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Anniversary book from Semi Permanent is a 20-year time capsule of stunning creativity

Creative Boom

"But while a talks program was, and still is, core to the Semi Permanent festival, it's only ever been half of the story, and from the very first – unintentionally – guerrilla exhibition with Banksy back in 2002, our desire has always been to create a platform for creativity.

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F5: Interior Designer Tara Bernerd’s Passion Collections, a Favorite City + More

Design Milk

Since establishing her practice in 2002, Tara and her expert team have specialized in creative direction and interior space planning for restaurants, bars, hotels, yachts and private developments throughout the world. He has a keen eye for art and it is a joy to discuss with him his latest exhibition with his latest artist.

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26 Contemporary Chinese Artists Explore Materiality in ‘Allure of Matter’

Colossal

CHICAGO—Containing a massive paper wave, a tower of leftover fat, and a tiger-skin rug of 500,000 cigarettes, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China encompasses 48 works from 26 contemporary Chinese artists in an exhibition on view now in Chicago. 79 (2002–7), polyurethane, colophony, iron powder, silk, and cocoons.

Artist 94
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Shattered Porcelain Fragments Are Elegantly Bonded in Kintsugi Sculptures by Yeesookyung

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Part of Yee’s ongoing Translated Vase series that has amassed hundreds of works since it began in 2002, the celadon pieces shown here are included in the artist’s solo exhibition titled I am not the only one but many , which is on view through November 21 at Massimo De Carlo in London.

Sculpture 101
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Hamed Ouattara’s Bolibana Reimagines Disposability + Possibility

Design Milk

Burkinabé multidisciplinary artist and designer Hamed Ouattara’s first American solo show – Bolibana – is currently on exhibit at Friedman Benda. Throughout the Bolibana exhibition, he celebrates traditional techniques and craft, with each work’s accumulated patina telling a story of its past.

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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All photos by Charlie Rubin, courtesy of Kasmin, shared with permission Now obsolete, the term zoophytes once referred to organisms that exhibited both animal and plant characteristics. Image © Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY / ADAGP, Paris, France ‘Les Lalanne: Zoophites,’ Kasmin, New York.

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Remembering Nicholas Thirkell: “he took ideas to their ultimate expression”

Design Week

In 1970, we were invited by the Design Council to stage an exhibition of our collective output from our respective publishing houses and, following on from that, a wonderful piece in the prestigious Gebrauchsgrafik magazine. Banner image: The Design Centre exhibition of book jackets 1970.