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Gavin Jantjes, Sharjah Art Foundation review — fierce artworks defied apartheid’s absurdities
In “A South African Colouring Book” (1975), his mordantly ironic breakthrough work, Gavin Jantjes deployed Pop art and childhood learning to nail the brutish absurdities of the apartheid regime in which he grew up. One of its 11 screenprints, “Colour This Whites Only”, bearing a stencilled watercolour tray, has a torn-out wartime quotation from then…
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August Burns’ ‘Beyond the Portrait’: ‘We want, need, love people’
North Branch Café North Branch Café presents “Beyond the Portrait,” paintings by Middlesex artist August Burns, through December at 41 State St. in Montpelier. Hours are: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday; for information, call 802-454-3245 or go online to #placement_682412_0_i{width:100%;margin:0 auto;}
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Tom Webb, former director of Newport Visual Arts Center, dies at 58
Tom Webb told a friend that what he did in a previous job with a literary journal was “feed the fire.” That friend, Scott Weber, says, “That’s what he did best, inspire creativity and passion among other artists.” Tom Webb, former director of the Newport Visual Arts Center and passionate supporter of the arts, died…
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It’s Time To Enter A New Era Of Recognition For Latine Artists
Now famous for its lavish parties, celebrity sightings and deep-pocketed collectors, Art Basel Miami has evolved into a full-blown cultural phenomenon. But when entrepreneur and art expert Alejandra Martinez attended the inaugural event in the early aughts, it was half the size and still mostly about the art. For Martinez, the experience was visceral. “My…
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Raising questions about the legitimacy of AI-generated art
In the wake of the Intelligence Revolution, societies around the world are beginning to witness and acclimate to the substantial rise of artificial intelligence technologies. Standing on the precipice of great controversy, AI can and has been used to mimic the disciplines that compose the very fabrics of living within a larger society. From writing…
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Paintings from Agusan and a Chinese museum
Manobo member introduces Mindanao culture in artists’ rendezvous in China KEEPING TRADITIONS ALIVE Visual artist and Benilde School of Arts, Culture, and Performance (SACP) educator Carlito Camahalan Amalla Award-winning visual artist Carlito Camahalan Amalla, a member of the Agusan Manobo tribe, brought the rich heritage of the Manobo community to the 2023 Silk Roads Artists’…
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Art of The Heritage School on display at Boyd Gallery
Representing decades of visual arts instruction and talent, the work of art teachers and students from The Heritage School will be on display at The Boyd Gallery, 14 E. Washington St., Newnan, through the end of December. The visual arts alumni exhibit, which features all of the instructors and many students, will be open to…
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North Korean-born artists honored for excellence
This November 2018 file photo shows an artist in Moranbong in central Pyongyang, North Korea. The Unification Ministry honored nine North Korean-born artists for their contribution, Friday, in its inaugural event to promote inclusion and artistic diversity. Korea Times photo by Jung Min-ho By Jung Min-ho The Unification Ministry honored nine North Korea-born artists for…
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Nancy Brooks Brody, fierce pussy Cofounder and Maker of Works that Ponder the Body, Dies at 61
Nancy Brooks Brody, a founding member of the artist collective fierce pussy and an artist whose work in multiple mediums reflected on how one’s body navigates the world and the impressions they leave behind, died on December 8 in New York at 61 years old. A posting to fierce pussy’s website said Brody had been…
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Local artists, scientists come together for climate
Artists, scientists, photographers and poets, many from the Bay Area, shared their work and raised their voices against climate change in a marriage of science and art at San Francisco’s Exploratorium Thursday. Ex // Top Stories