Art
Painting the Terrifying Beauty of Abortion-Inducing Flowers
In Plant Parenthood, Alina Bliumis portrays the plants that have been used to terminate pregnancies for hundreds and thousands of years.
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Art
A Women’s History of Global Abstraction
Action, Gesture, Paint is a pointed challenge to the common definition of Abstract Expressionism: White, male, American artists.
Books
Film as a Terrain of Feminist Struggle
Feminist Worldmaking and the Moving Image reminds us that feminist visions are abundant, and feminist critique is generative.
Announcement
The Bruce Museum Announces Grand Reopening After $67M Expansion
The new building in Greenwich, CT, triples the space for art and science exhibitions and includes community spaces like an auditorium, café, and education wing.
Announcement
Stanford Arts Hosts a Virtual Conversation With Cecilia Alemani and Darren Walker
Part of the university’s “Artists on the Future” series featuring renowned artists and cultural thought leaders, this online event is free and open to the public.
Art
Fela Kefi Leroux, Embracing Blackness at the First World Festival of Black Arts
Beya Othmani presents an exhibition on artist Fela Kefi Leroux's participation in the 1966 festival in Dakar and offers insight into her curatorial process.
Film
Hirshhorn’s The Exhibit Premieres With Inflatable Banana and Lots of Cringe
The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist is filled with awkward silences and art-world jargon.
News
Can LA’s Arts Sector Become More Equitable?
A new report by Arts for LA calls for “solidarity-based approaches” to secure studio spaces, educate civic leaders, and secure living-wage jobs for artists.
Art
Digital Artists Are Pushing Back Against AI
Using the hashtag “No to AI Art,” artists protest AI image generators' use of their work without permission or compensation.
Art
A Brush With the Californian Sublime
Using grand scale, lush color, and time-intensive labor, Hayley Barker creates artwork that magnifies the sublime in that which is often overlooked.
Art
Hip Hop and the Machine
Rap Research Lab continues what hip hop has been doing for the past half century: playfully rearranging the words, sounds, and textures of postwar American pop music.
Books
Beneath the Surface of Art’s Visual Symbolism
Matthew Wilson’s new book, The Hidden Language of Symbols, chronicles the buried visual cues of power, faith, uncertainty, and hope.