September 6, 2024
Artists

Former police station to be artist studios in Columbia SC | Arts & Entertainment

COLUMBIA — There’s something in the air. Nora Williams can feel it. The Columbia-based documentary photographer said she’s noticed a desire to reconnect and build community within the local arts scene as of late. “I feel like we’re on the brink of coming out. That’s what it feels like to me and what I talk

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Art Investment

UK firms accused of £1.4m art investment fraud shut down

Photo: Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto/Sipa USA Two companies involved in an alleged £1.4m art investment fraud have been shut down by the courts. The high court ordered Halifax Mannin and Hey Design Services to be wound up in the public interest on 1 March, after a probe by the Insolvency Service found they together misled or bullied

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Artists

Israel artist refuses to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale pending cease-fire, hostage release

VENICE, Italy — The artist and curators representing Israel at this year’s Venice Biennale announced they won’t open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages. Their decision was posted on a sign on the Israeli national pavilion Tuesday, the first day of media previews, just

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Visual artists

Top 10 most emergent Polish female visual artists now | Contemporary Lynx

The artisanal process of extracting new shapes from recycled materials, especially those classified as worthless, requires a lot of attention, concentration, and perseverance. In the shadow of conscious actions and repetitive ritual practices such as sewing, embroidery, mending, and reappropriation of used fabrics or contents of visual culture, the revolutionary potential of organic work emerges,

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Artists

Israeli Artist Shuts Venice Biennale Exhibit, Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza

Since February thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have tried in vain to get the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious international art exhibitions, to ban Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza. But on Tuesday, when the Biennale’s international pavilions open for a media preview, the doors to the Israel pavilion will

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Visual artists

The 2024 HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 Arts Showcase Visual Art Exhibition

Come see the extraordinary work of student artists in the HeART of Portland visual art exhibition! This exhibition features over 100 works that highlight the diversity of arts offerings across Portland Public Schools. It also includes the collaborative art project, Artistic Alchemy: Transformative Art Making, which takes inspiration from the Portland Art Museum exhibition Throughlines:

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Visual artist Kawayan de Guia’s latest work is M.O.M.A-worthy

Shown like a huge Mondrian artwork on the walls of VOCAS, ‘M.O.M.A.’ is indeed a map of Kawayan’s mind before and after the COVID pandemic Whoever went to Taipei must have noticed those Taiwanese girls in bikinis or microminis standing in neon glass booths along the road to the airport. These girls are called “betel

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Artists

Bowen Yang Thinks This Artist Nails What It’s Like Living in New York

5 Chani App I used to be very skeptical of astrology. I had read too many Carl Sagan books in college, and I thought, well, it’s all pseudoscience. This app is more about understanding your chart as a way to develop yourself — understanding where you’re going, where you came from and steering based on

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King Charles Gives Caribbean Artists Opportunity At Dumfries House – Magnetic Media

Rashaed Esson Staff Writer   #UnitedKingdom, April 15, 2024 – Upcoming African Caribbean Diaspora artists are being given the opportunity to live and work at King Charles 18th century Dumfries House in Scotland for three months, to hone their skills, reportedly due to an “artist in residence programme” being launched through King Charles’ charity. This

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Artists

HillTop Ave Revolutionizes Artist Empowerment Through Cutting-Edge Services and Strategic Partnerships

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESSWIRE / April 15, 2024 / HillTop Ave, a trailblazer in creative services, has launched a broad suite of offerings designed to empower musicians, entertainers, and content creators to take full control of their brands. By integrating music and video production, mobile app development, and strategic brand and media campaigns, along with

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