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Warhol, Land Art and a giant mirrored building set in the striking desert landscape of ancient Saudi Arabia

Creative Boom

With a population of 35 million, and more than 75% aged under thirty-five, the Kingdom is embarking on transformational development to embolden, employ and entertain its populous and attract growing national, regional and international tourism. FAME: Andy Warhol in AlUla cleverly plays on the idea that Warhol himself was a mirror of his time.

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F5: David Trubridge on Forward-Thinking Art, Indigenous Voices, + More

Design Milk

He started off with plans to carve wooden sculptures, but in the process of renovating, he unintentionally picked up woodcraft – an easier path to creating furniture. Whereas he’s practical in nature, she attended art school, trained as a sculptor, and has a freer, more open approach to creating.

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15 Artists Bring Spectacular Mirages to the Arabian Desert

Azure Magazine

The organization behind the exhibition, The Desert Biennial , is a California-based arts non-profit dedicated to staging site-specific interventions that build upon the land art movement of the ’60s and ’70s. Many of the resulting works oscillate between the worlds of nature and art. Courtesy of the artist and Desert X AlUla.

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These UCA students are using design to solve real-world problems

Design Week

At a time when the future and funding of creative arts education is under threat, it’s more important than ever to showcase the talent nurtured at UK arts institutions. In her video comprising over 300 images, fine art student Rose Sambrook reflects on lockdown and the never-ending feeling it conjured.

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The Drifters Project Harnesses Community to Clean the Oceans and Visualize Global Plastic Pollution

Colossal

“The shock was so profound that it completely reoriented my art practice and my life.” These experiences spurred a now two-decade endeavor known as the Drifters Project , a practice of creating installations and sculptures that help visualize the catastrophic amount of plastic ruining the world’s ecosystems.

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Design Week Awards 2020 ? the shortlist in full

Design Week

The Dark Sky Project, by ThoughtFull, for Ngai Tahu Tourism. 25 Sculptures in Five Dimensions, by Studio Sutherl& and Tom Sharp, for Tom Sharp. The Dark Sky Project, by ThoughtFull, for Ngai Tahu Tourism. The Art and Science of Lifewear: New Form Follows Function, by Uniqlo and Pentagram, for Pentagram.

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“Our isolation makes us resourceful”: a New Zealand design guide

Design Week

For example, McKay’s knowledge was crucial in winning the tourism board of Niue, a small island in the South Pacific, as a client six years ago. He also hoped to reframe these native techniques in the world of fine art and hoped a new identity could achieve this crossover. The studio also created a campaign for the artist.

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