British Museum chair George Osborne last week met in London with Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the sole purpose of discussing the repatriation of the so-called Elgin marbles to Greece. Following their meeting, the pair delivered an address at the London School of Economics, in which Mitsotakis acknowledged that […]
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The Age of Social Media is Ending
For any artist who is active on the internet and/or social media and/or thinks they ought to be, I have a recommendation for an article which I think is a “must read”. The Age of Social Media Is Ending is by Ian Bogost and it’s the first article that I’ve read which makes […]
BSA Film Friday: 12.09.22 | Brooklyn Street Art
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening: 1. The Artist Who Paints Folks on the Street, Faces of Santa Ana 2. Meet the Artists Changing the face of New Brighton 3. Banksy – Rage, Flower Thrower NFT…but for free (2022) […]
Artist Interview – Amy Hetherington
Who are you and what do you do? I’m Amy, the colored pencil artist behind Headspace Illustrations. I live on the east coast of Canada, with my husband of 23 years and our two beautiful children. Why do you do what you do? I’m motivated to continue my journey […]
Ways of Seeing, According to Roberto Gil de Montes
Temporada de lluvias is Roberto Gil de Montes’s first solo show at Kurimanzutto gallery in Mexico City. His serene figurative paintings explore how the effects of the rainy season in La Peñita, a small fishing town in Nayarit, Mexico, can radically alter how we see water, figuration, a flat surface, […]
Cluster of Oak Leaves | The Unfathomable Artist
“Cluster of Oak Leaves in Hayfield Meadow – third version” [26th July 2022] by Matt The Unfathomable Artist, drawing with H, HB, 4B, 8B and charcoal stick, signed in black ink pen with blue chromatic halo effect on 280gsm 250mm x 300mm gesso primed canvas [pad], digitally edited image 3261 […]
Hundreds Join Artist JR to Create a Collaborative Portrait in Protest of Iran’s Restrictions of Women — Colossal
Art #human rights #Iran #JR #protest #public art December 8, 2022 Grace Ebert “Baraye Nika Shakarami” for #EyesonIran (December 4, 2022), interactive installation at Four Freedoms Park, cotton canvas and more than 300 participants. All images © JR, shared with permission In less than a week, the U.N. will […]
Episode 5 of Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 (Series 9)
This is a review of Episode 5 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2022 (series 9) The artists are lined to to hear the outcome of the Judges deliberations and which three are selected for the shortlist. I’m still very frustrated by the NOW TV app which refuses to […]
The Internet is Exploding: 10 Must-Read Articles This Week 12/4
Perhaps I’m just online more, but it feels like the internet has been increasingly active the past few weeks. Christine McVie passed. Kanye West continues his anti-semitic and anti-Black rampage. Highlights: Hibernation and colonization, Railroad Workers United, killer robots, Twitter, ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘Queen Sugar,’ Keke Palmer and Angela Bassett, disappearing whales, […]
Exploring Cotton by Kara Walker beyond a simple glance. | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker
By Michelle Orioha, CMA Student Guide The CMA Student Guide Program is the museum’s undergraduate training program. Students learn close-looking and engagement techniques and are given a variety of research and educational projects to draw connections between art and its relevance to our lives today. In this blog post, a […]