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fromArtnet News
2 hours ago

U.K. Pledges $2 Billion for Arts Funding-and More Art Industry News

Art world shows active fairs and major auction highlights: Zona Maco expansion, strong London sales, Christie's Magritte headline, and mixed Bonhams financial results.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
41 minutes ago

Bay Area events calendar for Jan. 30 through Feb. 5 weekly editions

Bay Area events include a blockchain tax conference, glassblowing demonstrations, a wine festival, arts gala, theatre, and fundraisers in late January and early February.
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
11 minutes ago

Curtain Calls: SF Playhouse continues allowing artists to take risks with M. Butterfly'

SF Playhouse stages M. Butterfly Feb. 5–Mar. 14, exploring cultural misunderstandings, gender identity, and betrayal with expanded movement and Peking Opera elements.
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fromArtnet News
4 hours ago
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Why Galleries and Fairs Are Pausing | Artnet News

Art institutions and dealers are increasingly adopting strategic pauses—temporary hiatuses or skipped seasons—to reassess operations, programming, and futures.
fromArtnet News
1 day ago
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Is a 'Strategic Pause' the Art World's Version of Quiet Quitting? | Artnet News

Major galleries and fairs are pausing programs to rethink models, timing, and scale amid shifting collector behavior and creative priorities.
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fromHyperallergic
2 hours ago
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John Yau on Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons's polished porcelain sculptures reflect and flatter wealthy collectors' values, acting as literal mirrored objects for billionaire self-identification.
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago
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Jeff Koons's Reflective Sculptures Mirror the One Percent

Jeff Koons's sculptures provoke debate and expose art-market wealth while his paintings remain largely unmemorable.
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fromArtnet News
16 hours ago
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Marian Goodman, Titanic Dealer of Contemporary Art, Dies at 97 | Artnet News

Marian Goodman was a pivotal art dealer who championed challenging contemporary artists for six decades, shaping museum exhibitions and global art discourse.
fromJuxtapoz
3 days ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Nieves Gonzalez "Sacred Hair / Capelli Sacri" @ T293 Gallery, Rome

Structured from pictorial tradition, González remakes established canons from her perspective as a contemporary woman: the sacred passes through the filter of a contemporary aesthetic vision without ceasing to be mystery, transforming into something simultaneously recognizable and radically new. The exhibition invites us to rewrite the narrative from creation itself, a gesture born from respect toward that generative power that was denied and distorted for centuries.
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fromFast Company
2 hours ago

A play with no actors on stage? That's the bet behind the world's first play in mixed reality

When a stranger smiles at you, you smile back. That is why, when Sir Ian McKellen ( The Lord of the Rings, X-Men, Amadeus) walked on the stage in front of me, looked me straight in the eye, and smiled at me, I smiled back. It was the polite thing to do. It was also completely unnecessary, because McKellen was not actually on the stage in front of me. He smiled at me through a pair of special glasses.
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fromTime Out London
4 hours ago

Shakespeare's Globe has announced its 2026 summer season

First up then is Emily Lim's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs April 23 to August 29. Keen-eyed observers may note that there is currently a production of the same play running at the Globe's indoor Sam Wanamaker theatre. To put it bluntly, A Midsummer Night's Dream is big bucks at the box office, and there's an endless stream of things you can do to it.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Sunday Puzzle: All In

Insert the letters A-L-L into the answer to the first clue to create the answer to the second clue.
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fromArtnet News
2 days ago

Why Bailly Gallery Is Betting Big on Paris

Bailly Gallery expanded in Paris from a private showroom to a public gallery to meet growing international demand and create an accessible destination for collectors.
fromArtnet News
1 day ago

Inside New York's Grolier Club, Where the Rare Book World Is Open to All

Founded in 1884, it is one of the world's most important societies devoted to books. Though it operates as a members-only institution, the club maintains a steady program of free, public exhibitions that draw from its members' collections. Though often historical, there are fascinating intersections with contemporary culture. Focused on rare books, manuscripts, and literary ephemera, these shows often illuminate how historical texts continue to shape the present.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
18 hours ago

Artist Sara Szewczyk Paints Whimsical Watercolor Worlds Where Cats, Mushrooms And Magic Turn Everyday Life Cozy

