The latest findings from the Countess Report on gender equity in the visual arts present a sobering picture of the state of representation and inclusion, urging immediate action from both the galleries and governments. Despite some minor improvements in certain areas, overall progress appears to have stalled since the last report. Countess’ tally of approximately
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the recipients for the Big Field Fund, which includes the Iowa City nonprofit artist collective Public Space One (PS1), a fund that awards $60,000 to selected artists and projects each year. PS1 is the first Iowa-based organization to receive these national funds and was invited by the Warhol Foundation
The hottest ticket at the Independent art fair, now underway in New York, may just be at White Columns’s booth on the seventh floor, where ex-art dealer and now artist Joel Mesler is painting visitors’ portraits. They’re priced at a modest $250; even on my freelance writing income, I can afford that, I thought, so
Being the baby in his father’s first litter of children, Peter Elungat first learned to paint by copying the artworks of his oldest brother Hosea who was at least a decade older than he was. He was barely out of nappies at the time. “Art was fascinating to me from an early age,” he tells
It started in early 2018 with a special New York Times series of articles, “Overlooked,” obituaries about notable people whose deaths had gone unreported in the newspaper, which first began publishing obits in 1851. Leverett printmaker and collage artist Julie Lapping Rivera was intrigued by the series, especially since all of them, at first, were
CALEXICO — Jinx Rivera smiled proudly as she stood next to her stunning creative interpretation of The Bride of Frankenstein, done completely in blue and gray hues with small cylindrical Lego pieces. She is one of the 78 artists who submitted their work for display at the “Creative Young Minds” exhibit in Calexico this past
New artists have been added to the highly anticipated second sailing of the Big Easy Cruise, which will set out January 5 – 12, 2025. The voyage will depart from Ft. Lauderdale and will make stops in Key West, Belize City, and Cozumel on the luxurious Holland America Line Nieuw Amsterdam. Keb’ Mo’, St. Paul
Christa Rice poses for a portrait inside her studio at the Zhou B Art Center surrounded by her art depicting Black women with natural hair. Kylie Graham Special to The Star Editor’s Note: This interview is part of the second season of Voices of Kansas City, a project created in collaboration with KKFI Community Radio
It wasn’t enough for Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza to build a world-class art collection. That had been done by generations of the Thyssen family before her—most notably her father, the Swiss industrialist Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, who amassed a vast collection of old and modern masters, widely regarded as one of the finest in the world. She
The software developer Autodesk makes some of the best 3D modelling software, used by artists the world over. And many of those artists are not impressed with the company’s announcement that it’s working on an experimental generative AI model for 3D. The company says its Bernini research project can quickly generate functional 3D shapes from