Daisy Parris’s latest artworks are very large and very yellow. The 30-year-old British artist’s forthcoming show at James Fuentes in LA, opening on June 8, will consist of just five paintings, but they are huge—the largest, Your Sisters Deserve Better, is eight feet tall and almost 30 feet across. “I’m just finding painting big so
The best and brightest students of the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) will take center stage at the Fox Theatre on Wednesday during the district’s 55th annual Evening of Fine Arts. The free, 6 p.m. concert will feature performances by the district’s top instrumental music ensembles, vocal music ensembles, dance companies, and theatre excerpts.
Dr. Joey Orr/Photo: Max Wagner We found out over the weekend that the Museum of Contemporary Art is appointing Dr. Joey Orr to the newly created role of Deputy Director and Chief of Curatorial Affairs, in which he will oversee the MCA’s Artistic Division, including exhibitions. He’s leaving the University of Kansas after seven years,
Aspiring muralists who want to put their skills to the test on a public stage can showcase their art at the Louisville Visual Art (LVA) Free Wall. The Free Wall is a dedicated space by LVA to let artists run wild with their imaginations at 1538 Lytle St. There are plenty of murals around the
This June, Anne Arundel County is celebrating Arts Month! Local artists and arts organizations from across the county will open their doors and invite the public to participate in this month-long showcase of Anne Arundel County’s vibrant arts scene. AND Creative Studio and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County are heading up Arts Month,
Spotify has been breaking down its latest Loud & Clear payout stats geographically this month: for example its UK data published last week. Nigeria is another country getting some official figures from the streaming service. Spotify says that it paid out more than 25bn naira ($16.8m at current exchange rates) for music by Nigerian artists in 2023. That’s
Andrea Avezzu, Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia I went to the Venice Biennale for the first time in my life, often dubbed as the ‘art world olympics’. As a freelancer working across the European arts I assumed Biennale to be what drew me to such art in the first place – the raw passion,
Two North Carolina artists will perform on the semi-finals of “The Voice” this week. The Voice airs Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. on NBC and WRAL. The five contestants headed to next week’s finale will be announced Tuesday night. Sanders, a country artist, has performed songs like “Black Water,” “Whiskey on You” and
ATLANTA — Google and Morehouse College are partnering for a new annex classroom as the tech giant invests more into historically Black colleges and universities. Google will unveil its new Google Annex classroom at Charles Merrill Hall on Monday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “We are thrilled to deepen
When Sayako Hiroi moved to Boston from Tokyo in 2022, strangers made assumptions about her based on her race and gender. She felt boxed in. “I’m sick of thinking of myself as a Japanese female. Sometimes I want to get out of that image,” she said, allowing that Japanese people often pigeonhole Westerners, too. In