TEHRAN- The art exhibition “Patterns of Friendship” will come to life on August 16 in Moscow, marking a historic cultural exchange between Russia and Iran. Organized by the Iranian Embassy, the Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriyaka, and supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture, the festival aims to pay tribute to
Performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota is best known for her monumental works consisting of huge, dense webs of brightly coloured thread that have been suspended from ceilings, often enveloping household items and other objects below them. A survey of her work since the 1990s, The Soul Trembles (2019), at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, represented
Jordan Prosser’s debut novel, Big Time, is a time-travelling, mind-bending love letter to art and creativity, set in a dystopian near future. It looks to the power of storytelling and asks: what difference can it possibly make? In the autocratic Federal Republic of East Australia, music, science and political expression are policed with the threat
The allure of and fascination with the intimate vignettes that make up everyday life have been an ongoing source of inspiration for generations of artists—the way a coffee table or nightstand is arranged, the view from a studio window, the books, plants, and other miscellany that accumulate (or are curated) on a bookshelf. Focus on
Alongside famous New York galleries, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, artists recommended contemporary galleries in Chelsea for their sometimes “more daring” exhibits, and free entry. Artists also suggested seeking out lesser-known places, and those run by insiders. The posters and billboards of the city’s streets also provide
On the 71st anniversary of the July 26 Movement, artists, musicians and organizers congregated for the fourth Artists Against Apartheid event in Chicago. This event, called Artists Against the Blockade, raised funds for medical aid in occupied Palestine and Cuba. The event, hosted at healthy hood in the Little Village neighborhood, held more than 300
Restored to its former glory in 2018, the 13-meter high arched gate of Arab Sarai in Delhi’s Nizamuddin East stands mighty now but when Danish artist Hugo Vilfred Pedersen was in Delhi in the early 1900s, it was evidently in need of repair. Despite its crumbling state, it did catch the attention of the voyager
Add another one of my scoops confirmed, as now it is confirmed exactly as I was told, that the VFX artists working on The Flash movie didn’t have enough time to finish the special effects. As I went over in June of 2023, director Andy Muschietti was pulling a Pinocchio when he said the visual
ATTLEBORO — A series of paintings by Anatoly Dverin, who hails from Ukraine, is on exhibit through Sept. 27 at the arts Museum on Park Street. “Dverin is known for his Impressionist style landscapes and portraiture that showcase his mastery of composition and playfulness with color and light,” Attleboro Arts Museum’s Executive Director and Chief
Artist Grace Fisher, founder of the Grace Fisher Foundation, says the mission of her group is to make the arts accessible to everyone. (Courtesy photo) The Grace Fisher Foundation has been chosen as the beneficiary for ticket sales from the Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ 23rd Annual Open Studio Tour, Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The foundation, which