Artificial Intelligence is an existential threat to visual artists in the music industry. With a prompt as simple as “heavy metal album cover,” programs like Hotpot and Magic Studio can create an image in a matter of seconds, placing the livelihood of human artists who’ve spent a lifetime honing their craft at risk. Deicide (recently

The Soomaal House of Art and the Somali Museum of Minnesota, both of Minneapolis, have curated a new art exhibition: “Art As Liberation: A Journey Through Collective Healing.” “Art as Liberation” features the work of six visuals artists from the Twin Cities Somali community — Ifrah Mansour, Mohamed Hersi, Yasmin Yassin, Khadija Charif, Aesha Mohamed

Janet Edwards with an example of her iconic work. Courtesy of the Edwards family One of Redlands’ most beloved artists, Janet Edwards, passed away on April 13, 2024, at the age of 91. “Janet saw beauty everywhere, and she took great pleasure in capturing that beauty in her art,” said her children in a letter to the Community

The Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents the Class of 2024’s MFA Thesis Exhibition in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. This exhibition encompasses work by the 31 artists who will complete their final year of the Visual Arts MFA

Announced today (18 April), the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 explores the newest and finest international artists and trends in its field. This year’s selection of nominees for the Architecture & Design category spans ten talents from as far afield as Canada, Malaysia and Finland. The winner, Ireland’s Siobhán Doran, scooped the top gong with

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Currently at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Disguise the Limit: John Yau’s Collaborations offers a survey of the poet’s collaborations with more than 40 artists over the last three decades. The exhibition highlights the many different ways Yau has worked with a wide range of visual artists over the past five decades.

Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) had been planning to commemorate (or commiserate) the first anniversary since the latest round of the civil war in Sudan began on April 15, 2023. But it took a small nudge from the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG) to suggest the concept of ‘Art for Aid’ be the theme of that

The Royal Alberta Museum and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) unveiled a new exhibit Wednesday morning. Here & Now features 16 newly acquired artworks which focus on themes of identity, female strength, human impacts on the land and the ideas of disability versus ability. The exhibition showcases different mediums including

Stars like Jay-Z, Run DMC, and The Notorious B.I.G. don’t just appear overnight. It takes a village, and a very talented village at that, to create personas of such magnitude. Many of these backstage figures have been there from the beginning, helping to craft aura, style—that special something—that propels someone from person icon. Artist Cey

St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront is always lively these days, and will be even more so when longtime tradition the Mainsail Art Festival returns to Vinoy Park on April 20-21. Now in its 49th year, the fine art and craft festival brings artists working in painting, photography, ceramics, glass, outdoor sculpture, jewelry, wood, fiber, metal and