[ad_1] THE DEADLINE IS NEAR! Baton Rouge Gallery (BRG)– center for contemporary art is proud to announce it is now accepting submissions for Surreal Salon 17, the juried exhibition celebrating pop-surrealist and lowbrow art. Artists worldwide are invited to be a part of this special exhibition, works for which will be selected by Special Guest Juror […]

[ad_1] For more than eight decades, Dr. Esther Mahlangu has been creating large-scale, site-specific works that draw on the artistic traditions of Ndebele culture. Known for her vibrant, patterned compositions, Mahlangu learned techniques for decorating houses from her mother and grandmother while growing up in South Africa. She mixes natural pigments with clay, soil, and […]

[ad_1] Another major London art week highlight: one of the great figurative painters working in the UK today, Ania Hobson, just opened Quiet Enough to Stand at The Fores Project. There is a sensory overload in Hobson’s new works, and that is not to say they are loud or dense. They evoke a sense of […]

[ad_1] Throughout the central region of Lazio, Italy, to the southern reaches of the country, Vincenzo Pagliuca traces the Apennines in search of distinctive, solitary houses. In a nation that has seen declining populations in many of its regions—famously offering financial incentives to those who willing to move to some small communities—abandoned homes have become […]

[ad_1] Anthony Cudahy is at an interest time in his life when we spoke for the Radio Juxtapoz podast: he hadn’t been in the studio for a bit. And who could blame him? He had concurrent solo shows open at Grimm and Hales in NYC, and his first museum show, Spinneret, had opened Ogunquit Museum of American […]

[ad_1] All images courtesy of Sakae, shared with permission October 9, 2024 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Pin Email Bookmark Originating during the ancient Jōmon period in Japan, the kanzashi is a rod or stick worn in the hair. This accessory evolved over time to encompass other ornaments like barrettes and fabric flowers. Today, they’re worn […]

[ad_1] Lots going on in London right now, and in mural news, Shepard Fairey teamed with Migrate Art to create a new work, Rise Above Earth Justice, painted at Anlaby House, Boundary Street, Shoreditch. The project was funded by the Ford Foundation with the support of Ambassador Jane Hartley of the U.S. Embassy in London, and […]

[ad_1] “My work arises from the interplay between memory and the present,” says Bogotá-based illustrator Alefes Silva. Themes of stillness and solitude, growth and death, and love and heartbreak recur in Silva’s drawings, which fuse fantastic plants and animals with human details. In one piece, a nude figure slumps over while trees and small shrubs […]

[ad_1] One of the greatest contributions to the art lexicon is treating street art as an active tool in understanding how we use and view public space. It has always been insufficient to simply label it as “street art” or “graffiti” and neglect the broader context in which it can be appreciated on both micro […]

[ad_1] Following four days of continuous observation, Darya Kawa Mirza captured the moon and its rugged surface in exceptional detail. The self-taught Kurdish astrophotographer amassed 81,000 images, which he stitched into a 708-gigabyte composite revealing the intricacies of the lunar topography in stunningly high resolution. Each frame zooms in on both individual craters and bruise-colored […]