[ad_1] As a bittersweet reminder that our scalding summer is coming to a close, the fall art fair season is turning the corner shortly in New York City, with a steady lineup of 12 shows from Labor Day through November 2. With more time than ever to plan your trajectory, we’ve made it even easier […]

[ad_1]  Illustration #digital #Hugo Alberto August 18, 2024 Grace Ebert “Reclaim Your Rhythm 1.” Image courtesy of Vida Simples and OIO Agency. All images © Hugo Alberto, shared with permission “I always do this exercise of simplifying and exaggerating real shapes, finding geometric shapes in nature, and playing with their proportions,” says Hugo Alberto. From […]

[ad_1] The Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, will remain closed indefinitely after suffering damage related to Hurricane Beryl, per an announcement Wednesday, August 14.  Gale-force winds and torrential rain impacted the chapel’s roof, causing leaks and subsequent water damage to the structure’s walls and to three of the 14 original Mark Rothko paintings displayed in […]

[ad_1]  Animation Music Nature #Marine de Francqueville #sound #stop motion #video August 15, 2024 Grace Ebert  Bernie Krause is a soundscape ecologist, having spent nearly six decades traveling the globe to record the vast range of noises emerging from tropical rainforests, antarctic tundras, deserts, and more. His work has taken him from the […]

[ad_1] Italian officials and community members have decried the racist defacement of a mural depicting athlete Paola Egonu, who helped Italy clinch its first gold medal in women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, August 11. Egonu was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player on the final day of the games for spearheading her home […]

[ad_1]  Art #beads #Demond Melancon #portraits August 16, 2024 Grace Ebert “Fela: The Future and Now” (2021), glass beads and rhinestones on canvas, 22 x 16 inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Arthur Roger Gallery, shared with permission A member of the Young Seminole Hunters, Big Chief Demond Melancon leads Black masking […]

[ad_1] During the 19th and 20th centuries, government programs in both the United States and Canada forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families, relocating them to residential boarding schools to “civilize” them. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has acknowledged this as a form of cultural genocide. In 2021, this awful history got a […]

[ad_1]  Art Food #crystals #found objects #Sam Keller #satire #sculpture August 16, 2024 Grace Ebert All images courtesy of VSG Contemporary, shared with permission An oversized slice of American cheese, flattened soda cans encrusted in Swarovski crystal, and a lone Dorito etched with The Eye of Providence put questions of consumption front and center […]

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg reveals the new sculpture of his wife, Priscilla Chan. (screenshot Hyperallergic via Instagram) If you had all of the money you could ever dream of and then some, how would you want to memorialize your love for your spouse? It seems like the ongoing trend for lovestruck billionaires these days is to […]

[ad_1]  Nature Photography #astronomy #meteors August 15, 2024 Grace Ebert Image © Josh Dury, shared with permission One of the brightest and densest meteor showers of the year, the Perseids pour down every August, leaving glowing streaks in their wake. Photographer Josh Dury captured this year’s stellar spectacle near Stonehenge, showing the fireballs illuminating […]