Interview

Interview

How a Black Art Library Quickly Gained Momentum

Black Art Library started as a Black History Month experiment where Asmaa Walton would post the covers of anthologies and art books from Black visual culture. Very quickly, the project grew in scope.

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Slick Political Cartoons Offer Incisive Critiques of Trump

Painter and illustrator Edel Rodriguez uses political cartoons to condemn Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, strict immigration policies, and more.

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Buttons, Badges, and Delegate Hats: How Election Memorabilia Reflect the Democratic Process

In anticipation of an unusual election night and beyond, curators Lisa Kathleen Graddy, Claire Jerry and Jon Grinspan discuss their new (slower) practice of collecting political ephemera.

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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

“Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.”

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Meet LA’s Art Community: Candice Lin Has Been Researching Ideas of Citizenship

An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.

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Beer with a Painter: Dan Walsh

“Twenty years ago, you wouldn’t be caught dead being called a colorist.”

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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

“I can’t return to normal. I can’t watch the same life come back. The reptile must be stopped outright.”

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How Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson Killed Her Father Multiple Times (for a Movie)

The documentarian talks to Hyperallergic about Dick Johnson Is Dead, and how "we need new language to allow for the extreme diversity that is life and death."

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The Undocumented Activists Who Turned Themselves In to Infiltrate ICE

Hyperallergic talks to Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera, the directors of the documentary The Infiltrators, about how they filmed this "reverse heist."

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Meet LA’s Art Community: Sue Bell Yank Believes Art and Organizing Produce “Real Social Change”

An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.

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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections

“If I have to be discarded, let it be in the beautiful green space of this painting.”

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Meet the NYC Art Community: Lumi Tan on Drawing Strength from “Generative Challenges”

An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.