Like a hybrid of a Where’s Waldo puzzle and Hieronymus Bosch painting, Chris Santa Maria’s collage culls from the unsettlingly familiar visual torrent of Trump’s administration.
Daily Archives: October 27, 2020
Posted inIn Brief
Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem Postpones Auction Following Backlash
The museum’s intended sale of 255 items, planned for today at Sotheby’s in London, is postponed to November.
Posted inArt
Photographs Place Orange County’s Racist History in High Relief
William Camargo visits spaces like a formerly segregated park and the Anaheim City Hall, where four Klan members were once elected.
Posted inNews
An Augmented Reality App Connects the Life of an Opioid Victim to the Met Museum’s Sackler Wing
The Mariah App uses augmented reality technology to transform the Met’s Sackler Wing into a memorial site for Mariah Lotti and others who have lost their lives to the opioid crisis.
Posted inArt
This Día de Los Muertos, Help Create a Beautiful Altar to the Dead
The Social Public Art Resource Center is inviting the public to send photos of their loved ones to be included in an altar and virtual “Calling of the Spirits” ritual.
Posted inOpinion
The British Museum Isn’t Doing Enough to Fight Illegal Antiquities Trafficking
While the museum presents its attempt to identify trafficked antiquities as an altruistic enterprise, its policing of the antiquities market also distracts from its historic role in acquiring looted objects.
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Asia Society Triennial Opens With We Do Not Dream Alone, Celebrating Art From Asia and the Diaspora
The multi-venue exhibition includes performances and a film series, and features over 40 artists from 20 countries.
Posted inArt
A Chance to Watch Stellar Films From Asia and the Asian Diaspora
The San Diego Asian Film Festival has the strongest online festival program yet.
Posted inArt
How Journalists Can Use Their Reporting to Support Marginalized People
Disability rights activist Emily Ladau explains “supported storytelling.”
Posted inArt
Sculptural Paintings That Channel the Static Soup of Television
In Tishan Hsu’s work, the canvas becomes a television, a platform of multiple channels, where what channel to tune into is the viewer’s choice.
Posted inArt
Shifting the Modernist Center of Gravity to Mexican Muralists
Proposing an overdue historical corrective, Vida Americana is a reminder that neither the US or European avant-garde maintained a monopoly on Modernism.
Posted inNews
Graphic and Street Artists Design Vibrant Posters to Get Out the Vote
Over 60 artists have contributed to Project 270, an initiative by Mana Urban Arts Project, to engage young, disenfranchised voters nationwide.