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Memories Remade With Charcoal and Ash
Artist Dan Jian makes the point that landscapes and memory are one and the same.
Walter Murch Sought to “Paint the Air” Between His Eye and His Subject
Murch’s painted dust can be so tangible you feel compelled to wipe off the picture.
Triennial of Photography Hamburg Reflects on Currency
For the triennial’s eighth edition, work by more than 70 artists is featured in 12 exhibitions and a polyphonic program, installed at various locations throughout the German city.
100+ Artists Demand Justice for Slain Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
“As we grieve her loss, we call for full accountability for the perpetrators of this crime and everyone involved in authorizing it,” they wrote in an open letter.
Former KKK Building in Texas to Be Transformed Into Arts Center
The planned center will be named after Fred Rouse, a Black man who was lynched in the city of Fort Worth in 1921.
NOMA Presents Katherine Choy: Radical Potter in 1950s New Orleans
This exhibition explores the work and short-but-impactful life of the groundbreaking ceramic artist. Now on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Eye Contact Fires Up Brain Cells, Yale Study Says
The researchers found that when eyes meet, certain areas of the brain start experiencing “neural firing.”
Films to Watch on the 50th Anniversary of Okinawa’s Return to Japanese Rule
From 1968 to 1973, the Nihon Documentarist Union did radical documentary work in Japan. They made two films in Okinawa before, during, and after its reversion.
ArtYard’s Ecstatic Decrepitude Features Works by Bread and Puppet Founder Peter Schumann
Curated by Clare Dolan, this solo exhibition in Frenchtown, NJ contains new and unearthed paintings, sculptures, and prints selected from the organization’s 60-year history.
Highlights From Columbia University’s MFA Thesis Exhibition
Every corner and crevice of Columbia University’s MFA Thesis show feels lived in, reflecting not just artists’ experience quarantining with their work, but also that of re-entering society.
A Desert Biennial, Somewhere Between Settlers and Searchers
Sprawling across the Joshua Tree region, nine site-specific works consider the ways in which people have relocated to the desert, destroying what came before them, and cultivating new life.
Opera Lafayette Reimagines André Grétry’s Silvain in New Mexico
The rendition could be a platform for essential conversations on sociohistorical and economic land rights issues.
Nice stuff. My ploy is to PRETEND that I have Impostor Syndrome.
Ouroboros.