[ad_1] Faith Ringgold, “Picnic on the Grass Alone: The American Collection #12” (1997), acrylic on canvas with painted and pieced fabric (all photos Jasmine Weber/Hyperallergic) Faith Ringgold paved the way. For Black women artists, writers, and activists, her legacy exemplifies the possibilities of creativity. She showed us that we could be pensive, radical, tender, sensual, and […]

[ad_1]  Art #anatomy #Jason Limon #painting #skeleton April 26, 2024 Grace Ebert “Peas In A Pod” 10 x 10 inches. All images © Jason Limon, shared with permission Reaching toward universal experiences unclouded by specific identities, Jason Limon strips his recurring characters to the bare bones. The San Antonio-based artist (previously) continues his uncanny […]

[ad_1] After a stint in a soulless Midtown Manhattan space last year, the world’s longest-running photo fair returns this weekend with a 77-exhibitor lineup at the much less insipid Park Avenue Armory. From overlooked Polaroids to glossy celebrity portraits to manipulated images that grapple with painful personal histories, the show presented by the Association of […]

[ad_1]  Animation #humor #Niki Lindroth von Bahr #short film #video April 27, 2024 Grace Ebert  Today we’re returning to a dark comedy classic that, although released in 2017, rings just as true in 2024. Directed by Swedish animator Niki Lindroth von Bahr, “The Burden” is a wildly wry musical that skewers loneliness, greed, […]

[ad_1] The Gaza solidarity encampment at the City College of New York on Friday, April 26, 2024 (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) As of 9am yesterday, April 25, some 300 City College of New York (CCNY) community members have taken over the campus quad along Convent Avenue in upper Manhattan in an art-filled Gaza solidarity encampment. The […]

[ad_1]  Art Books #art history #children’s book April 26, 2024 Kate Mothes All images courtesy of Phaidon, shared with permission First published in 1997, Phaidon’s The Art Book has long been a go-to source for introductions to some of the most influential artists. Spanning medieval to modern times, the volume contains more than 600 […]

[ad_1] Keith Haring may be a New York icon, but a part of his legacy lives on in Iowa City. The street artist’s special mural for the students of Ernest Horn Elementary is set to be displayed to the public for the first time while the school undergoes necessary renovations. From May 4 through the […]

[ad_1]  Art Nature #Elsa Guillaume #fish #sculpture #sketchbooks #travel April 25, 2024 Grace Ebert “Arctic Sea Travel Diary.” All images © Elsa Guillaume, shared with permission Whether capturing the sights of a dive in the remote Mexican village of Xcalak or the internal mechanisms of a sailing ship, Elsa Guillaume’s stylized sketchbooks record her […]

[ad_1] UTICA, New York — A 2022 New York Times article by Susan Hartman, “How Refugees Transformed a Dying Rust Belt Town,” details how Utica, New York, was reinvigorated when it became the new home of refugees escaping war and persecution in countries including Bosnia, Myanmar, and Somalia. The US Census Bureau estimates that about 22% […]

[ad_1]  Art #art history #basketball #beads #Jorge Mañes Rubio #sculpture #sports April 25, 2024 Kate Mothes “EVERYTHING SPIRITS” (2023), basketball, plaster, gesso, glass beads, 25 centimeters diameter. All images © Jorge Mañes Rubio, courtesy of the artist and Rademakers Gallery, shared with permission Beginning with an iconic yet common spherical form, Jorge Mañes Rubio […]