Dealer Nino Mier, who went into business in Los Angeles in 2015 and rapidly expanded to Brussels and New York, is planning to close his three galleries in L.A., plus a project space, according to sources close to the firm and one artist on its roster. Mier’s five other spaces, in Brussels and New York,
A group of School of Visual Arts (SVA) students and alumni staged a moving pro-Palestine demonstration last night, May 16, during an exhibition opening at the institution’s Flatiron Gallery in Manhattan. For over 45 minutes, the activists read the names and ages of children killed in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack, demanding the school’s
Osheaga 2024 might still be a few months away, but there’s a range of talent you won’t want to miss at this year’s festival. Breakout artist Noah Kahan, punk-rock legends Green Day and R&B superstar SZA are set to headline the 17th edition of Canada’s biggest music and arts festival — but there’s still much
Painting is so integral to local artist Roderick Turner’s life that you’ll hardly ever find him not working on his art. Even in mid-conversation, it’s likely he’ll pull out his supplies and begin a new project—something he did while speaking with City Paper for this article. Sitting on a bench inside Foundry Gallery, where staff
Meg Webster has spent the last 40 years making sculptures and installations that respond to the beauty of living earthen materials as a way to celebrate the environment, a practice that is only now winning her due recognition. In a recent interview, she told me she defined herself as “a sculptor who makes minimal art
Just this past week, tech giant Google unveiled its new AI music tool, ”Music AI Sandbox,” which the company says will be “the ultimate collaborator” for musicians. It’s an example of how rapidly AI is integrating into the art world — for better or for worse. Monday at 9 a.m., MPR News guest host Chris
For many spared the direct impacts of the war in Ukraine, the conflict has become a distant concern — distressing and unsettling, yet no longer disruptive to daily life. To bring awareness back to the war’s human cost, Russian visual artist Danila Tkachenko installed enlarged photographs documenting the destruction next to famous landmarks in eight
The Zero Art Fair, a new three-day affair in upstate New York, uniquely allows artists to clear out their storage spaces by giving works away free to would-be collectors who normally couldn’t afford them. The concept for the fair is rooted in a contract first developed by the artist William Powhida in 2019. At the time,
MOSCOW — “We live in an intolerant environment,” Eugene, a former member of the Russian capital’s drag collectives, told The Moscow Times while walking near a nightclub in the city center where he and his fellow artists used to work. That sentiment, Eugene said, is shared by drag artists who play with gender stereotypes, norms
Photo by Jeff Mathwig | The Triangle Earlier this month I had the opportunity to attend a Fan Expo in Philadelphia. The convention featured a long list of celebrities including Adam Savage, Rainn Wilson, Creed Bratton and Joe Wos. People came dressed as their favorite characters from shows, games, movies and comic books. Part of