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I love the graffiti I see in Paris – but tagging is just visual manspreading
Among the layers of life in Paris that energise me, I might list: peeling back the city’s music scene all the way to figuring out where, and when, the musicians go to jam together; the unassuming flair of even a basic brasserie; the way one can pivot, in the span of a week, from an…
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Breaking barriers with a blowtorch, artist Tiff Massey is quintessentially Detroit
Creative visionary Tiff Massey spotlighted her corner of Detroit to show the world with her exciting exhibit, “7 Mile + Livernois.” Shown at the Detroit Institute of Arts over a 12-month period that drew around a quarter of a million people, the collection was a larger-than-life homage to “adornment.” The 10-exhibit collection included a row…
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United Visual Artists – Other Spaces
52-page publication showcasing the practice of UVA Featuring extended interview with Matt Clark by Hans Ulrich Obrist Installation photography of UVA collaborations with Massive Attack, Benjamin Millepied, Bernie Krause and Mira Calix Published to accompany the exhibition UVA – OTHER SPACES presented by The Store X and The Vinyl Factory at 180 The Strand, London,…
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SF Art Institute Will Reopen With the New Name California Academy of Studio Arts (CASA)
The team including Laurene Powell Jobs that bought up the 152-year-old SF Art Institute just announced it will reopen with the new name California Academy of Studio Arts, or just “CASA” for short. When Russian Hill’s 152-year-old SF Art Institute declared bankruptcy and shut down in April 2023, it was considered an incalculable artistic…
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From North Adams to Great Barrington, 9 Berkshire art galleries to visit in June
Summer doesn’t officially arrive until the solstice on June 20, but the summer season for the visual arts is already underway in the Berkshires. Besides our major arts institutions, there’s plenty of visual art to see in small galleries across the county. Here are nine exhibitions we recommend that are opening this month or are…
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Visit Eau Claire Celebrates 15 Years of Local Sculpture Tour
A VICTORY TOUR. The Sculpture Tour — managed by Visit Eau Claire — welcomed over 30 participating artists to the 2025 tour installation day on Thursday, May 15. New sculptures include “Victory Garden” by Sherri Treeby and Lee Leuning, pictured above. (Photo by Visit Eau Claire) Since its launch in 2011, the Eau Claire Sculpture…
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Jensen Architects, Laplace, and Page & Turnbull to reimagine new experimental arts center on site of former San Francisco Art Institute
A new, experimental arts center—California Academy of Studio Arts (CASA)—will move into the former San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) campus, a Spanish colonial-style building by Bakewell & Brown, with a 1931 mural by Diego Rivera and a Brutalist 1960s addition by Paffard Keatinge-Clay. The Bay Area campus was landmarked in 1977, but SFAI closed in 2022…
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San Diego weekend arts events: Summer Shakespeare, John Singletary, Queer Mvmnt Fest, books and more
Visual art John Singletary: ‘Sun Goin’ Down’ Recent UC San Diego MFA recipient John Singletary will open his debut solo exhibition at Oolong Gallery. Singletary is inspired by the way myth and memory intersect, especially when it comes to Biblical tales and Southern folklore — and the generational fear inherent among Black men in the…
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Announcing the 2025 McKnight Visual Artist Fellows
On behalf of the McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) announces the six recipients of the 2025 McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists: Leslie Barlow, Charles Matson Lume, Joe Sinness, Laura Wennstrom, Diane Willow, and Shun Yong. Designed to support mid-career Minnesota artists, the McKnight Visual Artists Fellowships provide each recipient with a…
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Hood College Receives $150K to Support Study of Visual Poetry
Richard Krepski establishes janet jai Memorial Fund. FREDERICK, Md., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Department of English and Communication Arts at Hood College is thrilled to announce the establishment of the janet jai Memorial Fund for Visual Poetry. The fund has been made possible thanks to an endowment of $150,000 from Richard Krepski of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.…