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For her solo exhibition 'A New World' at Palacio Liria in Madrid, artist Denise de la Rue worked with Factum Arte on the creation of a new body of work based on a series of 21 written documents signed by Christopher Columbus that are in the collection of Casa de Alba.

Inspired by the theme of exploration, wonder and discovery, de la Rue conceived a series of 21 sculptures that connect the 1492 discovery of the Americas to space exploration and the 1969 moon landing. The works were made in a variety of materials: resin, aluminum, stainless steel and elevated printing. They involved both innovation and experimentation to produce meteors and complex printed surfaces.

Leonor Serrano Rivas' latest creation, Rhythm Patterns #1, was developed in collaboration with Factum Arte and Vives i Mari. It was exhibited at Carlier | Gebauer Gallery during ARCO (6 - 10 March 2024). It consists of 5 textile panels forming a single unit. Both the front and the back were considered during the production.
The image is taken from a frame of the film Breathings of the Moon (2022) by Diego Delas and Leonor Serrano Rivas. In the film, the seabed is imaginatively recreated through the manipulation of magnets and particles. The tapestry recreates one of these scenes by using inverted seams and the movement of the thread.

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Two solo exhibitions by Rachid Koraïchi are celebrating the artist's 77th birthday and his complex, multi-layered narrative and themes. Factum Arte has been working with Koraïchi for over 10 years and we are proud to be part of his creative process that experiments with materials including bronze, corten steel, alabaster, elevated printing and textiles. 'An Ode to Intertwined Histories' (27 February – 25 May, 2024) at Elmarsa Gallery in Dubai celebrates Koraïchi's storytelling with a display centered around a site-specific sculptural installation: Les Prieurs shown alongside Les Priants, both made in 2015. In 'Rachid Koraïchi: Celestial Blue' (7 March - 13 April, 2024) October Gallery in London presents Koraïchi’s unique exploration of the spiritual path and its fundamental message of tolerance for all, displaying sculptures from Les Vigilants and La Montagne aux Étoiles series, made between 2021 and 2022.

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For Art Dubai 2023, five United Arab Emirates-based artists (Afra Al Dhaheri, Shaikha Al Mazrou, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Asma Belhamar and Khalid Albanna) chose to collaborate on a new permanent public artwork for the Al Hudaiba area, overlooking the Etihad Museum and Union House, as part of Dubai Culture’s multi-year Public Art Strategy. The production of the large-scale installation Union of Artists was carried out by Factum Arte following the collective concept proposed by the five artists.

The sculpture blends the creative ideas and artistic visions of the five artists to convey the concepts of unity and cooperation and was revealed to the public on February 26th 2024.

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Curated by Valentine Raymond, director of the Musée jurassien des Arts, the exhibition 'Bernd Nicolaisen - Amedeo Baumgartner' (March 17 - May 26, 2024) at the Musée Jurassien des Arts in Moutier, Switzerland is the largest exhibition to date of works by photographer Bernd Nicolaisen and painter Amedeo Baumgartner.

The show features 30 large-format photographs and 3D works by Bernd Nicolaisen on alabaster, 3D printing in resin and printing on gesso, created in collaboration with Factum Arte from images exploring the series Strata of Pilbara, Head of 67P, Oxidation of Water and Restlicht.

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Factum Arte in collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London is excited to announce we are creating a weatherproof, bronze replica of the iconic Dippy. We are delighted to share how this new replica will look in the completed gardens.

The team has worked on accurate 3D models and scans – provided by the museum - of the original Diplodocus carnegii 20th-century plaster cast. Over the coming months, high­-precision engineering and architectural planning will transform the digital data into a monumental 4x21m bronze sculpture. As we enter the materialisation phase we are pleased to disclose that the initial bronze casts of Dippy’s vertebrae are just out of the foundry.

As part of the museum’s Urban Nature Project, the replica will be installed in early 2024 outside the new and refurbished museum gardens. More information to come soon!
Picture: © Natural History Museum