A Black-led, open-air mural festival lends visibility to the Black artists in this city.
Author Archives: Sarah Rose Sharp
Sarah Rose Sharp is a Detroit-based writer, activist, and multimedia artist. She has shown work in New York, Seattle, Columbus and Toledo, OH, and Detroit — including at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She writes about art and culture, online and in print, for Hyperallergic, Art in America, Art in
Print, Flash Art, Sculpture Magazine, ArtSlant, and others. She was named a 2015 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for Art Criticism and participated in the 2015 Art Writing Workshop. She is a regular guest lecturer/visiting critic at University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, and Oakland University, and was a guest speaker, visiting critic, and juror for the undergraduate show at Penn State University in 2018. She served as a mentor in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program in 2018. She is primarily concerned with artist and viewer experiences of making and engaging with art, and conducts ongoing research in the state of contemporary art in redeveloping cities, with special focus and regard for Detroit. sarahrosesharp.com
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This NSFW Lamp Brings a New Meaning to Being “Turned On”
This lamp leaves little to the imagination.
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Tablet Reveals Babylonians Studied Trigonometry Before the Greeks
Research revealed that a famous 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet is inscribed with accurate trigonometry.
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Emoji Trends From Around the World, From Flirting to Empathy
An Adobe survey found that 67% of emoji users think people who use emoji are friendlier, funnier, and cooler than those who don’t.
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$5M Grant Will Extend Disability Futures Initiative Through 2025
The inaugural Disability Futures Fellows include Carolyn Lazard, Christine Sun Kim, and Tourmaline.
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Magnum Photographers Offer Affordable Prints That Ruminate on Escape
Way for Escape hits most of us at a moment when we all have something to escape from, whether it is the impact of political, environmental, and economic instability, or our own homes.
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American LGBTQ+ Museum Gets New Home in New-York Historical Society
This will be the city’s first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and culture.
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Cop Admits to Playing Copyrighted Music to Keep Activist Recording off Youtube
During a recorded conversation with activists, an officer began backing the conversation with the sounds of Taylor Swift.
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Purchased at a Landfill for $5, a David Bowie Painting Smashed an Auction Record
The work is from Bowie’s Dead Heads series, which includes portraits of his friends, family members, and bandmates.
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“Typographic Eye Candy”: 50 Standout Book Covers From 2020
This week, the American Institute of Graphic Arts announced the winners from its 2020 book cover competition.
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The Little-known Indigenous History of “Titanium White”
Long believed to be discovered by lab researchers in 1908, researchers found evidence of the pigment in centuries-old Inca ceremonial objects.
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At Michelangelo’s Medici Chapel, Stain-fighting Bacteria Work Miracles
Recently, a team of scientists, conservators, and historians used grime-eating bacteria to tackle the famous sculpture’s century-old stains.