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Discover the latest creative talent at New Designers 2022, the mother of all grad shows

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Jenny Chan's reflective figurative sculptures, inspired by the loneliness of lockdown. 2022 also sees the return of the New Designers Awards Programme , which recognises the most creative and forward-thinking exhibitors by leading design brands such as John Lewis, Hallmark, The Conran Shop and Habitat.

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Class of 2022: A guide to all the UK's graduate shows this summer

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Left to right: Billy Paterson (Communication Design Y3), Jihye Baek (MFA 2022), Fleur Connor (Painting and Printmaking 2022), Sophie Ammann, Leonie Hiller (Communication Design 2022). BCU Inspired 2022 , Birmingham City University. Graduate Showcase 2022 , Norwich University for the Arts.

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Haunting wooden sculptures by Claudette Schreuders reveal why we can't escape from ourselves

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In Doubles, her latest series of figurative painted wood sculptures and works on paper, Cape Town artist Claudette Schreuders takes a closer look at the double lives we lead, from what we do in private to how we present ourselves in public. The artist's sculpture work is rooted in both African and European traditions.

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Weishan Yang is a multimedia artist with a love of horror fiction, ghosts and spontaneity

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Reflex, 2022 © Weishan Yang. ?Working Working across installation, sculpture, video, and digital drawing, London and Hangzhou-based Weishan Yang is a polymath of sorts. Total Recall, 2022 © Weishan Yang. Caught Feelings, 2022 © Weishan Yang. Free Breeze, 2022 © Weishan Yang. Untitled(Ghost), 2022 © Weishan Yang.

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Klaus Littmann's stunning ark-like sculpture turns a single tree into a piece of art

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Nestled in a grandstand that can accommodate up to 50 people at a time, it acts as an immersive experience in which viewers can witness an organism-cum-sculpture out of context as its roots safely drink away from a water basin. An accompanying exhibition titled Tree Connections followed in 2021 in Basel before moving to Zurich in 2022.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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These include oils, watercolours, drawings, prints, photographs, mixed media, textiles, fabric art, sculpture, performance pieces, and installations. The epic book allows you to explore this enduring legacy by bringing together a selection of more than 400 works and documents by more than 200 artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries.

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Simone Brewster's new exhibition explores our social relationship with objects

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The exhibition presents new works alongside a selection of Simone's most notable pieces, from furniture to jewellery and sculpture, that investigates the hidden linguistics behind design that are inherently entwined with societal norms and ideas of race, gender, equality and more.