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V&A Dundee is an architectural work of art. Designed by the acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, Scotland's first design museum opens to the general public on Saturday 15th September, showing off its spectacular, bespoke features to the world. Kenga describes his design as a "living room for the city", albeit a highly instagrammable one, with its light-filled and open wooden interiors designed to provide a warm welcome to visitors.

The £1 billion creation transforms Dundee's waterfront from its faded industrial use to a monumental attraction. V&A Dundee tells a global story, investigating the international importance of design alongside presenting Scotland's outstanding design achievements. The construction and fit-out took an impressive three and a half years to complete and hopes to economically boost the city of Dundee which has the lowest employment rate in the UK. As part of a major new cultural development for Scotland, the museum's architecture is inspired by the dramatic cliffs along the north-east coast of Scotland reflected in complex geometry that harmonises with the surrounding environment.

The impressive array of exhibits include the Scottish Design Galleries, featuring 300 pieces from around the world and the V&A's rich collection of Scottish design. Additionally, at the centre of these galleries stands the magnificently restored, Charles Rennie Mackintosh Oak Room, conserved and reconstructed to allow the public first-hand experience of Mackintosh design at its best. The exhibitions and events will explore historical and contemporary design work including a major new exhibition titled Ocean Liners: Speed and Style as well as, This, looped by former Turner prize nominee, Ciara Phillips.

Director of V&A Dundee, Philip Long commented on this cultural milestone stating "V&A Dundee's aspiration is to enrich lives, helping people to enjoy, be inspired by and find new opportunities through understanding the designed world. After years of planning, we are thrilled at being able to celebrate the realisation of the first V&A museum in the world outside London."

Dundee is predicting an enormous economic boost, estimating an increase in around £11.6 million a year and an extra 361 jobs across Scotland, 249 of which will be in Dundee. Dundee City Council Leader, Councillor John Alexander exclaims: "V&A Dundee is the perfect illustration of how the city is forging a new path and being transformed for every resident, worker and visitor. We are not a city which limits its ambitions and there is much more to come from our creative and dynamic city".

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The highly anticipated V&A Dundee opens its doors to the public this weekend

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V&A Dundee is an architectural work of art. Designed by the acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, Scotland's first design museum opens to the general public on Saturday 15th September, showing off its spectacular, bespoke features to the world.

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SUMPREME - US Streetwear Giants New Collaboration

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SUMPREME - US Streetwear Giants New Collaboration

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AW18 collection collaborator is a strange one. The collection which hits shops NY, LA, London, and Paris on September 6, will feature a range of hoodies, sweaters, skateboard decks, t-shirts, and jackets emblazoned with the work of much-loved American artist Mike Kelley.
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Even if they won't sign an official deal with the pork producing piss-takers at edible agriculture specialists Farmland Foods, US streetwear giants Supreme has always been a brand open to collaboration. From those massive North Face puffer jackets to the outrageous Capone-N-Noreaga material they dropped a few years back, James Jebbia's motley crew of white-tee wearing cooler-than-thou designers have always had an eye for tactical branded excursions, but even by Supreme standards, their forthcoming AW18 collection collaborator is a strange one.

The collection which hits shops NY, LA, London, and Paris on September 6, will feature a range of hoodies, sweaters, skateboard decks, t-shirts, and jackets emblazoned with the work of much-loved American artist Mike Kelley.

Mike, who passed away back in January 2012, was one of the most significant artists of his generation, and a practitioner whose work with Sonic Youth saw him permeate the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of noise-hungry music lovers across the world. Supreme has used work from Mike's Reconstructed History series of ink drawings, alongside imagery from his stuffed toy mugshot work Ahh...Youth!.

As with most things Supreme, it'll likely sell out in seconds, but you'll doubtlessly see this Kelley-adorned clothes worn on countless awkward gallery dates in months to come.

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Supreme showcases new Mike Kelley collaborations

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Even if they won't sign an official deal with the pork producing piss-takers at edible agriculture specialists "Farmland Foods":https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/farmland-foods-supreme-photography-310818, US streetwear giants Supreme has always been a brand open to collaboration.

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“a systematic lack of support for creativity at a governmental level and the economic conditions which make it so hard for artists to succeed in London.”
global brand, celebrated locally and in the way an independent shop would
Vans started manufacturing in USA but now it's all in Vietnam and China

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Throughout August, fine artist Alfie Kungu, fashion designer Paolina Russo, painter George Rouy and multidisciplinary artist Wilson Oryema have swapped their bedrooms for a cavernous space under Waterloo station. The quartet of creatives have spent the best part of a month at House of Vans, generating a body of entirely new work as part of an exhibition entitled all in: progress.

