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Dive Into the Dallas Art Scene: 5 Artists Not to Miss at The Other Art Fair

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Shiri Phillips, “Exploration” (2024), acrylic on fine art paper Exhibited throughout the United States, abstract artist Shiri Phillips creates vibrant works with impasto strokes and layered textures, drawing inspiration from Mediterranean and Californian surroundings. Her works, acclaimed in U.S.

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Gradwatch 2020: Photographer Fabio Rovai, London College of Fashion

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“ I always researched unconventional aspects of the photographic practice, which led me to achieve more with fine art students rather than fashion students ,” he tell s us. “I always thought about photography as a multisensorial experience, looking at sculptures and installations as my main medium.

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Blackened Plywood Shards Rupture Inside Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s Chapel in a Leonardo Drew’s New Installation

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“Number 360” (2023) installation view at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. “Number 360,” for example, utilizes the same fractured plywood as that of “Number 341,” which the artist made in 2022 for Art Basel: Unlimited in Switzerland. and Anthony Meier Fine Arts Do stories and artists like this matter to you?