Art
15 Artists Address the Politics of Food in Whimsical and Weighty Ways
Current:LA Food will focus not only on the ways that food can define and expand our world, but also on global issues of food justice, accessibility, and equity.
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Art
The Beautiful Peculiarity of Leidy Churchman's Paintings
Churchman seems to be painting as a way to better comprehend his subjects; the canvases feel like dedications, striving to embody someone or something’s true nature.
Art
A New Art Museum in Turkey Looks Beyond Istanbul
Odunpazari Modern Museum, Turkey's first purpose-built modern art museum, has opened in a college town hours from Istanbul, but can it shift the center of gravity in a country seeing a wave of new art museums?
News
Art Workers Condemn Ruling Censoring Sexual Assault Allegations Against Subodh Gupta
Dozens call the court order to remove the allegations from Instagram “an outright move to silence the survivors and gag the platform that gave them a voice while protecting their identities.”
Film
Two (or Three or Four) Sides of the Same Story: The Films of Pedro Costa
Costa's seventh feature, Vitalina Varela, is the latest in a filmography that consistently builds on its predecessors both thematically and stylistically, telling and retelling connected stories through different points of view.
Announcement
Apply Now for CalArts’ Aesthetics and Politics Master's Program for Fall 2020
This is a uniquely structured two-year graduate experience for students seeking to engage in an intensive critique of the relations between culture, politics, and society.
Art
Remembering an Artist Who Fought to Have It All
An artist, mother, and source of inspiration for Detroit artists, the legacy Rose Brown Dalessandro leaves behind is not simply one of form, but one of the struggles attendant to its creation.
News
After Strained Negotiations, New Museum Signs Five-Year Contract With Union Workers
The workers achieved an across-the-board pay increase of 3% in the first four years of the contract, with a 3.5% increase in the final year.
Announcement
Kosciuszko Projects Unveils Its First Exhibition: The Many Faces of Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980)
Kosciuszko Projects is a new cultural initiative presenting masters of Polish art in New York. The inaugural exhibition is on view from October 11 to November 1, 2019.
Art
Photography From Africa that Refuses Easy Narratives
Africa State of Mind does not pander to expectations audiences might have or desire of African artists, instead allowing for these artists from 11 different countries to devise their own frameworks for understanding the places they are from.
Art
How Socialism Shaped Africa Between Independence and the End of the Cold War
After the End offers a selection of works from artists with personal relationships to, and experiences of, socialism in countries such as Angola, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.
In Brief
Brooklyn Art Nonprofit BRIC Announces $100,000 in Prizes for Under-Recognized Artists
Ten New York-based artists were awarded the first Colene Brown Art Prize. Each of them will receive a $10,000 no-strings-attached grant.