Michelangelo Lovelace made numerous drawings during his time as a nurse’s aide, now on view in Fort Gansevoort’s online show Nightshift.
Billy Anania
Billy Anania is an editor, critic, and journalist in New York City whose work focuses on political economy in the cultural industries and the history of art in global liberation movements.
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AIDS Memorial Quilt Volunteers Repurpose Fabric to Sew Masks for Essential Workers
Gert McMullin, one of the founders of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, has been using fabric from the historic quilt to create protective masks for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gerhard Richter’s Slippery Mystique
Richter is undoubtedly an impressive painter, one who exhibits a mastery of practice but confusion of tone. His latest retrospective, Painting After All, doesn’t quite connect the dots.
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Pack Your Suitcase — This Elephant-Shaped Airbnb Already Has a Trunk
Lavishly decorated in the Victorian style, Lucy the Elephant is a relic of novelty architecture on the Jersey Shore. To celebrate her 138th birthday, Airbnb will offer a three-night-stay in the quirky abode.
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The Artists Illustrating New York’s Growing Protest Culture
As leftist politics integrate into the mainstream, artists spread the word and agitate for change.
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In the War of Memes, Iran Is Trouncing the United States
Donald Trump’s embarrassingly lo-res tweet of an American flag encapsulates how Iranians have been dominating the social media game during the recent tensions.
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The Viral Artwork Emerging From Hong Kong’s Protests
The ongoing movement immortalizes its actions and demands through crowdsourced imagery.
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Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement
Betelhem Makonnen and Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez trace the influence of neo-colonialism on immigrants from the Global South, merging their personal journeys into a collective experience.
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Baseera Khan’s Vivid, Anti-Imperialist Odes
snake skin is a corporeal study of the body politic, in which Khan wields the tools of cultural autopsy in her dissections of ancient ruins and traditions.
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The Cosmological Musings of Michael West, an American Abstract Expressionist
The artist, born Corinne Michelle West, is among the forgotten women of the postwar era, who rarely adhered to one style.
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In Bolivia, Protesters Rally Around an Embattled Indigenous Symbol
Evo Morales made the Wiphala one of the country’s two official flags in 2009. Now, forces that have taken over Bolivia desecrate the emblem, while the resistance waves it proudly.
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The Cop-Attacking Chilean Dog Who Became a Worldwide Symbol of Protest
The recent uprising in Chile is full of references to the beloved Negro Matapacos, who accompanied protesters for many years. As his legend spreads, so too do images of the good boy.