[ad_1] Police arrested a New York City independent journalist this afternoon, August 6, for reportedly filming the vandalism of several Brooklyn Museum leaders’ homes in mid-June, the New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Hyperallergic. Samuel Seligson, a 32-year-old videographer who claims to have published work in Reuters, ABC, and the New York Post, according […]

[ad_1]  Art #Indigenous culture #quilts #textiles #Willy Dion August 2, 2024 Grace Ebert All images © Wally Dion, shared with permission For many rural and economically strapped communities throughout history, quilting was a necessity. Tattered clothing and blankets were cut up and refashioned into new blankets, their patchwork styles evidence of the fabrics’ earlier […]

[ad_1] Those last days of summer can be an opportunity to explore artists we might otherwise overlook in the summer group shows, and to revisit a few of our favorite exhibitions — and maybe go a little out of the way for art. To start August we suggest a few exceptional group shows, including a […]

[ad_1]  Art #drawing #flowers #ink #nature #sculpture #Valerie Hammond #watercolor August 2, 2024 Jackie Andres “Deer with feathers” (2024), ink and watercolor on handmade indigo paper, 25.5 x 27 inches. All images © Valerie Hammond, shared with permission According to Greek mythology, Daphne was the descendant of river gods. Born with a surging hunger […]

[ad_1] August 2 marks the centennial anniversary of James Baldwin’s birth. As one of the most influential voices to come out of the 20th-century Civil Rights Movement, his words bore witness to the racial strife and homophobia he and countless others experienced in the United States. Nearly four decades after his death at 63, books […]

[ad_1]  Craft History #miniature #paper August 1, 2024 Grace Ebert All photos by James Dobson, courtesy of National Trust, shared with permission For middle and upper-class girls, 17th-century education included lessons in core subjects like reading and writing, along with embroidery, housekeeping, and paper-cutting. The latter craft typically involved using minuscule pairs of scissors, […]

[ad_1] Pérez Art Museum Miami’s newest hybrid exhibition, Sea Change, weaves together themes of artificial intelligence, simulation, and identity to reflect South Florida’s position between climate crises and new technologies. Anyone around the world can access the exhibition by visiting www.pamm.tv and creating an account. The survey includes a variety of aesthetic styles and formats, […]

[ad_1]  Climate Nature Photography #Mitch Epstein #trees July 31, 2024 Kate Mothes “Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California” (2021), from the series ‘Old Growth,’ archival pigment print, 45 x 36 inches. All images © Mitch Epstein, courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York, shared with permission Sometime around the end of […]

[ad_1] Scientists say they have discovered the pigment that put the “Golden” in the Dutch Golden Age in Rembrandt’s paintings. New research into the paint Rembrandt used to represent glistening embroidery details in “The Night Watch” (1642) shows evidence of rarer arsenic sulfide mineral variants instead of orpiment, the more readily available pigment at the […]

[ad_1]  Art Craft Design #architecture #ceramics #Michael Chandler #public art #tiles July 31, 2024 Kate Mothes Photos by Kris Tamburello. All images © Chandler House, shared with permission A fashion boutique in Miami features a one-of-a-kind facade thanks to Michael Chandler, artist and founder of Cape Town-based Chandler House. He created a bespoke, hand-painted, […]