Artist Xaviera Simmons has called out New York’s Queens Museum for repurposing part of her site-specific installation without her consent. The structure in question, conceived for her installation “Align,” was the centerpiece of Simmons’s solo exhibition Crisis Makes a Book Club at the institution this past winter. “Align” comprised a large walled enclosure with an...
Come check out the brand new Ron English pop-up entitled “Vinyl Chord Records: an imaginary record store”. Public Pool is pleased to present Vinyl Chord: A Revolutionary Record Store with the Godfather of Street Art, Ron English, in which English remixes and remakes the most iconic album covers of the last fifty years.The reimagined album...
Art Colossal #climate crisis #Morel Doucet #porcelain #portraits #sculpture September 19, 2023 Grace Ebert “God Told Me Stars Used to Be Audible Through the Window Sills” (2023), mixed media on wooden panel, mylar, aerosol paint, metal, steel, and indigenous flora patterns, 70 x 62.5 feet. All images © Morel Doucet, shared with permission Whether...
Art #Alexis Arnold #books #sculpture September 18, 2023 Grace Ebert “Highway 1 California: The dream along the Pacific” (2021). All images © Alexis Arnold, shared with permission For more than a decade, Alexis Arnold has been intrigued by the evolving nature of print. Her ongoing collection, titled Crystallized Books, transforms novels, guides, and maps...
Photography Science #astronomy #Astronomy Photographer of the Year #moon #space #stars #sun September 14, 2023 Kate Mothes Mehmet Ergün (Germany), “The Great Solar Flare,” highly commended in the “Our Sun” category. All images © the photographers, courtesy of Astronomy Photographer of the Year, shared with permission In its 15th year, the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s...
Art Illustration #animals #art history #Bill Mayer #humor #painting September 15, 2023 Kate Mothes “Black Goldfish at the Cliffs.” All images © Bill Mayer, shared with permission Reimagining European art historical genres with a special affinity for the Romanticists, artist and illustrator Bill Mayer’s wry and moody paintings (previously) merge fantastical figures with vast...
Sixteen climate activists were arrested after attempting to protest overnight at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City tonight, September 15, according to advocacy groups Climate Defenders and New York Communities for Change (NYCC). The activists were among approximately 50 demonstrators who staged actions at the museum earlier in the day to...
Art #art history #astronomy #magic #painting #Remedios Varo #surreal September 15, 2023 Grace Ebert “Creación de las aves (Creation of the Birds)” (1957), Museo de Arte Moderno, INBAL/Secretaría de Cultura. Photo by Rodrigo Chapa. All images © 2023 Remedios Varo, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid, courtesy of the Art Institute...
Illustration #butterflies #digital #insects #moths September 14, 2023 Grace Ebert All images © Żaneta Antosik, shared with permission From her studio in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, Żaneta Antosik turns her eye toward the delicacies of the natural world as she renders the soft, frail forms of plants and insects. The artist primarily works digitally, sometimes...
Art Photography #art history #books #installation #painting #sculpture September 13, 2023 Grace Ebert Sol Calero, “La Escuela del Sur (The School of the South)” (2015), mixed media, installation view. Photo by Andy Keate. All images courtesy of the artists and Phaidon, shared with permission Dubbed the essential survey of artists living and working across...
