August 22, 2024
Visual artists

Visual artist, poet Aslam Kamal passes away – Newspaper

LAHORE: Noted visual artist, poet and writer Aslam Kamal passed away in Lahore on Tuesday. He was 85. His funeral will be held on Wednesday (today) near his residence, 568 Jahanzeb Block, Iqbal Town. He is survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter. Born in Sialkot in 1939, Aslam Kamal got his early

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Illustrator Pepita Sandwich on not limiting yourself in your work – The Creative Independent

Illustrator Pepita Sandwich discusses changing forms, developing a healthy relationship with social media, and connecting to the world through your work. You create autobiographical visual essays where you share stories of your daily life, emotions, and family stories. How do you decide what parts of your day or multiple sketches become the official piece? In

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A new attraction for Boston: What’s up with the WNDR?

On a recent morning, Markos Doyle walked inside a screen-lined garden shed, itself contained within a darkened exhibit hall in Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood. He sat down at a white table inside the facsimile greenhouse to answer the question: What exactly is this place? “The WNDR Museum is a digital, interactive, immersive experience,” said Doyle,

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Apply to the 2024-25 Core Residency Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, awards residencies to highly motivated, exceptional visual artists and critical writers who have completed their undergraduate or graduate training and are working to develop a sustainable practice. Residents engage with a wide range of distinguished artists, critics, curators, and scholars who are invited to meet

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Visual Artist Onikepo Soyinka’s Impressive Debut Exhibition Attracts Lagos Audience

  16-year-old visual artist Onikepo Soyinka recently debuted her collection at the Lagos Fringe Festival, garnering admiration and acclaim from art enthusiasts at the Freedom Park Hall. Representing a new wave of fearless and expressive creatives, she displayed dozens of artworks that showcased her intellectual abilities beyond her years. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP,

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Looking ahead: The San Diego art events I most want to explore in 2024

“Saltwater Gradient Variation 1,” a cyanotope photograph by Annalise Neil, one of five artists featured in the La Jolla Historical Society’s “Order/Disorder” exhibition February through May in La Jolla. (Courtesy of Philipp Scholz Rittermann ) The La Jolla Historical Society is yet another local institution that will be participating in PST ART, but before that,

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Thriving At 13: 13 galleries in Bengaluru redefining visual art scene in the city 

Even if you are new to Bengaluru, the beautifully structured landscape of this city at first glance would tell you how much importance the people of this state give to visual aesthetics. From having legendary art patrons such as Krishnaraja Wadiyar III during the days of yore to now homing spaces entirely dedicated to art

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Pope.L, American visual artist, dead at 68

(Credits: Far Out / YouTube) Fri 29 December 2023 12:04, UK Pope.L, the American visual artist best known for his crawling work, has died aged 68. The artist was born William Pope in Newark, New Jersey in 1955. Pope received his formal art education as a student at the Pratt Institute during the early 1970s

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Art World Figures Who Died in 2023

This year, we lost innovative artists, curators, writers, collectors, and patrons who pushed the bounds of what constitutes art, each with their own means of expression. Pope.L brought art to the people, reaching beyond institutions and into the street, putting statements about the condition of Black Americans out into the open. With vivid defiance, Juanita

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Rydell arts fellowships; local equestrians in Tournament of Roses Parade

Four awarded Rydell Visual Arts Fellowships Four local visual artists have been selected by Community Foundation Santa Cruz County to receive Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship awards for 2024 and 2025.  The awardees are Christian Rex van Minnen, Louise Leong, Maria Isabel LeBlanc and Shirin Towfiq. Each fellowship recipient receives a $20,000 award to further their

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