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A Soft New World
Photo: Sabrina Santiago It is not common to feel totally at ease in an art gallery, those aloof empty spaces that amplify the sound of your breathing, the thwack of your boots, the sting of the security guard who reminds you when you lean in too close to squint at the descriptive placards. But visual…
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Buy from Detroit artists this holiday season instead of large corporations
<a href="https://media2.metrotimes.com/metrotimes/imager/u/original/34837759/img_5756-1920×1080.png" rel="contentImg_gal-34837722" title="From Playground Detroit's COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. – Playground Detroit" data-caption="From Playground Detroit’s COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. Playground Detroit” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Playground Detroit From Playground Detroit’s COMM[UNITY] II on view until Jan. 14. I was so close to getting my mother to agree not to…
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Miami Art Week’s Satellite Fairs Defy Expectations
How can you even begin to summarize the massive amount of art on display during Miami Art Week? Besides the main fair, Art Basel, there are more than a dozen concurrent art fairs, each offering a unique snapshot of contemporary art and design. Throughout this week, I attended a handful of new and returning fairs…
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DAEOC’s Malone Park Center for the Arts opens Tuesday in Historic Downtown Sikeston
Joey Hayes, director of the Malone Park Center for the Arts in Sikeston, prepares for their eight-week adult course, “Learning Elements of Painting,” which begins Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Gina Williams/Standard Democrat) SIKESTON — The Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation, or DAEOC, will unveil a new era of community engagement as its regional community and cultural center,…
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Chair of MFA in Visual Art program – e-flux Education
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis is accepting applications for Chair of the MFA in Visual Art (MFA-VA) program. This ten-month, tenured or tenure-track full-time appointment begins August 2024 with a three-year renewable term as chair. In addition to administrative responsibilities, the role includes teaching the…
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PhD programme in Visual Art and Design – e-flux Education
PhDArts offers an international, high-level doctorate in artistic research for visual artists and designers. PhDArts is a collaboration between the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) at Leiden University and the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, The Netherlands. The PhDArts research trajectory consists of two elements: supervision of individual research and…
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Artist and philanthropist Vuslat Doğan Sabancı talks taste
My personal style signifiers are feathers, which I wear on accessories – hats, belts and necklaces – or clothing. My wedding gown was made of white feathers. I feel like I have the guardianship of nature when I wear them; that I’m connected to the spirit world. I have a beautiful pair of feathered earrings that…
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National Arts Awards to resume next year, nominations open Dec 18
PUTRAJAYA: The National Arts Awards (ASN), the highest recognition for arts practitioners, contributors, and artists in Malaysia, will resume next year with nominations opening on Dec 18, according to the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry. ASN is the Malaysian government’s highest award to individuals for excellence and outstanding contributions in various artistic fields, including music,…
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The Art of Russell Steinert: Inversions in a Minor Key
Russell Steinert remembers standing in a French manor, pretending his father owned it: the vaulted ceiling, the box hedges, the gravel drive. He was 12 or so. His mother took him, while his father—French, yes, but with no aristocratic trappings—waited in the car. He and his father never spoke about it, or about anything, really.…
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Grafton siblings excelling in performing and visual arts
They’re hugely talented and now a brother and sister duo from Grafton have been awarded for their performances. From the stage to TV – the future looms bright for Lennox and Maise Monaghan – who say performance runs in their blood.