Art #acrylic painting #Geoff McFetridge #painting November 27, 2023 Grace Ebert “Person Person” (2023), acrylic on canvas, 50 X 40 inches. All photos by Jessann Reece, courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole, Toronto, shared with permission Canadian artist Geoff McFetridge is known for his distinct aesthetic that privileges feeling over visuals, all conveyed...
Larry Fink, an American photographer who captured class divides by documenting upper echelons of New York’s social circles, died at the age of 82 at his home in Pennsylvania. New York’s Robert Mann Gallery, which represented him, announced his death over the weekend, but did not specify a cause of death. Fink gained wide exposure...
In the early days of 2021, a personal encounter with the prison system opened doors to a unique opportunity. Gabriella Cianciolo, a professor at the University of Cologne, extended an invitation to become a speaker in the interdisciplinary “Graffiti Art in Prison” project, aptly named GAP. Eagerly embracing the chance, our protagonist proposed taking the...
Fake blood on the steps of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (via X, screenshot Hyperallergic) The main entrance of the Whitney Museum of American Art was doused with fake blood during a march for Gaza in Manhattan yesterday afternoon, November 22. A video posted online by the Palestinian-American youth movement Within...
Art Design #land art #nature #plants #site-specific #Ulf Mejergren November 21, 2023 Grace Ebert “Moss Hut.” All images © Ulf Mejergren, shared with permission Artist and architect Ulf Mejergren (previously) continues his interest in cozy, outdoor constructions with a new series titled Farm Art. Collaborating with farmer Robert Pettersson, Mejergren built several site-specific structures...
#carlomccormick, @erichazenyc It’s seminal! There were certain things that became the means by which hip-hop culture conquered the world, the original memes of graffiti and rap that went global. And this is the very first movie to do that. So it’s super, super important. It’s naive, and fresh, and not cynical. If you think about...
Art History #archaeology #mosaics #Turkey November 14, 2023 Kate Mothes Photos by Sercan Küçükşahin for Anadolu Ajansı As the warmer months came to a close in İncesu, Keyseri, Turkey, archaeologists currently at work in a sprawling ancient complex announced that the Roman-era mosaics they uncovered—already recognized as the largest ever found in the region—just...
The master of arts degree in Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City is an immersive two-year program with a focus on professional training in every aspect of curatorial work, while addressing the crucial issues of our times. Study with renowned faculty and experts in small case-study seminars, writing...
Second in line launching the fall auction season in New York on Wednesday evening, Sotheby’s highly anticipated sale of works amassed by the late New York philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau, a former trustee at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, fetched a collective $406 million with fees. The grouping of 31 lots...
Art #collage #humor #paper #Toon Joosen November 8, 2023 Grace Ebert “Oh, island in the sun.” All images © Toon Joosen, shared with permission Artist Toon Joosen (previously) continues his retro mashups, splicing two distinct images into ironic and amusing juxtapositions. Having amassed an enormous archive of magazines and newspapers from the 1960s, Joosen...
