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The Grand Slam season culminated with 18-year-old U.K. phenom Emma Raducanu winning the US Open women’s final. Fellow Brit Lois O’Hara is doing her part in inspiring the next generation of players with her recently completed tennis courts at Northcliffe Park in Bradford. The similarly in Bradford. The similarly young artist first made a name for herself in the publicspace realm with the Brighton basketball court she painted in 2018 with wavy saturated blues and pinks and the word and pinks and the wordjoy. “My signature style is based on the idea of using on the fluid lines and curves to encourage movement—whether that’s physically or imaginatively, in the mind,” the self- movement—whether that’s physically or imaginatively, in the mind,” the described sunset chaser says. “These colors are vibrant, so they stand out, but also carefully calibrated so the colors are vibrant, so they stand out, but also carefully calibrated so the focus isn’t taken away from the ball as it’s hit across the court.” Meanwhile, the focus continues on O’Hara, who ball as it’s hit across the court.” Meanwhile, the focus continues on O’Hara, who has projects underway for Newmor Wallcoverings, brands Estrella Damm and Fedrigoni, and London’s Battersea Wallcoverings, Power Station and Design District, a new coworking complex for creatives.

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Although he was commissionedfor the 2020 edition of Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center in New York, “He’s one of the most significant yet underrecognized artists who has made important and singular achievements in the history of sculpture and abstraction.” This statement comes from associate curator of contemporary art Jessica Bell Brown in regard to the subject of “Thaddeus Mosley: Forest,” which bows this fall at the Baltimore Museum of Art. What’s also noteworthy about the Pennsylvania native: He’s employed wood from felled trees, sawmill cutoffs, and reclaimed building materials long before repurposing became trendy. Oh, then there’s the fact that he turned 95 in July. The BMA exhibition showcases five biomorphic works

Mosley made from when he was 89 to today, using solely a mallet and chisel.

Clockwise from top left: For “Thaddeus Mosley: Forest,” at the Baltimore Museum of Art, October 17 to March 27, 2022, the 95-year-old sculptor is debuting Katz Kurve, which he made in 2021 from salvaged wood. Opposing Parallels-Blues Up and Down for G. Ammons and S. Stitt from 2015. Tatum Scales, 2020. Mosley in 1957 with an untitled piece. Off Minor, 2019.

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