Art
The Prescient Politics of a Seminal Conceptual Photographer
Nearly a decade after his death in 2013, Phel Steinmetz’s attention to the effects of capitalism on the environment can be recognized as both political and prescient.
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Art Problems: How Do I Manage My Time?
How is it I’m busy all the time but I don’t have time to do what is important?
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US Institutions Received Millions From Russian Oligarchs
The Guggenheim Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art are among the many that have benefited from Kremlin-backed wealth.
Opinion
Paris+ by Art Basel Fails Even as it Starts
The leadership of Paris+ and its 10-dealer-strong advisory board have oddly forgotten to include a single person of color.
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How Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art Transformed Itself to Aid Ukrainian Refugees
From supplying medicines and food to organizing poetry readings and stress relief workshops, the museum has shifted its focus from art to humanitarian aid.
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The Company That Wants to Bring Holograms Into Every Home
“Beam in” and “beam out” is the company Proto’s choice of language, and the holograms they create are eerily lifelike.
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London's National Gallery Renames Degas’s "Russian Dancers" as "Ukrainian Dancers"
Calls to rename the mislabeled work have intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Arts Nonprofit Cuts Ties With Wells Fargo Laguna Beach After Removal of "Controversial" Quilts
The bank removed Black Lives Matter-themed quilts after customers complained that they were “too aggressive.”
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Anonymous Was a Woman Launches New Environmental Art Grants
The organization will give $250,000 to women-identifying artists over 18 in addition to its annual awards to women over 40.
Opportunities
Opportunities in April 2022
From grants, open calls, and commissions to residencies, fellowships, and workshops, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Art
Betsy Kaufman Puts Pressure on Geometric Abstraction
Kaufman's sculptures can go from orderly to helter-skelter, making them seem like willful renegades from an industrial assembly line.
Art
Phil Peters Bottles the Soundscape of the Global Supply Chain
The Port of Long Beach Recordings is a soundtrack to the globe's hunger for commodities, the ever-expanding growth of imported products, and the enormous system of infrastructure still insufficient to process it all.