Left to right, top row: Kenneth Anger, Majd Arandas, Phyllida Barlow, Fernando Botero, Kwame Brathwaite, Françoise Gilot; bottom row: Brice Marden, Juanita McNeely, Barbara Rossi, O’Shae Sibley, Vivan Sundaram, Heba Zagout (image courtesy lines in obituary links below) As the year winds down, it’s a moment of reflection and remembrance for many. Here at Hyperallergic,
Nestled in the basement of the Arthur M. Sackler Building sits Harvard FAS CAMLab, a web of thin hallways illuminated by shivering light installations that lead to a dark cave lined with mirrors and filled with thin mesh screens. Visitors to the installation will find themselves surrounded by an infinitely large host of dancing projections
Art History There’s nowhere better than the Dutch Golden Age if you’re after an art historical laugh. Here are our five favorite punny pieces. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs (1559).Photo: Courtesy of The Kitchen. If you search through the art history archives for hidden gags, visual puns, and absurd characters, it will become clear—no
Jiaoying Summers rarely prepares for her comedy routines. “I don’t go over my jokes before I go on stage.” After going viral online with her humorous skits, Jiaoying Summers has become an award-winning comedian, performing at various venues including the Apollo in Manhattan. As she gets ready to perform in Boston in December, Summers sat
KUALA LUMPUR: The roaring success of Arts For All Seasons (ArtsFAS), a grant programme to preserve and celebrate the rich tapestry of multi-cultural Malaysia, has been an inspiration to many arts, culture and heritage (AHC) practitioners. Initially launched in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, ArtsFAS offers an alternative avenue to showcase and
originally published: 11/27/2023 (SUMMIT, NJ) — The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (VACNJ) recently elected two new members to its board of Trustees at the Art Center’s most recent annual meeting, held on November 13, 2023. Anamaria LLanos and Philemona Williamson will begin serving immediately and their terms will run through November 2026. “Welcoming
Diana Kleiner Diana Kleiner, an acclaimed an art historian known for her expertise on the art and architecture of the ancient Romans, and a primary contributor to Yale distance learning and media initiatives for a decade and a half, died on Nov. 12 after a long illness. She was 76. Kleiner, the Dunham Professor of
A young Nigerian visual artist, Ikepo Soyinka, has advocated for a gender-equal society. Ikepo made this known at her debut art exhibition titled ‘Crows Come At Dawn’ held during the Lagos Fringe Festival in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Ikepo, who is an advocate of social justice, especially as it concerns culture and gender, presented a series
A rendering shows LSC-University Park’s new Visual and Performing Arts Center. LSC-University Park The college will cut the ribbon on the $21.7 million center Dec. 6 during a grand opening event. The center, which will begin hosting classes next semester, includes a 338-seat mainstage theater with an orchestra pit, 100-seat black box theater, art gallery, art
When Emory walked into the restaurant for our last interview, I noticed he’d made even more progress with his mobility. The Lofstrand crutch had been replaced by a hiking stick. He also seemed to be moving faster and with more surety than only a couple months before, a testament to his ongoing PT sessions with