News
Questions Remain After ICA Miami Removes Portrait of Edward Said
Charles Gaines’s artwork depicting the Palestinian-American scholar was quietly taken down and re-installed, rousing concerns.
Charles Gaines
Film
The Art of Making It Is a Film for Those Who Haven’t Been Paying Attention
The documentary has impressive access to contemporary art world figures, but comes up with no good solutions for the many problems it discusses.
Art
Charles Gaines Brings Trees Back to Times Square
Gaines’s sculpture “Roots,” encompassing seven sweetgum trees that were once native to the region, engages with the nation’s history of colonization and enslavement.
Art
Charles Gaines Designs an Art Lecture Series That's Open to the Public
Covering aesthetics and critical theory in art, the talks offer the public a chance to hear the artist discuss topics that are normally reserved for his classes at the California Institute of the Arts.
Opinion
A Boyle Heights Alliance Challenges Charles Gaines and Other Artists for Ignoring Local Voices
This open letter was sent to Hyperallergic by Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement, in response to an article by Charles Gaines, earlier this month.
News
Will a Giant Boob or Chameleon Inaugurate the High Line’s New Public Art Plinth?
In spring 2018, the industrial park will inaugurate its first space dedicated specifically to art: the High Line Plinth.
Art
Three Days of Debating Social Justice at the Venice Biennale
VENICE — As folks streamed into the dimmed theater and escaped the Venetian heat, I felt a sense of anticipation. Creative Time, which has been showcasing its support of socially engaged art practices for decades, made its way into the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition All the World’s Futures, or
News
New LA Art Space with a Mission Opens in Leimert Park
LOS ANGELES — The mood was festive last Saturday as throngs flocked to Art + Practice, a new hybrid art space in Leimert Park, for the opening of their inaugural exhibition.
Performance
Turning Manifestos into Music
The premiere live performance of conceptual artist Charles Gaines’s “Manifestos 2” (2013) at the Museum of Modern Art on September 27 was nothing short of synesthetic.