March 8, 2025
Artists

Three pioneering female artists you might not know about

This dramatic painting is a rarity for being one of the few 18th- century copies signed by the artist. That it is by the otherwise little-known painter Mary Hotchkis, and reproducing the work of another woman, makes it all the more remarkable. Hotchkis appears to have been self- taught, possibly with the help of Stephen

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Best Indigenous arts organization – Chicago Reader

The Center for Native Futures (CfNF) sits in a sunny downtown storefront space at Adams and Dearborn. Inside you will find contemporary visual art exhibitions alongside community programming and a studio residency—all in service of centering Native voices and advancing Indigenous Futurism, which CfNF describes as the “artistic means for expanding possibilities and realities by

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Trump tariffs hit wrong chord with Cape Breton musician

Breadcrumb Trail Links Atlantic Canada Business Cape Breton Entertainment & Life News Canada Nova Scotia “We gotta stand together” Published Mar 06, 2025  •  5 minute read Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff tantrum triggered a trade war legendary multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter J.P. Cormier announced that he will no longer perform south of the

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More than half of artists in Yorkshire and Humber earn under £5,000

Well over half of artists and art workers in the Yorkshire and Humber region earn less than £5,000 a year from their work, research has found – with more than a fifth earn nothing at all. The findings come from a survey of 248 practitioners by the Yorkshire and Humber Visual Arts Network (YVAN) –

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Ghanaian artists brighten paediatric wards and children’s hospital spaces with mural project

Mohammed Ali Mar – 06 – 2025 , 13:30 2 minutes read A Ghanaian non-profit art group, InPosters Art Collective, has launched a project to decorate children’s hospital wards with murals, aiming to create a more welcoming environment for young patients. The initiative, known as The Children’s Dorm Project, seeks to transform 20 paediatric wards

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Five Atlanta artists we want to see perform at the World Cup halftime show

On Wednesday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced via Instagram that next year’s World Cup final will be the first in history to have a halftime show. “This will be a historic moment for the FIFA World Cup and a show befitting the biggest sporting event in the world,” Infantino said. The FIFA head honcho added

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Artists project message against ‘tyranny’ on Old State House ahead of Michelle Wu congressional hearing

A group of artists projecting messages on local historic buildings say they are protesting the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and civil rights, as well as commemorating Boston’s revolutionary history. Several messages were projected onto the facade of the Old State House on Tuesday night, according to Diane Dwyer, a member of the group. The

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Artists in the US feel impact of Trump’s tariffs in rising material costs – The Art Newspaper

Artists in the US are once again watching macroeconomic events come to bear on their studios as President Donald Trump’s trade policies impact the global marketplace for materials. On 1 February he announced new tariffs of 10% on imports from China (since raised to 20%), as well as 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and

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How artists have used the ‘uncanny’ as a feminist strategy – The Art Newspaper

When Sigmund Freud wrote his essay “The Uncanny” a century ago, he brought the strange psychological phenomenon into the mainstream. The word is often used to describe the uneasiness one feels when encountering something familiar yet foreign—like a doll that looks a little too human or a painting that feels hauntingly real. But a new

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Sony’s Visual Arts Studio Suffers Layoffs

Summary Sony has laid off several developers from PlayStation’s Visual Arts Group support team. The job cuts also extend to PlayStation Studio Malaysia, a newer support team that was established in 2020. These support studio layoffs may have ties to the recently-canceled live-service games from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. Sony has made an unknown

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