Flesh And Blood: The Superb Sci-Fi Concept Illustrations of Reza Afshar Pechkeks Misfortune Cookies The Dark Humored Biscuit That Bites Back After A Trip To Ireland, Artist Decided To Paint Its Stunning Landscapes As Beautiful Watercolors French Photographer Sacha Goldberger Takes Our Favorite Superheros Back In Time Incredible Street Art by Remo Lienhard Funny Doodles This Artist Drew During Meetings He Didn't Need To Be At Vintage Family Photos of
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fromFuncheap
1 day ago

Free "Legion of Honor" Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Advanced tickets are required, and capacity is limited due to COVID-19 precautions. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require the full admission price. Saturdays feature engaging art experiences for the entire family, including art-making, gallery guides, and tours with discussion and sketching in the permanent galleries. Legion of Honor Lincoln Park \ 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121 - Most Saturdays - Hours are typically 9:30 am-5:15 pmReserve tickets in advance to skip the line
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fromFuncheap
20 hours ago

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

Bay Area residents receive free general admission to the de Young's permanent galleries on most Saturdays with timed tickets; special exhibitions require full admission.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
22 hours ago

The Wiz' is making a North American tour stop in San Jose

The Wiz runs at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 27–Feb. 1; MLK Day tree planting mobilized 150+ volunteers to improve Rainbow Park.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 day ago
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This Artist Blends Javanese Tradition With Contemporary Painting, Turning Patterned Fabrics And Figures Into Quietly Surreal Scenes

A broad collection of visual art and cultural artifacts spanning murals, illustration, photography, sculpture, and design across diverse styles, periods, and themes.
fromColossal
2 days ago
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Two Artists Consider How Chicago Shapes Its Youth in 'World in My Eyes'

Kayla Mahaffey and Joseph Perez (Sentrock) exhibit World in My Eyes, exploring how Chicago children find resilience, community care, and hope practiced through courage.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 day ago
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This Artist Blends Javanese Tradition With Contemporary Painting, Turning Patterned Fabrics And Figures Into Quietly Surreal Scenes

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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

This sprawling, surrealist movie is a tribute to cinema itself

Resurrection is a sprawling, dreamlike, near three-hour film that blends fantasy and reality to expand cinematic possibilities and honor Chinese film history.
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Art for Dignity

As if demolishing the East Wing, gutting arts agencies, and slapping his name and face on several federal buildings weren't enough, the US president now wants to do away with a DC building known as the "Sistine Chapel of New Deal art." This week, we reported on a burgeoning campaign to save the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which houses murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, Seymour Fogel, and other major American artists. We will continue to follow this story.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Tired of bad haircuts? 3 stylists share tips on how to get the do of your dreams

Avoid bad haircuts by finding a skilled stylist, communicating clearly about desired results, and speaking up during the appointment if something goes wrong.
fromCurbed
2 days ago

The Cuban House of Spirits

The artists José Parlá and Claudia Hilda, his wife, live in a former fire station in Fort Greene surrounded by memories of Cuba, which Parlá's ­family fled in 1970 and where ­Hilda lived until recently. "There's a lot of magical realism here, a big mix of Cuban traditions and religion," says Parlá, pointing to an icon of la Caridad del Cobre, the island's patron saint, in the kitchen. "We cannot move her!"
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fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

Genderbomb's Impact Play: "If You're Offended, Tell Your Friends"

A trans ensemble's anthology blends participatory, visceral, kink-infused performance with explicit content and safety warnings that some audience members found insufficiently prominent.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 days ago

274 Portland artists and groups share $1.22 million in project grants * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland awarded $1,220,000 in grants to 179 individual artists and 95 arts groups, prioritizing broad distribution and support for diverse artistic projects.
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fromFuncheap
2 days ago

Oakland's HJK Center for the Arts Opening Weekend (The Opening Festival)

Oakland's historic "Cathedral of Culture" reopens January 23–24, 2026 with a community celebration featuring roller-skating, live performances, family activities, and a free festival.
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fromsf.funcheap.com
2 days ago

SF's HellaSecret Crazy Funny Asians Friday Night Comedy Showcase (7p + 9p)

