A new year is about to dawn. Have you considered the calendar which will guide you through the great unknown that awaits in the next 12 months?
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Globalization, the Environment and the Effects of Media
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK/ PITTSBURGH, PA — In his new book, Contemporary Art: World Currents, Terry Smith argues that three concerns dominate contemporary art: (1) world-picturing, or the imagination of global interconnectedness, (2) environmental problems and awareness and (3) the effects of social media. On a recent trip to Pittsburgh, I had the opportunity to hear Smith, who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh, speak about these “currents” of art created since the 1980s. When I visited Carnegie Mellon University’s Miller Gallery later that day to review the Pittsburgh Biennial, Smith’s ideas were fresh in my mind and I found myself comparing the exhibition to his understanding of art history.
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Prints Gone Wild! Indie Fair in W’burg, Nov 5-6
In you’re in the ’Burg today or tomorrow, check out the fifth-ever annual vernacular printacular Brooklyn affordable print fair! Titled Prints Gone Wild! the event at Secret Project Robot Art Space (210 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn — Google map) offers amazing indie prints for $50 and under.
