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

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22 Men by Emma Williams, MA Art and Science (Central Saint Martins). Celebrating the best creative work from Goldsmiths students, spanning fine art, design, film-making, photography and more, this year's annual summer shows run until 26 July at venues across the UK capital. Degree Show , Slade School of Fine Art.

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'I destroy the work after an exhibition': Inside the weird worlds of artist JeeYoung Lee

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My mother never made a debut as an artist, but she majored in fine art in college. When it was time for me to decide on a major, I chose design over fine art because my parents thought the former had better prospects. I remember her old oil paintings hung up on the wall when I was a little child. © JeeYoung Lee.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

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Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. Positioned on the floor, these soft sculptures invite visitors, for the first time, to sit or lie on the works. © YAYOI KUSAMA. © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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Playfully sinister works by the Cameron Twins challenge our connections with our past selves

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Old paintings, childhood drawings and Barbie dolls are just some of the raw materials used in the multidisciplinary works of the Cameron Twins , an identical duo of creatives whose garish art playfully explores dreams, the imagination, and the role that nostalgia plays in shaping our lives.

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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

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Spending her time between Beijing and New York, Xiangni was trained at the School of Visual Arts in 2016. She subsequently transitioned from illustration to fine art by enrolling in the MFA Fine Arts program at Pratt Institute in 2020. This doesn't mean her background in illustration was time wasted, though.

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Wenching Tang's elegant illustrations are an expression of her introverted personality

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Currently living in Taiwan, but having travelled Europe extensively and studied illustration in Brighton, Wenching's fine art background and grasp of traditional skills have allowed her to cultivate a unique aesthetic encompassing both genres. "I I am a visual learner and love reading images more than words," she tells Creative Boom.

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Joelle McKenna brings the creative struggle to life in comic store installation

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A 2012 graduate from Boston University's College of Fine Art, she's also the creative director of Brooklyn Magazine print publication. And every season, the owner invites an artist to create a sculptural window display for his shop."