Multiple Bay Area communities offer numerous free First Friday cultural events, museum free-admission days, and discounted evening performances across art, music, comedy, and bike rides.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
6 days ago

DramaWatch: Busy theaters will have audiences racing to catch all the shows on offer in the next few weeks * Oregon ArtsWatch

Multiple Portland-area theaters open diverse new productions and a community-focused play festival in late January, creating concentrated, short-lived creative experiences across many venues.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 day ago

tiny leaves with cut-outs portray joyful animals as silhouette artworks

Lito creates finely cut leaf silhouettes of joyful animals by removing leaf material to carve detailed patterns and facial lines, exhibited across multiple Japanese venues.
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fromThe Good Life France
2 days ago

What to see and do in Pont-Aven Brittany - The Good Life France

Pont-Aven's river, light, and historic artist community make it a picturesque Breton town with numerous galleries, walks, a museum, and excellent cuisine.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Seductive stitches, Warhol in Nottingham and an Italian giant's igloo sculpture the week in art

A range of upcoming exhibitions, an award-winning portrait, and key art-world news and obituaries are presented, spanning contemporary, historical, and design-focused topics.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Artists Call on Jewish Museum's Support to Save New Deal-Era Murals

The Cohen Building in Washington, DC, housing New Deal-era murals by Jewish artists, is slated for sale and potential demolition by the Trump administration.
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fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Remember 'Star Search'? Netflix is rebooting it, and this time you're the judge

Netflix revived Star Search with real-time global audience voting, combining the original show's format and nostalgia with live interactivity to create immediate, participatory talent competition.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

An AI judge, a time-traveling 10-year-old and more in theaters

An AI courtroom thriller traps a hungover detective in a lethal chair with 90 minutes to prove his innocence using pervasive surveillance archives.
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fromwww.theartnewspaper.com
3 days ago

Long lost portrait of Scotland's greatest poet Robert Burns goes on show for first time

A lost Henry Raeburn portrait of Robert Burns has resurfaced and is now publicly displayed at the National Gallery of Scotland.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Studio Museum Evacuates Visitors After "Sprinkler Emergency"

A sprinkler malfunction caused water to pour into the Studio Museum in Harlem's gift shop, prompting an evacuation and FDNY response; no injuries reported.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Ellen Harvey's Elegy to Lost Places

A painting series documents over 300 vanished places worldwide, realistically rendered and labeled to evoke collective loss and nostalgic longing.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

A Millennia-Long Fascination With Armor

The Worcester Art Museum's reopened armor galleries present global armor traditions, challenging medieval European romanticism and showcasing one of the nation's largest arms-and-armor collections.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

A Somali-American Artist Speaks Out

Amid the savagery of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration - culminating in the killing of Renee Nicole MacklinGood - everyday Americans have shown incredible courage in pushing back against ICE's takeover of their cities. Joining them today are several Minnesotaart institutions that will close their doors to protest against the cruel treatment of their neighbors. You can read all about that today, plus a moving personal essay by Ifrah Mansour, a Somali-American artist based in Minnesota.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Philadelphia Sues Trump Administration Over Removal of Slavery Exhibits

Philadelphia is suing the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service after removal of slavery-related exhibits from Independence National Historical Park.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Your guide to Oscar-nominated movies and where to watch them

Fourteen films received nominations across six major Academy Award categories, including Sinners and One Battle After Another, with multiple acting and technical nominations.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 days ago

Abundance of botanical forms and monumental paintings reflects optimism at San Francisco's Fog Design+Art fair

Fog Design+Art's lively 12th edition drew record gala attendance, showcased strong-quality presentations and high-value sales, signaling renewed momentum and demand for large-scale works.
fromArtforum
2 days ago

Out Cold: New York's Midwinter Shows

My mind, though enfeebled by New Year's celebrations, was fine; I'd traveled to Queens to see Jeffrey Joyal's "my Life Underground" at Gandt. For this exhibition, the gallery left its longtime home in a basement for a column-laden miniature ballroom in a clinic up the block, complete with a wrought-iron chandelier and ghostly portrait hanging above the crown molding. Walking through the lobby to the exhibition room, I passed by an empty suggestion box entreating patients to "rate their therapist."
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fromDesign Milk
2 days ago

