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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. It's an age-old question, both for the artist and everyday people in general. Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. What is beauty? What is beauty?

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It's all in the eyes for A Practice for Everyday Life's identity for the 59th Venice Biennale

Creative Boom

Crafted by A Practice for Everyday Life , the London studio founded by Kirsty Carter and Emma Thomas in 2003, it's inspired by Surrealism and represented by eyes, which can be seen dotted around the Venetian city. Biennale Arte 2022: The Milk of Dreams. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia and A Practice for Everyday Life.

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Danny Miller shares his top five books, reflecting a life surrounded by art in New York

Creative Boom

Behind new identities and brand refreshes for a broad range of clients from Warby Parker and Nike to Resy and Sweet Chick, Danny Miller has a unique artistic approach to branding and design. Most notably, his late father was a prolific artist and the subject of Danny's own book, Nachume Miller: Behind The Painting.

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Top of the Stack: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022

Colossal

We’ve published dozens of articles on artist monographs and compendiums of broader topics across art and design and science and history over the last 12 months, and these are the 10 titles that impacted us most. Ocean, Exploring the Marine World. Nick Cave: Forothermore. An Alternative History of Photography.

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Human Hair, An Insect Trap, and Dozens of Fish Constitute Mail Art by Ritta Ikonen

Colossal

Finnish artist Ritta Ikonen has a rare relationship with postal services around the globe because of her ongoing Mail Art series. The documentary project started in 2003 when Ikonen was a student at the University of Brighton. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Design 4.0: leading design in the new industry

UX Collective

won an arts competition, causing an uproar in the arts community (source: Jason Allen ) The art community is going through a terrible storm of words over the latest annual art competition at the Colorado State Fair. As it turns out, the artist, Jason M. As the creator, Allen, said, “Art is dead, dude.

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Xenobia Bailey Envisions a Distinctly African American Aesthetic One Crochet Stitch at a Time

Colossal

All images © Xenobia Bailey, courtesy of Venus Over Manhattan, shared with permission From bright yarns, pony beads, and cowry shells, artist and activist Xenobia Bailey hand-crochets elaborate shooting stars, suspended shelters, and sacred forms. Hudson Yards Station. Find more on Bailey’s Instagram.