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Claudette Johnson, Courtauld Gallery review — rich portraits of black lives draw on centuries of tradition
The woman is dancing. Eyes down, arms raised, torso tilted, she is tuned outwards — to melody, or another dancer — and inward to the rhythm pulsing through her. Painted in unmixed strokes, with lavish white and cerulean blue especially on her cobalt dress, the dancer seems to spill her very soul through rivulets of…
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Winner of Turner Prize 2023 – Announcements – e-flux
The Turner Prize 2023 has been awarded to Jesse Darling. The winner of the 25,000 GBPP prize was announced at a ceremony at Eastbourne’s Winter Garden, adjacent to Towner Eastbourne, the hosts of this year’s prize. An exhibition of the four shortlisted artists is at Towner Eastbourne until 14 April 2024. The jury commended all…
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Street Level: Holiday Edition | Holiday Craft Market, Music, Food, Art
Courtesy of Oceanside Museum of Art Street Level: Holiday Edition Get Tickets Saturday, December 9, 2023 from 12 PM to 5 PM Oceanside Museum of Art All Ages Free-$10 Admission is the cost of our Museum ticket — $10 for adults, while children under 18 and OMA Members enjoy free entry. As a non-profit, your…
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FASTWÜRMS credit Ottawa childhood as “art nerds” for Governor General award
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Two members of the artist collective FASTWÜRMS, one of eight winners of this year’s Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts, remembered their roots growing up in Ottawa…
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Black Artists Shaping Asian Art: Joan Kee & Steven Nelson
In this conversation, renowned art historians Joan Kee and Steven Nelson will discuss Black artists who have incorporated Asian techniques, motifs, philosophies, and forms into their innovative works, resulting in a rich artistic dialogue that expands the boundaries of modern and contemporary art. Drawing from Kee’s recent book, The Geometries of Afro Asia: Art beyond…
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Sade Fox Jacobs, PMHS junior, receives 2024 YoungArts award in songwriting
Editor’s note: This press release was provided by YoungArts. The Pelham Examiner publishes press releases in the form received as a service to the community. PELHAM, NEW YORK (DECEMBER 7, 2023) – Sade Fox Jacobs of Pelham, New York from Pelham Memorial High School, has received a 2024 YoungArts award in songwriting. Jacobs has been…
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LSC-University Park debuts new Visual and Performing Arts Center with ribbon-cutting ceremony
HOUSTON, TX — Lone Star College-University Park (LSC-University Park) unveiled its new Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPA) with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 6. Funded by a 2014 voter-approved bond, the $25 million facility represents a major investment in the area’s cultural and academic landscape. “The Visual and Performing Arts Center opening signifies…
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Artwork removed from San Diego Airport finds new home
Nine months after the San Diego International Airport abruptly removed a public art installation, the artist has found a new venue for the controversial piece at a local nonprofit gallery. Evan Apodaca’s video installation “Monumental Interventions,“ which is critical of San Diego’s military presence, opens Saturday at the Athenaeum Art Center in Logan Heights. The…
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Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
December 8, 2023 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, presented Canada’s top visual arts honours to outstanding Canadians during a ceremony at Rideau Hall. Each year, the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts honour up to eight artists: six for distinguished achievement in the visual or media arts,…
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Wyoming Arts Council Announces Free Creative Aging Training for Wyoming-based Teaching Artists
Aubree Lynn Wallace, Teaching Artist at 7th Street Studio in Laramie, providing guidance to Creative Aging students in a clay hand-building course. Courtesy photo In partnership with Lifetime Arts, the Wyoming Arts Council is now accepting applications from Wyoming teaching artists to participate in a free virtual training to learn how to design, develop, and…