[ad_1] Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed a forthcoming settlement expansion near a UNESCO Heritage Site in the Occupied West Bank, detailing plans in a statement on X today, August 14. The announcement follows a June proposal from the Israel Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration seeking to legalize five new settlements in the West Bank, which […]

[ad_1]  Art Books #art history #sculpture August 14, 2024 Kate Mothes Portia Munson, “Today Will Be Awesome” (2022), found pink objects, pink synthetic fabric and cloths, mannequin, salvaged round bar table, and deconstructed secretary desk/cabinet, 72 × 60 × 70 inches. Photo by JSP Art Photography, courtesy of P·P·O·W, New York. All images © […]

[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Justo ahora (right now), María “Lulú” Varona’s second solo show at Embajada gallery, presents cross-stitched and embroidered works that meditate on local concerns such as femicide and environmental destruction, affirming the political potential of solidarity. Varona’s works are often enclosed by a porous chain of multicolor shapes that recall human […]

[ad_1]  Art #murals #painting #Pat Perry #public art #street art August 13, 2024 Grace Ebert “Call on Me” (2024), acrylic on canvas, 66 x 78 inches. All images © Pat Perry, shared with permission Especially Terrific, the title of Pat Perry’s most recent body of work, is multivalent. The phrase invokes both the exceptional […]

[ad_1] Over the course of a seven-decade career, the one constant in Brenda Goodman’s practice has been drawing. The fluidity of her line parallels her thought process and openness to taking unexpected paths, often prompted by a memory or life event. In 2020, she told Clarity Haynes in a BOMB magazine interview that her work […]

[ad_1]  Art #art history #painting #portraits #Tamara de Lempicka August 13, 2024 Kate Mothes “Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves)” (c. 1931), oil on board, 24 1/4 x 17 7/8 inches. Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York, courtesy of Centre Pompidou, Paris. All images © 2024 […]

[ad_1] The opening frames of the new Gladiator II (2024) trailer introduce us to Macrinus (played by Denzel Washington), the wealthy owner of a gladiatorial troupe and an arms dealer. The plutocrat offers Lucius (Paul Mescal) insight into the Roman imperial psyche: “The greatest temple Rome ever built: the Colosseum. Because this is what they […]

[ad_1]  Design #architecture #Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten #bricks #South Korea August 12, 2024 Kate Mothes All images © behet bondzio lin architekten, shared with permission A South Korea fashion brand and textile manufacturer’s headquarters in Seoul gets a stunning new look thanks to German architecture firm behet bondzio lin architekten. Located in Seongsu-dong, a […]

[ad_1] “‘Older’ is a euphemism, just like ‘elder’ and ‘senior’ and ‘golden’ — these are all terms that soft-pedal around a word of denigration,” said Arden Eversmeyer, the late founder of the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project (OLOHP), in an interview that opens the documentary short “Old Lesbians” (2023). “So it’s like taking back the […]

[ad_1]  Art Social Issues #animals #Banksy #public art #street art August 7, 2024 Kate Mothes Mountain goat near Kew Bridge, Richmond upon Thames. All images © Banksy, shared with permission In the U.K., thousands of police remain on standby as a series of riots instigated by far-right supporters have escalated during the past week. […]