August 5, 2024
Visual artists

Most Famous Artists of All Time, from Michelangelo to Warhol

How do you choose the most famous artists of all time? Art can be hard to define in the first place, perhaps it’s in the eye of the beholder, but there is a general consensus which artists have made (and are currently making) a lasting impact on their respective mediums. Whether you’re an art lover

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Tai Kwun (Hong Kong) presents the first Asia exhibition by visual artist and choreographer Maria Hassabi: I’ll Be Your Mirror

New live installations in her signature choreographic style — of stillness and deceleration — explore the relations between the human figure, still images and sculptural objects by disrupting our sense of time. HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Maria Hassabi: I’ll Be Your Mirror, the latest exhibition in Tai Kwun’s live art programme will premiere

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Attend meetings in Somerville from Nov. 10-17 about decay, overflowing sewers, saving the arts

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. An empty storefront in Somerville’s Davis Square is used for flyering for shows and events. (Photo: Marc Levy) Safe streets for all Streets Reconstruction and Traffic Safety meeting, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

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Fluffy Paradise Anime Unveils New Visual, Opening Song Artist – News

Sizuk performs opening theme “Cotton Days” for January 2024 anime The official website for the anime of Yuriko Takagami‘s Fluffy Paradise manga revealed a new visual and the opening theme song information for the anime on Friday. (The manga is itself an adaptation of Himawari and Kirouran‘s Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade Suru Tameni Ganbattemasu —

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‘The Lab’ gets long-term lease at Redstone Building

The Lab, an anchor for the experimental art scene in San Francisco since 1984, last month secured its very first long-term lease. It inked a deal to stay for more than a decade at the Redstone Building, its current location at the intersection of 16th and Capp streets.  The lease, with a renewal option up

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Your ART-venture starts at Maywood Fine Arts

Maywood Fine Arts is the first stop for hundreds of students each year on an artistic journey which can last them a lifetime.  Children who pass through its doors discover a safe space where they can explore their creativity and build their self-confidence. No matter the class — whether it’s dance, tumbling, visual arts, music,

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A Sprawling Exhibition Traces the Influence of Experimental Artist Collective General Idea

Gallery Network It is the second exhibition dedicated to the artist trio’s work presented by Toronto-based gallery Caviar20. Artnet Gallery Network 6 hours ago General Idea, Down the Drink (1987). Courtesy of Caviar20, Toronto. Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we

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New art openings celebrate diversity and innovation

Three new local Calgary public art openings are being celebrated as a showcase of the kind of vitality and innovation marking the city’s art scene.  The City of Calgary’s public art liaison says a massive outdoor mural, a throwback Magic 8-ball replica, and an interactive culinary experience give art lovers a snapshot of the variance

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Exhibit, symposium consider art ‘Between Performance and Documentation’

A performance art movement emerged in 1990s China, centered in the Beijing neighborhood known as the East Village. In reaction to massive changes in the urban landscape and to everyday living, artists put on one-time performances – but they also filmed and photographed each other, creating a new layer of art, says art historian Nancy P.

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Subversive ambiguities in Ryan Hawk’s works at Dallas sculpture park

Can a clown be a work of art? Or a pile of bricks? Well, yes, if the artist is Houston-based Ryan Hawk, whose work is on display at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park. Stretched out on the leaf-strewn ground, Outside Agitator (All Artists Are Bastards) is a brightly attired but sad-faced clown, with frizzy, rainbow-streaked hair.

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