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From Space Age to Metaverse: Vitra’s New Sci-Fi Design Exhibition

Design Milk

This impact is so significant that Swiss furniture company Vitra has dedicated a year-long exhibition titled Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse to explore this intersection of design and science fiction. Science fiction has had an immense influence on the arts, including literature, cinema, graphic arts, and design.

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Photographer Joel Meyerowitz's unique approach to colour and light is showcased in stunning new exhibition

Creative Boom

American photographer Joel Meyerowitz is enjoying exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic, with both Huxley-Parlour and the Tate Modern showcasing displays exploring his one-of-a-kind approach to light and colour. Titled Joel Meyerowitz: Dialogues, the Huxley-Parlour exhibition opens on 18 January and runs through until March.

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'A little bit of mayhem is always necessary': Mr Doodle on opening his first ever UK museum exhibition

Creative Boom

We met him to learn more about Museum Mayhem, his first-ever UK exhibition at the Holburne Museum. The two have collided spectacularly though in Museum Mayhem , the first UK exhibition by artist and online sensation Mr Doodle , AKA Sam Cox. Mr Doodle has descended on Bath as part of his ongoing quest to cover the world in his artwork.

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F5: Draga & Aurel on Lake Como, Joseph Beuys + More

Design Milk

The Kunstmuseum Basel one of our favorite museums recently hosted the exhibition Dedications in Lights highlighting over 50 light works of Dan Flavin; a permanent installation is also located in the museums yard. Superduper This Made in Italy brand, founded in Florence in 2011, celebrates the care and quality of handmade hats.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's exhibition You, Me and The Balloons is a colourful wonderland of inflatable inspiration: a suitable opener for a brand new type of arts centre. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Images © David Levene.

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Mike Nelson on his sensory new survey, scavenging objects and simulating reality

Creative Boom

Courtesy the artist and the Hayward Gallery But the show harks back to the process and practice of artistry, the cyclical nature of craft, ideas-making and putting an exhibition together. Yet there isn't much signposting throughout the exhibition, allowing Nelson to put the onus for meaning onto the viewer and remove himself from commentary.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

Creative Boom

That's the theory, at least, expounded by a new exhibition hosted by London's Somerset House. Jeremy Millar, Self Portrait as a Drowned Man (The Willows) , 2011. The exhibition's third and final act, Witch, focuses on the period stretching from 2008's financial crash until the present day. © Jeremy Millar. © Juno Calypso.

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