Vivian Chiu on Joyce Lin, Sylvie Rosenthal, Meg Callahan + More

Vivian Chiu combines precise woodworking and sculptural techniques to create optical forms through iterative deconstruction, reconstruction, and research-informed marquetry.
fromBerlin Art Link
3 days ago

Review of 'Did4luv' at Tanztage Berlin | Berlin Art Link

Dominique McDougal and Carro Sharkey's three-part performance, 'Did4luv'-a tragicomic dance solo performed by each of the dancers, alternating every night-debuted this month at the dual 30th anniversary of Sophiensaele's inauguration as a theater and its renowned dance festival, Tanztage. This year's Tanztage invites its audience to consider the (im)material conditions of artistic production: the body and self as sources for capitalist exchange, the extractive nature of our systems of work and its resulting consequences for marginalized bodies.
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fromJuxtapoz
3 days ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Joseph Geagan has a Solo Presentation @ Rubell Museum, Miami

Joseph Geagan's comic paintings depict social scenes of friends, artists, pop figures, and imagined personalities; his Rubell Museum show runs through Fall 2026.
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fromFuncheap
3 days ago

YBCA Free Admission Week for SF Art Week 2026 (Jan. 17-25)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts offers free gallery admission January 17–25, 2026 for SF Art Week, with exhibitions, performances, artist conversations, and community programs.
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fromJuxtapoz
3 days ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Preview: Imon Boy's "Un poco distraido" @ Yusto / Giner Gallery, Madrid

Imon Boy's solo exhibition transforms diary-like, graffiti-rooted imagery into playful visual narratives blending street energy with gaming, internet culture, cinema, travel, humor and identity.
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fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 days ago

suspended colored discs move through daxing jizi design's folded installation in beijing

OctaPlay is a wind-driven octagonal kinetic installation at Shougang Park that reframes industrial remnants through rotating translucent discs, color, and changing light.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

Louise Bourgeois's Art Can Still Enthrall

Louise Bourgeois's late abstractions reveal surprising emotional intensity through kinetic installations, intimate objects, and obsessive repetition.
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fromFuncheap
2 days ago

16th & Mission Open Mic (w/out a mic)

Weekly outdoor open-mic at 16th & Mission BART every Thursday 9pm–12am, free and welcoming all performers and languages.
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from48 hills
2 days ago

His suburban idylls teem with the 'uncanny magic of the exceptionally unexceptional' - 48 hills

Jonathan Crow’s American Realist paintings prioritize mood, composition, and color to evoke intuitive, music-like emotional responses that resist simple verbal definition.
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fromBerlin Art Link
3 days ago

Review of Mrinali Mukherjee at RA | Berlin Art Link

The exhibition centers Mrinalini Mukherjee and traces South Asian contextual modernism shaped by Santiniketan's collaborative, experimental ethos and diverse global influences.
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fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 days ago

Big names bring a new twist to classic plays at Berkeley Rep this season

Berkeley Rep opens 2025 with Jacob Ming-Trent's semi-autobiographical solo How Shakespeare Saved My Life and a reimagined All My Sons.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

Review: Production of classic musical in Berkeley is just about perfect

A staging of Sunday in the Park with George vividly captures Seurat's pointillist process, artistic obsession, and Sondheim and Lapine's collaborative genius.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
3 days ago

Face to Face With Jacques-Louis David, History's Most Dangerous Painter

Jacques-Louis David combined revolutionary zeal with artistic mastery, producing iconic neoclassical paintings and serving the French Revolution despite its lethal consequences.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Keala Settle on life after the Greatest Showman: I ran from fear I drank, took pills, all of it'

Keala Settle portrays Mary Lincoln, confronting media vilification and pursuing personal reinvention while drawing on experiences of celebrity and grief to claim her identity.
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Your Life's Work Preserved: Why Collectors Are Going Virtual

The traditional museum experience, pausing in front of an object, and absorbing its history visually or by reading its description, has long shaped how collectors and others relate to cultural treasures. Yet, over the last few decades, digital technology has quietly rewritten many of those rules, changing not only how collections are exhibited but also how they are documented, preserved, and even inherited.
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fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

