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Art across time
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Craft
Chinese-Australian artist Renee So’s exhibition at the CAMPLE LINE gallery in rural Scotland explores history in multiple forms
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17 Apr 22
Dora Prevost
Dora Prevost is a South African sculptor.
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17 Dec 19
Two artists use video and sculpture to explore perceptions of history and memory
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Art & Photography
Kyu Sang Lee and Martin Wilson talk to us about their project, Still-life with Three Suspended Bodies.
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30 Oct 19
Meet the artist behind America's only museum dedicated to African beads
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Art & Photography
Olayami Dabls says he wanted to enable residents to better understand the immense power of their African heritage.
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25 Oct 19
Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor explores the responsibility of the African artist
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
"I am an artist first, before anything else."
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17 Jul 19
A revival of stone architecture in Palestine
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
This sculptural project brings together ancient stonework and cutting-edge design methods.
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12 Jul 19
Entries for the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards are open!
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African Design
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Design Thinking
The awards are open to artists, designers and architecture students living in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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17 Oct 18
Neri Oxman wins at Cooper Hewitt 2018 National Design Awards
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Design Thinking
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“All ten of this year’s winners present a powerful design perspective and body of work that is at once inclusive and deeply personal..."
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9 May 18
Feather sculpture honours bond between Ireland and a Native American nation
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Urban & Landscape Design
Towering 20 feet into the Irish sky, Kindred Spirits recognises the Choctaw Nation for their generosity during Ireland's Great Famine.
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27 Mar 18
Art as an exploration of the self and an interrogation of the world with Buhlebezwe Siwani
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African Design
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Art & Photography
"I’ve always said if art doesn’t engage socially what are you making it for?"
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10 Mar 18
Morag Myerscough turns concrete jungles into spaces of belonging
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Urban & Landscape Design
The artist talks us through her giant centrepiece for Design Indaba Festival 2018, Embrace The Unknown.
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5 Mar 18
Mighty Ndebele: The cyborg girl of gold
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Aidan Bennetts tells us why he nominated this sculpture for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2018.
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13 Feb 18
The Urchins is taking the craft of crochet to a new level
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Architecture & Interiors
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Craft
Where biomimicry, cultural weaving and lots of polyester strands meet.
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8 Feb 18
Igshaan Adams
A quiet activist who speaks volumes about race, sexuality and identity through his work.
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17 Jan 18
Justine Mahoney
An artist who communicates dark subjects through toy-like miniature sculptures of childhood innocence.
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7 Dec 17
Carine Terreblanche
A jewellery designer who operates between the boundaries of fine art, goldsmithing and wood sculpture.
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7 Dec 17
No Photoshop here – these eerie figures were carved entirely by hand
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Art & Photography
"Great art stops you and holds you in its grasp for a while. It takes you out of your timeline and into its own space," says sculptor Paul Kaptein.
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21 Nov 17
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | September 2017
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We've scoured the web for compelling creative campaigns around the globe that you might want to support in their quest for funding. Have a look!
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5 Sep 17
The Big Trash Animals project of Bordalo II
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Art & Photography
This Portuguese installation artist creates animal sculptures in urban spaces from the very materials that cause their destruction in nature.
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8 Aug 17
On bridging the contrast between classical and contemporary art
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Art & Photography
What would Michelangelo think of these tatted up marble masterpieces?
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25 Jul 17
Family-friendly sculpture garden opens at Franschhoek wine estate
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Boschendal Wineland Estate says they want the garden to be diverse enough to cater to both young and old.
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24 Jul 17
A golden way to draw attention to an overlooked piece of female anatomy
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Craft
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Design Activism
Alli Sebastian Wolf hopes that her work will spur more conversations about the fascinating magic and underappreciated aspects of the clitoris.
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14 Jul 17
UNina Afrika: The totemic light sculpture
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Product Design
This design emulates the act of carrying heavy goods on one’s head.
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12 May 17
Zadok Ben-David makes art out of all the people he saw but never met
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Art & Photography
The London-based artist’s work laments the human race’s growing isolation.
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13 Apr 17
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