March 10, 2025
Artists

A3 Artists Agency Shuts Down – The Hollywood Reporter

A3 Artists Agency is shuttering. A3 COO Todd Quinn informed staff in an email Friday, writing, “The decision was not made lightly and comes after extensive analysis. Despite our best efforts, we find ourselves unable to continue operating in a sustainable manner.” Final paychecks will be sent to staff on Monday, which will be its

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Illinois Arts Council seeks to expand reach across state

The Illinois agency responsible for publicly funding the arts is reorganizing in an effort to better reach underserved areas after collecting feedback from artists, arts organizations and public officials across the state. “We heard our application was very cumbersome,” said Illinois Arts Council board Chair Nora Daley, who was appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in

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‘I just feel happy’: Artist with Down syndrome finds joy creating ‘art from the heart’

Without formal training, she simply does “art from the heart”, her parents said. The self-taught artist has won several local and international awards. She is also a regular at exhibitions organised by ART:DIS, a local non-profit organisation dedicated to creating learning and livelihood opportunities for persons with disabilities in the arts. “Her works have always

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‘Something nobody has done before’: Inside the Bakery’s upcoming artist Supermarket

Since 2017, Willow Goldstein has spent her time cooking up the Bakery Atlanta. But the result isn’t pastries or sweets like the name suggests. Instead, the Bakery Atlanta is a haven for the city’s art scene: a collective of artists, curators and administrators that host and produce galleries and events. Goldstein, the founder, owner, operator,

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Matthew Mazzotta’s latest artwork helps patients in recovery

In recent years, Matthew Mazzotta, a visual artist who completed a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard GSD in 2018, has produced site-specific installations that have caught the art world’s attention, one of them being a giant pink flamingo inside Tampa’s central airport terminal. Now, Mazzotta has completed what he calls his “quietest artwork” to date in

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Art Dealer Tove Langridge Is Charged With Theft in Australia

Tove Langridge, the Instagram-famous owner of TW Fine Art gallery in Brisbane, has been charged with theft after he refused to return works given to him on consignment. Queensland Police obtained search warrants and raided addresses tied to Langridge in mid-December, authorities confirmed by email to Artnet News. Langridge, 46, has been charged with nine

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Court Declines to Dismiss Artists’ Claims – The Hollywood Reporter

Getty Images Artists have secured a small but meaningful win in their lawsuit against generative artificial intelligence art generators in what’s considered the leading case over the uncompensated and unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems. A federal judge refused to acknowledge that the companies can avail themselves

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Mexico City’s Zona Maco Fair Is ‘Back in Full Force,’ as Collectors Snap Up Venice Biennale Artists

Four years ago, the pandemic hit and the peso was decimated, beginning a period of intense instability in Mexico City. Digital nomads flooded into the city, resulting in astronomical rent hikes but also the minting of a new collector base. The peso has since recovered—it is now at a seven-year high—and business at the 20th-anniversary

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Award-winning art book ‘Lost and Found Assemblage Artists of Northern California’ gets worldwide distribution

NAPLES, Fla., Feb. 9, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Bajek Publisher Services is proud to announce their collaboration with Gazelle Book Services to bring “Lost and Found Assemblage Artists of Northern California” (ISBN: 978-0578337722) edited by Spencer Brewer and Esther Sigel, with photography by Larry R Wagner, to the United Kingdom. Caption: Cover, “Lost and Found

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Alabama’s Miles College joins with local Black artists for ‘Roots and Renaissance’ exhibition

A new exhibit space opening at Miles College will host a curated collection of works by 24 local Black artists, exploring the African American story from its inception to current times. “Roots and Renaissance: An African American Journey Through Art,” opens to the public on Sunday, Feb. 11, and runs through May 10. The new

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