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Twin Cities Cultural Feast: From Autobiographical Theater to Visua…
Beneath the frosty Minnesota sky, the Twin Cities are ablaze with cultural events that promise to captivate both locals and visitors alike. The stage is set for an artistic feast that spans the realms of theater, music, and visual arts. Handprints: An Autobiographical Odyssey Greta Oglesby, the esteemed performer, takes center stage at The History…
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‘Contemporary Art Underground’ Celebrates How MTA Art & Design Builds a Modern Museum for New York City
Art Books #installation #mosaics #murals #public art February 8, 2024 Kate Mothes Nancy Blum. Photo by Cathy Carver. All images © the artists, courtesy of Phaidon, shared with permission British artist David Hockney famously quipped, “Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a bus.” Contemporary Art Underground, a…
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COURTNEY J. MARTIN TAPPED TO LEAD RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION
<!– _ _ _ ____ _ _____ _ ___ | | (_) | _____ / ___|___ __| | ___ | ____| |__|__ | | | | |/ / _ | | / _ / _` |/ _ | _| | '_ / / | |___| | Courtney J. Martin Tapped to Lead Rauschenberg Foundation –…
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‘The Sculpture Is a Physical Mirror for Me’: Artist Langdon Graves Constructs Visual Riddles
Brooklyn-based artist Langdon Graves transports viewers into a domestic fever dream in “Time is A Fire” the artist’s new solo exhibition at New York’s Dinner Gallery. Bringing together recent hand-built sculptures and Graves’s meticulous drawings, the exhibition transforms the mundane into the uncanny, while asking questions of time, mortality, familial legacy, artifice, and nature. …
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Kwame tells stories through art
Marcus Kwame works to bridge the gap between history and contemporary art and has a passion for storytelling through visual arts. He is teaching a second series of workshops, “Drawn to Art,” at the Underground Railroad Education Center, which is located in the restored 19th-Century home of abolitionists Stephen and Harriet Myers at 194 Livingston…
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ArtExpress is back in business for 2024
If we didn’t tell you these artworks were done by teenagers that are probably less than half your age, you wouldn’t have a clue. Sorry, we didn’t mean to make you feel old, but we’re sure all will be forgiven when you’re revelling in the new generation of talent. Returning for its annual visit to…
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Courtney Martin, director of YCBA, will lead Rauschenberg Foundation
Courtney J. Martin ’09 Ph.D., the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA), has accepted a new appointment as executive director of the New York-based Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Martin, a scholar of historical and contemporary art who has led YCBA since 2019, will continue in her Yale role until June 30,…
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Review: ‘David Shrigley & Tal R: The Notebook’ is a colorful testament to friendship
Review: ‘David Shrigley & Tal R: The Notebook’ is a colorful testament to friendship – Washington Square News Close Modal Window
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A 1974 feminist art show gets a citywide, multi-venue blockbuster sequel
No Mary Cassatt, no Frida Kahlo, no Faith Ringgold. During the early 1970s, the situation for women artists in the United States was not unlike Gilead, the patriarchal state in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale. In art history textbooks, women were not underrepresented; they were not represented at all. Equally discouraging, there were precious…
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Royal Academy of Arts Elects Seven New Members
London’s Royal Academy of Arts, founded by King George III in 1768, elected seven new members, including artists Oona Grimes, Goshka Macuga, Michael Armitage, and Eva Rothschild. Oona Grimes. Photo: Tony Grisoni. At a recent General Assembly meeting, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, founded by King George III in 1768, elected seven new…