Art
A Feminist Animation Festival Launches in Los Angeles
The Association of Hysteric Curators has organized the Soft Bytes animation festival, featuring the work of dozens of artists.
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Art
Photographs that Refuse to Stay Silent on the Palestinian Catastrophe
What stands out in Wissam Nassar's photography of the current conflict in Palestine is the intensity with which certain bodies are articulating their task, refusing to perform disability, instead exuding capacity.
Art
The Art and Friendship of Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti in a Laura Mulvey Documentary
In 1984, feminist filmmaker Laura Mulvey made an essayistic movie about these two artists who lived and worked in post-revolutionary Mexico.
News
Protesters Warn of Luxury High Rises Threatening Brooklyn Botanic Garden [UPDATED]
At a rally on Mother's Day, anti-gentrification groups warned that planned high-rise residential towers will not only displace longtime local residents but pose a threat to the Garden's plant collection.
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A New Initiative Places Curators Who Identify as Disabled at UK Museums
The disability-led visual arts organization DASH is funding curatorial positions at three museums across the UK.
Art
Make Zines and Screenprint Slogans at a Politically Minded Festival
18th Street Arts Center's Pico Block Party, now in its third year, honors the cultural heritage of one of the most diverse areas of Santa Monica.
News
Tom Wolfe, New Journalism Bon Vivant and Critic of Modernism, Dead at 88
A powerful critic of Modernism, Wolfe was an important writer who transformed every subject he touched.
Announcement
SVA's ContinuEd Project Space Presents Kathryn Hart: Searching
The exhibition explores the search to begin anew and the burden of choice. Artist Kathryn Hart continues her dialogue with evolving identity and the hope for new beginnings amidst a maze of emotional conflict, pain, and self-doubt.
In Brief
Study of Canadian Arts Worker Salaries Finds Stagnant Growth and Shrinking Benefits
The study, the first of its kind in nearly a decade, found that arts worker salaries had barely grown at all while smaller organizations in particularly struggled to offer their employees benefits.
Opinion
Early Christians Would Have Found the Met Gala Gaudy
A historian of early Christianity with a specialty in religious dress considers how the Metropolitan Museum's recent gala and new Costume Institute exhibition might align with or offend early Christian sensibilities.
Art
The Secret Photographer Who Captured Four Decades of Life in St Petersburg
Unlike most long-lost family photos, Ivashintsova's 30,000 images show a unique aesthetic, one that she hid from her loved ones, inviting comparisons to Chicago street photographer Vivian Maier.
News
Chicago “Gun Share” Installation Visualizes Easy Access to Assault Rifles
Designed to evoke a bike-share station, the installation in Chicago's Daley Plaza calls attention to the disparate gun laws between states.