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Green Man brings the visual arts out of the gallery and into the festival field

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Photo: Anna Arca Unique to UK festivals, Green Man not only exhibits artwork out in the wild, but commissions original pieces from working artists. Art galleries are fantastic places to get creative inspiration, and most of us probably don't take advantage of them enough. Kathryn Ashill. Check out what they created this year.

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Tangent revitalises Turner Prize identity in a fusion of art and accessibility

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Innovative design meets coastal inspiration – we take a closer look at the Glasgow branding studio's vision for one of the world's most celebrated visual arts awards. But the visual theme symbolises more than just the local geography.

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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

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Singapore Art Week – Singapore, 19-28 January If you've never experienced the small but perfectly formed Asian city-state of Singapore, here's the perfect opportunity. April Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – USA, 12-14 and 19-21 April Coachella is one of America's closest equivalents to Glastonbury in the UK. Madinat Jumeirah.

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Reality serves as a bridge to the surreal for illustrator Wenjing Yang

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After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Wenjing went on to complete an MA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is now racking up an impressive client list while also embarking on self-initiated work, exhibitions and collaborative projects that explore themes unlikely to crop up in commercial projects.

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Celebrating collaboration: Blackburn’s National Festival of Making

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The finished work will be exhibited at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery. Along with the community-led fab lab, The Making Rooms, he has used the programme to explore modern fabrication equipment that combines advanced manufacturing with traditional craft processes, resulting in his first solo exhibition.

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

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Launched this month, Maraya is hosting the first Andy Warhol exhibition in the wider Gulf region, curated by Patrick Moore, director of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. He has been keen to share the work and ideas of a Pop Art icon many in the West may feel over-familiar with to a new audience.

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Jen Yoon's AR illustrations adapt The Yellow Wallpaper for a modern audience

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Made for an MFA exhibition curated by Viktor Koen, a School of Visual Arts faculty member, these illustrations touch on themes of mental illness and gender inequality. The idea of using AR for the exhibition originally came about due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. "It