August 6, 2024
Artists

Juneteenth emphasizes importance of Black artists in Twin Cities

Robin Hickman is currently working with the Minneapolis Institute of Art to memorialize her uncle’s work and promote young BIPOC artists. MINNEAPOLIS — While Juneteenth is an official day for remembrance and celebration, it is also a larger cause to highlight amazing Black artists in the Twin Cities.  June 19 is marked as the official

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Orlando launches effort to bring artists downtown, boost business – WFTV

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Downtown Orlando will see an influx of musicians, dancers and more during certain parts of the day thanks to a new program. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Read More The city

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Meet the artists | Philippe Parreno

Art Basel’s ‘Meet the artists’ series presents contemporary creatives shaping today’s cultural landscape. Philippe Parreno never ceases to redefine the art of exhibition-making. Using film, performance, sculpture, and installation, the French artist orchestrates time and space to create environments where the exhibition itself is the artwork. In this installment of our ‘Meet the artists’ series,

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Remembering Frank Stella, one of the leading abstract artists of his generation

“When you start looking at what you’re looking at, you can go anywhere,” the American artist Frank Stella was fond of saying. Stella took close looking to so many places over a career spanning seven decades. He remade Supremacist shapes into hard-edged abstractions in the early 1960s, before reinventing himself as a sculptor of frighteningly

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Aliens, artists, or pranksters? Another ‘mysterious’ monolith appears

KSNV, LMVPD, CNN (CNN) — Another “mysterious” monolith has been spotted. This time, on a Las Vegas hiking trail in Nevada, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). “We see a lot of weird things when people go hiking like not being prepared for the weather, not bringing enough water … but check

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Interview with Somerville artist Karen Moss

Recently I had a chance to talk with Karen Moss at her space in the Miller Street Studios in Somerville, Mass. I was introduced to her work at “Open Studios” – an event that the Somerville Arts Council puts on yearly. She told me that her work is always “about something” often touching on the

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Head to the Dolomites to see these 8 unmissable artists at the Biennale Gherdëina

From a beetle on horseback to an underground forest, these artworks at the Biennale Gherdëina in Italy’s Tyrolean Alps are as intriguing as they are powerful. ADVERTISEMENT Now in its ninth edition, the Biennale Gherdëina is showcasing over 30 artists and collectives – bringing new commissions, existing artworks and performances into dialogue with the spectacular

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37th Year of Flamenco Festival Features 126 Artists and 23 Shows

Published June 19th, 2024 at 12:03 am Marisol Encinias has been performing flamenco her whole life.  “I’m 53 now, and I began dancing with my grandmother when I was 5,” Encinias said.  Encinias’ mother started the Festival Flamenco de Albuquerque in 1987. It’s since grown to be the country’s largest flamenco festival and the largest

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20 Queer Country Artists To Stream This Pride Month (& Every Month)

More Beccy Cole In case you didn’t know already, June is officially recognised around the world as Pride Month – a time when the LGBTQ+ community comes together to celebrate and embrace the diversity in our identities. It’s also the perfect time to think about and discuss how far our society has come on issues

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Artist Support Program – Announcements

The National Center for Art Research (abbreviation: NCAR; director: Kataoka Mami) implements the “Artist Support Program” with the goal of enhancing the international reputation of the Japanese contemporary art. International art exhibitions, such as biennales and triennales held around the world, function as significant opportunities for artists to present their artworks and raise the international

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