The Tension Between Belonging and Becoming Captured in Music

Live theater transforms viewers into participants, making timeless stories of tradition, loss, and resilience feel immediate and deeply personal.
fromwww.london-unattached.com
3 days ago

Guess How Much I Love You? at Royal Court Theatre

I will arise and go now, for peace comes dropping slow, reads the male lead to his bed-bound partner and their dying, severely disabled newborn boy. These lines sing out in Guess How Much I Love You?, Luke Norris's new play about a couple navigating the premature loss of their child. Yeats's words capture the play's driving emotional forces: the possibility of finding peace after such profound trauma, the lifelong burn of unexpected bereavement and the temptation to end it all.
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fromTime Out New York
2 days ago

Kids can see Broadway shows for free this February

Kids and teens 18 and under can get free Broadway tickets on Feb. 24, 2026 when accompanied by a full‑paying adult at participating shows.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 days ago

Artist Paints Smoky Lounges And Quiet Strangers, Letting Halffinished Details Turn Viewers Into Coauthors Of The Scene

A wide-ranging visual roundup showcases creative reinterpretations, vintage design, activist art, photography, illustration, and humorous cultural works spanning contemporary and historical styles.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
3 days ago

An Artist Layers Synthwave Glow And Surreal Dreams Into Vibrant Worlds Celebrating Neurodivergence And Inner Strength

A diverse collection of provocative visual works spans dark mortality themes, surreal and conceptual art, tattoos, social commentary, and popular-culture phenomena like NFTs.
fromColossal
3 days ago

'Cats' Is a Purr-fect Celebration of Felines in Art Throughout the Centuries

In 1835, a tortoiseshell cat measuring more than three feet long was enough to warrant a small advertisement in a British newspaper that as "the greatest curiosity ever shown to the public," it could be viewed at the Ship Tavern in London. Surely a pint of ale was the informal fee to view this extraordinary animal. It was during the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe that cats became increasingly recognized as worthy pets, beyond their role as mousers.
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fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere

Jean Cooney will become executive director of Creative Time; major museum leadership changes include Sally Tallant leaving Queens Museum, Yasha Grobman in Jerusalem, and Amy Sherald signing with CAA.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Required Reading

Sprouting from the roof of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, artist Rose B. Simpson's newly installed bronze sculpture "Behold" has its gaze fixed on the cityscape before it. The Tewa of Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh artist, herself a mother, crafted a tender portrait of an interconnected parent and child that "asks us to be human with each other, to change our narrative through wonder, witness and a foundation in the soft warmth of our humanity," she said in a statement.
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fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

On Being a Somali Artist in Minnesota

Minnesota’s multicultural refugee communities, communal kindness, and artistic storytelling sustain resilience and rebuild hope amid violence and loss.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Request for Proposals: Operator for the Harlem African Burial Ground Cultural Education Center

For two centuries, from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, free and enslaved New Yorkers of African descent were buried at the Harlem African Burial Ground. Over time, the history of this site was lost - erased by the subsequent redevelopment of the land. Today, the Harlem African Burial Ground project is a community-driven vision to honor and memorialize this historic site with a new outdoor memorial and indoor cultural education center, while also addressing affordable housing and jobs needs in the East Harlem community.
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fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Congress Funds Institute for American Indian Arts

The Senate approved full or near-full funding for IAIA and other cultural institutions, overturning proposed FY2026 defunding measures.
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fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Nicola L.'s Soft Power

Nicola L.'s playful functional sculptures blend second-wave feminist motifs with collaborative, wearable works that enact resistance and solidarity.
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fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

How to Get Into the Whitney Biennial

Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial depends on alignment with curatorial and cultural interests, identifiable buzz, and strategic visibility beyond talent and networking.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

A View From the Easel

Mornings are best for concentrated work. In the winter, I turn on the heat at 8am and get started around 10am. Summer, I start around 9am. I have two areas in the studio for projects. The large, heavy wood sculptures are carved in the front section of the studio, closest to the roll-up wide door. Smaller sculptures are placed on a hydraulic workbench. Before I start, I focus, connect with the Source, and ask for guidance.
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