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Jean Jullien's bold, graphic underwater world will awaken your inner child

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He has created popular illustrations for The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Guardian and recently published his first self-titled monograph with global art book publisher Phaidon.

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New exhibition by photographer Marc Holm casts celebs in a new light

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These 11-foot tall sculptures, displaying Mark's images in flexible 3m-high frames, expose the portraits to the evolving elements, creating an ever-changing viewing experience. Taylor to Tarantino To complement this groundbreaking show, Mark has published a retrospective book also titled Re-Framed.

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Out of The Box: Tom Buchanan celebrates the lost art of collecting in a digital world

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Expect to see an incredible array of stockpiled oddities, such as water tanks filled with aquatic abstractions, dinghies decked out with miniature cityscapes, specimen jars filled with jellyfish, an exit sign with religious imagery, over-sized burnt matchsticks, and sculptures made from plastic washed up on the beach. Like what you see?

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

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Mainstream publishing and media haven't always done a great job at representing the contribution made by black creatives to the British art scene. While she wasn't a professional photographer herself, her groundbreaking critique of photography, first published in 1977, is required reading for anyone interested in the subject.

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Megan Du on creating bright and bold illustrations that are fascinated with retro-futurism

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I found a lot of magazine publishers from the UK and Europe in a comic store, so I decided to study illustration in London and work as a freelance illustrator.". I'm always exploring new areas, such as clay, ceramics, papier-mâché sculpture, and sometimes working with a new tool that you're not familiar with can produce great results.".

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Illustrator Montse Galbany uses kind shapes and vibrant colours to tell her stories

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Titled Benditos Errores (or Awesome Mistakes in English) and published by Mosquito Books, it's all about celebrating life's fortunate mishaps. "In Outside of work, Montse's main passion is crafting ceramic sculptures. Speaking of books, Montse created her first illustrated one in 2021.

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

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Psychedelic universe You, Me and The Balloons invites visitors to immerse themselves in Kusama's psychedelic universe as they journey through a colourful landscape of large-scale inflatable sculptures, many standing over 10 metres tall or suspended from the 21-metre-high ceiling. The experience of the scale is what's important.

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