August 5, 2024
Artists

Billboard Canada’s Breakthrough Artists of 2023: Charlotte Cardin

Written with Daniel Richler, the book has some surprises for even the biggest of Rush super fans. There’s plenty of drugs and rock star shenanigans, but ti’s also surprisingly poignant. The book starts with an explanation of how Geddy Lee became Geddy Lee, an anglicized and nicknamed moulding of his Jewish birth name Gershon Eliezer

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Remembering a ‘kind, empathetic’ man who was a talented artist and a friend of children

Eileen Claveloux first met the late Klaus Postler when they were in an MFA program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the late 1990s. Aside from their mutual interest in art, she was intrigued by the way he sometimes wrote: backward. It turned out that Postler, a Valley artist and independent curator who died

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300+ LGBTQ+ Artists Join Call For Ceasefire in Gaza

More than 330 LGBTQ+ artists and counting have signed an open letter calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The letter, entitled Queer Artists for Palestine, stated that the LGBTQ+ community “has a role to play” in opposing human rights violations. It was signed by actors and musicians such as Phoebe Bridgers, Kehlani,

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West Haven window artist thrives with ‘nontraditional canvas’

WEST HAVEN — On any given day, Elizabeth Taylor might be found on her ladder for up to 10 hours, even if the temperature is 28 degrees. Although it can be physically arduous, she finds few things more rewarding than painting vibrant murals on storefront windows and other “nontraditional canvas” like downtown electrical boxes and retail

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Meet 8 Artists Who Broke Big in 2023—From Sculptor Mire Lee to Abstract Painter Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones. Photo: Adama Jalloh. Abstract painting has continued to dominate in 2023, with a host of emerging names making a sizable dent in the market with energetic works inspired by the body and its interior world. Many artists have also successfully embraced an expanded painting practice, working canvases into site-specific, immersive installations, or showing

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BorderLight Theatre Festival Seeking Artist Submissions for 2024 | Cleveland

click to enlarge Emanuel Wallace A scene from the 2022 BorderLight Theatre Festival. Slated to return to Playhouse Square in July, the BorderLight Theatre Festival showcases emerging companies in theatre, dance, circus, immersive experiences, puppetry, street theatre, spoken word and stand-up comedy. Currently, BorderLight organizers are accepting applications from artists who wish to participate in

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Collaborative Exhibition “Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America” extended beyond October 2023

PHILADELPHIA – The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) have announced that the joint exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in An Uncertain America, will be extended at both institutions beyond its original October closing date. The one-of-a-kind exhibition, which invites guests to join 20 artists in exploring

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LAX Airport welcomes art installations by local and regional artists 

Erin Miller Wray, “Bird’s Eye View,” installation view will be available for ticketed passengers in 2024. Credit: LAWA Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has welcomed a range of new artworks by ten artists in nine installations across Terminals 1, 3, 7 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal. The project was presented by the Los Angeles

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Contemporary Vietnamese Artists and the Hybridised Body

White Noise at Nguyen Art Foundation asks how human subjectivity, such as gender and national identities, are framed This exhibition draws on the body and its constituent parts to question how human subjectivity, such as gender and national identities, are framed. A ‘medical scanner’ – which is actually a fluorescent tube propelled by an automated

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‘Meredith Monk. Calling’ presents the breadth of the artist’s diverse work

“I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theatre becomes cinema.” -Meredith Monk Meredith Monk has recently undertaken Indra’s Net—an immersive performance art piece exploring life’s interconnectedness—at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam. Now 80, the celebrated American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer continues to

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