QM to open contemporary art exhibition in China “Watering the Desert | Contemporary Art from Qatar” will be the first large-scale exhibition of Qatari and Qatar-based contemporary artists to be presented in China, Qatar Museums (QM) announced Sunday.Curated by the QM’s Issa al-Shirawi and Maryam Hassan al-Thani, the exhibition organised in collaboration with Yuz Museum,
From left, all wearing Gucci: A$AP Rocky, Jodie Comer, Gucci creative director Sabato De Sarno, Julia Garner and Elliot Page at the LACMA Art + Film Gala Saturday night. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images “I’ve never seen so many celebrities together in one place in my life,” said an artist at the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala on
Dong Jun Arina Yakupova stands in front of the booth of China pavilion at the 6th CIIE yesterday. It was my first visit to the CIIE, and I had been eagerly anticipating it for about a month. Throughout that time, everyone in my circle in Shanghai was preparing for this massive expo. Stepping into the
An Amarillo veteran is working to create more art therapy opportunities for fellow local veterans by establishing a CreatiVet Chapter in Amarillo. Maria Hernandez hopes to encourage more area individuals to attend and participate in her CreatiVets art classes to better help veterans, their spouses and family members utilize the process of creating art as
The artist Corita Kent went by several names in the course of her lifetime. As a little girl growing up in Iowa in the 1920s, she was Frances Elizabeth Kent. On entering the order of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) in Los Angeles, aged 18, she became Sister Mary Corita (the name likely a
It’s 2023. Using only your smartphone you can study dance moves in Berlin, shout along with protests in Iran, watch opera in Finland or witness catastrophe in the Middle East, if not live then close to it. In other words, it’s easier than it’s ever been to believe you’re everywhere when you’re actually nowhere, to
NORMAN LEWIS (1909–1979), “Untitled (Seachange),” 1975 (oil on paper, 22 x 30 inches / 55.9 x 76.2 cm, signed). | © Estate of Norman Lewis. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, N.Y. CELEBRATED FOR PRODUCING large abstract paintings, Norman Lewis (1909–1979) made transcendent pictures. His moody and dramatic canvases are full of
THE works of Federation University’s graduating visual arts students are set to go on display next week as part of the institution’s annual end of year, or EYE, exhibition. Featuring five bachelor of visual arts students and two TAFE graduates, the show, which has long taken place at the Ballarat Mining Exchange, will this time
As more and more of her friends and neighbors found themselves priced out of rental units in Venice Beach, Judy Branfman began photographing the dozens of houses, bungalows and apartments being sold, renovated and then relisted at double or triple the cost. Branfman started with only the vague idea that she should be documenting the
By day, Ameen Taahir Everett is a digital media specialist for Brooklyn Park’s communications department, designing print brochures, newsletters and online social media graphics. On the side, however, he uses his imagination to bring his own story into his designs — and in the process, he’s captured the attention of Target. The Minneapolis-based retailer saw