August 14, 2024
Artists

Things To Do: See three different artists in one night with New/Now

Performing Arts Houston is known for bringing acts from around the world to Houston audiences, but in recent years its New/Now program has turned the spotlight on local talents. Through the program, the organization commissions new works by local artists each season, including a cash award, full technical and marketing support, and assistance with the

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8 Artists To Look Out For At ART SG 2024

As Singapore Art Week commences this weekend, start off by diving into the world of contemporary art as Art SG returns for its second act at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre from January 19 to 21, 2024. This fair stands at Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, organised by The Art Assembly and presented

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Bold moves: How queer Arab artists use creativity as a tool for survival and identity

The arts have always served as an outlet for creators to express themselves. Art by LGBTQ+ creators in the Arab world emerges as the group still struggles for their rights, searching for a new world that is more just, open, and accepting of the other. Raseef22 met with four queer artists, who through their artistic

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Is the Las Vegas Arts District too expensive for artists?

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – With the growing development in the Las Vegas Arts District, many locals and artists say it is losing its artsy feel. Fewer art galleries have been spotted in the area and instead more restaurants and businesses have taken shape. Several artists told 8 News Now it has become too expensive to

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Local Artists and Art Patrons Criticize OCAF After Recent Controversies

Last September, the board of the nonprofit Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation fired its director and administrative assistant with no explanation. The next few weeks saw the resignation of the board chair, Cyndee Perdue Moore, the public relations director for the Clarke County School District. Remaining and new board members met face-to-face Jan. 11 with about

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LGBTQ artists lead the 2024 Coachella lineup

Queer icons are leading the way on the Coachella 2024 lineup. (Joseph Okpako/Amy Sussman/Getty) The 2024 Coachella lineup has just been announced, and it’s set to be a celebration of queer music and performance. The full lineup for the Indio, California festival was revealed on 16 January 2024, and one thing is for sure: LGBTQ+

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Sacramento artist wins ‘Best New Exhibitor’ at Red Dot Miami

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento artist Raphael Delgado recently displayed his work at the Red Dot Miami 2023 art fair and was named a Best New Exhibitor. With three large-scale murals across the city and a collection of colorful paintings, Delgado said he decided to take his work to Miami Art Week and see how people

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Every Electronic Artist Playing The Festival – Billboard

Pedro Winter After much anticipation and as much speculation, the Coachella 2024 lineup was released Tuesday (Jan. 16). The Southern California festival will feature headliners Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Doja Cat, with the rest of the bill featuring, as always, a strong contingent of dance/electronic acts. The dance artists getting highest billing

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Feel the energy of an artist’s posthumous exhibit at Surrey gallery

The current month-long art exhibit at Newton Cultural Centre was installed on the third anniversary of the artist’s death. Diana Robleś passed Jan. 4, 2021, after being diagnosed with stage-four ovarian cancer just weeks earlier, at age 78. “It was very quick,” said her partner, Frazer Cole, who in 2017 published a book of Robleś’

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From His Brooklyn Space, British-Jamaican Artist and Filmmaker Joseph Douglas Elmhirst Channels Memory and Reflection

Courtesy of Joseph Douglas Elmhirst. Joseph Douglas Elmhirst just turned 25, but the British-Jamaican filmmaker is already making a name for himself as an inspiring new creative voice working at the intersection of art and film. In 2020, at 21 years old, Elmhirst debuted his first film, Mada, a poetic short film that follows three

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