Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed executive budget for fiscal year 2024 cuts funding for the New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) by $61.7 million from last year for a …
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Tony Rave, “Untitled” (photo by Tony Rave, all images courtesy of the artist) What constitutes an act of desecration? The work of the Detroit-based artist Tony Rave exhibited controversial discussions …
Indian contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram died aged 79 following a hemorrhagic stroke earlier this month. Sundaram, who has created works for nearly six decades, is best known for his multidisciplinary …
Dozens of French demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Louvre Museum on Monday March 27 and stormed the halls of the institution to protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to …
One of four Midjourney-generated images of Pope Francis in a white puffer jacket from u/trippy_art_special’s post on the Midjourney subreddit (via Reddit) A series of AI-generated images depicting Pope Francis …
LONDON — In Serge Attukwei Clottey’s exhibition, Crossroads at Simon Lee Gallery, the Accra-based multidisciplinary artist uses found materials to explore Ghanaian culture and identity. Many of his large-scale pieces …
Ai Weiwei, “Water Lilies #1” (2022), LEGO bricks (photo © Ela Bialkowska/OKNO studio; all images courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua) Artist Ai Weiwei is known for using LEGO …
Over the years, many art historians have had the task of figuring out the many superimposed influences in Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” (1889). “The Great Wave” (1830-1832) by …
Skill, kunst (“art”) and practical knowledge. These essential components constituted the core of the “making” of objects and the “knowledge” of their material and utilitarian properties in the European workshops …
SAN FRANCISCO – The e-mail announcement for Kimetha Vanderveen at the Peter Mendenhall Gallery (February 11-April 1, 2023) reminded me of the afternoon I spent in his sunny studio at …