1. Helps with professional life Parents might push their children into activities that will ensure their future success. Art education can benefit beyond the usual expectation of a future career yet develop cognitive skills that wouldn’t otherwise. It is a paradox: people who took an art class in high school […]
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Dumps Ye’s Honorary Degree
This gives a whole new meaning to “Graduation.” (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic) As rapper Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) incendiary rants become more offensive and unhinged, brands and institutions that once platformed and lauded the celebrity are hastening to put distance between themselves and his virulently antisemitic propagandizing. From the October […]
Memento mori at The Parlor: Baltimore’s Newest Art Space in a Former Funeral Home
“Marking a significant transition in the life of 108 West North Avenue, Memento mori mines the liminality of this architectural ghost and the profound association with loss and remembrance imbued in the funeral home setting,” reads curator Catherine Borg’s statement. “The expansive space is a readymade work of art further […]
Once upon a time there was a Republic
In 1829, Cuba was the first nation of Latin America, and also before several European nations, to use steam ships. In 1837, Cuba became the third nation in the world, after England and the US, to build a railroad. It also had the causal effect of creating a significant Chinese […]
Making Matters. A Vocabulary for Collective Arts – We Make Money Not Art
Making Matters. A Vocabulary for Collective Arts, edited by Janneke Wesseling and Florian Cramer. Published by Valiz*. Making Matters formulates the importance for artists of working as collectives, especially if they hope to address meaningfully crushing ecological and social problems. Joining a collective often means allying with other disciplines, multiplying […]
Major Artists Sign Letter of Solidarity with Iranian Protestors – ARTnews.com
Major artists like Marina Abramović and Kara Walker signed an open letter denouncing the theocratic rule in Iran and expressing solidarity with activists there who have been engaged in more than two straight months of protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being beaten by Iran’s morality […]
Over My Shoulder : Open Space
Oakland, August 2020 Leslie Scalapino is a summer poet. Her work’s humid, skin and air become indistinguishable. She catches glints of light and dogs and sex, unfurls montages of violence distant and palpable, interpolates and peels away the composite mercy of structure. Cloud and camera, her figures vent an obstructive […]
Top 5 Things NOT to Miss at The Other Art Fair: Dec 22
Kicking off on the first day of Summer is the return of the The Other Art Fair’s popular edition, held December 1-4 at The Cutaway. The Other Art Fair continues its’ mission to reframe art, and provide an inclusive space for long time collectors and new time art lovers alike […]
Meet 6 Fast-Rising Artists Having Star Turns at This Year’s Art Basel Miami Beach — Portland Museum of Art
Who: An enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes in Western North Dakota, Teresa Baker pays tribute to her upbringing while infusing her practice with a modern aesthetic. She transforms synthetic materials into artwork that underscores irregular territorial shapes. Based in: Los Angeles, California Notable Resume Lines: Baker is a 2022 […]
A trip to the City of Love with Anne Sophie Jouhanneau, author of Kisses and Croissants
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau is a bilingual French author, who now calls New York city home, after years in Amsterdam and Melbourne. She has published 18 books of young adult fiction and nonfiction translated into 10 languages and her latest, Kisses and Croissants (Random House Delacorte Press, 2021) is her U.S. debut. The book follows […]