The residency was set in motion as a response to what the show's curator Bryony Stone, who is also Acting Editor of It's Nice That, describes as "a systematic lack of support for creativity at a governmental level and the economic conditions which make it so hard for artists to succeed in London."

Bryony concedes that while the internet is "an invaluable resource when it comes to accessibility around art in that it allows anyone, anywhere, with internet access to view artworks which they may never be able to see in real life," IRL museums and galleries still act as spaces which provide conversational stimulus, "for those that make it, and for those that see it," with the idea that creative communities can be built through those chats.

For the past few weeks, the public has been able to watch Paolina, George, Alfie, and Wilson at work, but Thursday 23 August marks the date where the work the foursome have been beavering away at is finally displayed.

Bryony believes that, "art should be inclusive, not exclusive and art discourse doesn't have to be academic - I think it should start from somewhere fundamentally human."

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The all in: progress residency at House of Vans' final display takes place this week

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“It aims to establish cultural legacies for some of the world’s most disempowered communities”

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It is no secret that artists from politically unstable geographical areas are often underrepresented in the art world. However Ruya Maps, a non-profit organisation that will introduce "culture generated in areas of discord to new global audiences," is set to launch this October.

Ruya Maps is the sister organisation of the Iraqi-based Ruya Foundation, the only platform working with contemporary artists on the ground in that country, best known for commissioning the Iraq Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Through a diverse programme of international exhibitions, to accessible projects taking place in areas of conflict, Ruya Maps will examine the impact that social and military unrest has on territories. "It aims to establish cultural legacies for some of the world's most disempowered communities", explains director Tamara Chalabi. "It will allow audiences to engage with the difficult subjects of our time through the universal language of art".

The programme launches with an exhibition of Venezuelan artist Pepe López at the Fitzrovia Chapel, London; it is the artist's first solo show in Europe. López's large-scale installation Crisálida will be exhibited, featuring two hundred objects wrapped in polyethene film, including a car, piano and an urn. "Their methodical arrangement suggests an imminent move or the need for storage. It explores the powerful emotional charge of being uprooted or exiled". The work, which is at once sculpture, pictorial and installation includes packaged artworks made by the artist himself, alongside those from his personal collection and items from his grandparents who fled Spain during the Civil War. The objects are representative of "the collective memories of the citizens of Caracas". The exhibition will run from 14 October - 26 October.

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Ruya Maps will introduce culture from areas of political instability into the art world

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It is no secret that artists from politically unstable geographical areas are often underrepresented in the art world. However _Ruya Maps_, a non-profit organisation that will introduce "culture generated in areas of discord to new global audiences," is set to launch this October.

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Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art - 2018

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Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art - 2018

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“beautiful world, where are you?”

The “question is derived from a 1788 poem by German poet Friedrich Schiller”

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Marking its 20th anniversary, 2018's Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Arts asks artists to respond to the theme "beautiful world, where are you?" The "question is derived from a 1788 poem by German poet Friedrich Schiller", a poem which describes a world gripped by uncertainty, in social, political and environmental turmoil - issues still relevant today. Spread across the entire city, the 10th Liverpool Biennial invites more than 40 artists from 22 countries to "reconsider our past", while also "advancing a new sense of beauty that might be shared in a more equitable way".

Curated by Kitty Scott and Sally Tallant, the Biennial runs for 15 weeks, beginning this Saturday and ending 28 October. The public programme includes more than 80 performances, film screenings, family events, talks and exhibitions taking place across Liverpool's public spaces, civic buildings and the city's leading art venues.

Weekly screenings of the work by Belgium-born, French filmmaker Agnès Varda will be shown, including newly commissioned work as well as a "personally curated set of films to accompany her own". Varda's work focuses on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary with a distinct experimental style. Other artists, such as Holly Hendry, will display sculptures, alongside work by Ryan Gander, whose creative responses to queries, or what-ifs, align themselves heavily with the theme. Also on view will be work by First Nation artist Brian Jungen, exploring indigeneity and identity politics, and watercolour paintings by Silke Otto-Knapp, portraying her unique monotone style.

Once every two years, the Liverpool Biennial is the highlight of the city; showcasing their "culture and creativity a decade on from its accolade as European Capital of Culture". The Biennial also includes partner exhibitions: John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Bloomberg New Contemporaries, This is Shanghai and the Biennial Fringe.

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Liverpool's 10th Biennial asks the question: "beautiful world, where are you?"

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Marking its 20th anniversary, 2018's _Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Arts_ asks artists to respond to the theme "beautiful world, where are you?" The "question is derived from a 1788 poem by German poet Friedrich Schiller", a poem which describes a world gripped by uncertainty, in social, political and environmental turmoil - issues still relevant today.