[ad_1] LA JOLLA, California — The walls, shelving, and chairs in Lauren Lee McCarthy’s solo exhibition, Bodily Autonomy, are painted a soft yellow-green that reminds me of phlegm. It’s an appropriate color because I’m here to exchange my saliva with a stranger. McCarthy’s show at the University of California San Diego’s Mandeville Art Gallery is […]
[ad_1] Art #animals #furniture #Les Lalanne #plants #sculpture #surreal ‘Les Lalanne: Zoophites,’ Kasmin, New York. All photos by Charlie Rubin, courtesy of Kasmin, shared with permission Now obsolete, the term zoophytes once referred to organisms that exhibited both animal and plant characteristics. It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending […]
[ad_1] VENICE — Tongan artist Latai Taumoepeau’s installation “Deep Communion sung in minor (ArchipelaGO, THIS IS NOT A DRILL)” features a collection of rowing machines designed to practice the motions of a Venetian gondolier. Surrounded by scaffolded raked seating, the machines face the baroque altar that divides the two cavernous spaces in Venice’s Church of […]
[ad_1] Art Craft #exhibition #fiber art #New York City #textiles Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, “Rest is a Place for Wild Things” (2024), cotton, silk, polyester, reclaimed textile, thread, site-specific installation, dimensions variable. All images © the artists, courtesy of BravinLee, shared with permission In the historic South Street Seaport area of Manhattan, a former 18th-century mercantile […]
[ad_1] As celebrities posed for the cameras on the Met Gala red carpet, hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters marched across Manhattan’s Upper East Side tonight, May 6, during the annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. A heavy police presence surrounded the museum with steel barricades, street closures, and dozens of armed officers blocking […]
[ad_1] Art #Daniel Dewar #Grégory Gicquel #quilts #sculpture #textiles #wood “Oak relief with garter stitch pull-over” (2024), oak, 115 x 115 x 9 centimeters. All images © Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel, courtesy of Antenna Space, shared with permission The term “spoke” has traditionally referred to a piece of split log, like those used as […]
[ad_1] As part of the exhibition In Real Time, NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery presents Entrusted Ground, a dance performance that was conceived as part of artist Gözde İlkin’s corresponding installation. The 40-minute performance is a collaboration between Gözde İlkin, choreographer Aslı Öztürk, musician Berke Can Özcan, and NYUAD Art Gallery’s curator Duygu Demir. It […]
[ad_1] Art Craft #dogs #Misato Sano #sculpture #wood All images © Misato Sano, shared with permission From pudgy pugs to a precisely groomed poodle to a deliriously happy Shiba Inu, Misato Sano’s waggish pups emerge from single blocks of wood. The artist (previously) chisels expectant eyes and goofy grins, revealing individual personalities that showcase […]
[ad_1] In his nonfiction features, director D.W. Young explores New York City through hyper-niche perspectives. 2019’s The Booksellers delved into the city’s rare art book scene, linking this community of literary passion to the broader cultural milieu through figures like Fran Lebowitz. Young’s new documentary Uncropped (2023) does something similar with New York’s history from […]
[ad_1] Art Social Issues #Fidencio Fifield-Perez #immigration #mail #painting #plants All images © Fidencio Fifield-Perez, shared with permission Fidencio Fifield-Perez’s Dacaments series began as a response to the bureaucracy of the U.S. immigration system. The Oaxaca-born artist immigrated with his family as a child, making him eligible for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). […]