For the painter Julie Mehretu, whose works are currently on display at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, a solo retrospective held little appeal. Instead, she chose to include other artists from a range of disciplines. “Collective study is something I’ve been interested in for a long time,” she said by phone from Florence, Italy, “and
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
Henley Festival has announced this year’s stunning line-up of art which will include Britain’s best-selling figurative painters Mark Demsteader, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Archibald People’s Choice Award-winning artist Esther Erlich, and sculptor Holly Bendall, who creates striking bronzes including a Greenpeace-supported permanent public installation that can be experienced in Porthleven. The Festival
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
For the recent nationwide AEP6 study by Americans for the Arts, the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County identified more than 200 nonprofit arts and culture organizations in our area. Now imagine what happens when those 200 arts groups start collaborating with each other. The cross-pollination possibilities are endless. Just look at the annual
Afri-Cobra-Catalog 2021-Miami-Venice PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist View Banner Art Gallery Banner [Virtual] Art GallerySponsored by City of Boston | Mayor Michelle Wu This is the 17th interview in a weekly series presenting highlights of conversations between leading Black visual artists in New England. In this week’s installment, artist L’Merchie Frazier talks to