Artists from 19 countries will be participating in the 11th edition of the Taipei Biennale titled Post-Nature—A Museum as an Ecosystem.
Daily Archives: September 7, 2018
In an Open Letter, Artists Urge Gender Parity at Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival
Over 300 signatories have offered their support for the call urging festival director Sam Stourdzé to increase the number of participating women photographers to 50%.
Simon Dinnerstein Interrogates the Role of Art in Lived Human Experience
On view through January 6 in Reno, this exhibition presents the noted artist’s rarely seen “Fulbright Triptych” and several works from his expansive five-decade career.
Protesters at Goldsmiths University in London Demand Answers for “Who Keeps the Cube White?”
Activist organization “Goldsmiths Cleaners” obstructed the opening of the new Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art to demand improved contracts for cleaners
The Performance Art of Congressional Protest
How do we analyze the frenetic outbursts at Wednesday’s Congressional hearings through the lens of aesthetic protest.
A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, and Oregon.
As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today
In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.
From Julian Schnabel’s van Gogh Film to a New Godard at the 56th New York Film Festival
Standouts at this year’s New York Film Festival range from a Vincent van Gogh biopic by Julian Schnabel to a documentary on free jazz, with a range of great, art-inflected offerings in between.
A Jerusalem Art Space Is Shuttered by City for Hosting Lecture by Left-Leaning NGO
The Barbur Gallery was targeted by the Israeli Minister of Culture and Mayor of Jerusalem for hosting events with NGO’s dedicated to the end of Palestinian occupation.
How a Graphic Novel About 1930s Germany Feels Poignant and Prescient
Jason Lutes’s epic graphic novel series Berlin, which began in 1996, comes to a close this year. Little did he know how relevant his books would be.
3D van Gogh Paintings Are Selling at US Malls for Around $17,000
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is showcasing and selling three-dimensional replicas of iconic paintings at malls across the US for one year.
Art Movements
Two PEN-award winning journalists sentenced to 7 years in jail, a controversial statue of Erdoğan stirs controversy in Germany, and Art Basel takes up a new economic model.