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Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

Art UK archives over 21,000 public artworks, including street art and murals, to preserve ephemeral experiences and document local history.
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1 month ago
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Minimal Shapes Layer into Dynamic, Abstracted Murals by James Reka

James Reka favors public murals that respond to local history and community, using geometric abstraction, layered color, and architectural details to create site-specific narratives.
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fromColossal
1 day ago

Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

Art UK archives over 21,000 public artworks, including street art and murals, to preserve ephemeral experiences and document local history.
fromBBC
2 days ago

More than the Score - David Bellion gets creative in Paris - BBC Sounds

David Bellion spent over a decade in top-flight football, playing for clubs like Manchester United and Sunderland, before becoming Red Star FC's creative director, focusing on brand development and cultural connections.
English Premier League
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fromColossal
3 days ago

Street Artists Take On Monumental Infrastructure in 'Impossible' Photos

Joseph Ford's Impossible Street Art series combines photography and street art to engage with monumental infrastructure and energy production sites.
NYC music
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

From Brooklyn to the stage: Timi Dre brings a global sound to SOB's | amNewYork

Timi Dre blends Afrobeats, Konpa, and R&B, creating a unique sound reflective of New York's cultural diversity and energy.
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fromIrish Independent
3 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Design
fromDesign Milk
3 days ago

This Collaboration Is True Memphis with Modern Funk

Contemporary design embraces vibrant color and texture, reflecting emotional connections and cultural narratives, moving away from the drab palettes of modernity.
Music production
fromPitchfork
5 days ago

Nobody's Chosen: An Interview With Sideshow

Sideshow's album TIGRAY FUNK addresses societal issues through personal experiences and a unique musical fusion of G-funk and Ethiopian influences.
fromwww.nytimes.com
3 weeks ago

How John Slattery, the Mad Men' Star, Does Whatever He Wants

John Slattery, 63, moved to an apartment on Bank Street in the West Village after marrying the actress Talia Balsam in 1998. At the time, he had established himself as a character actor.
Film
fromArchDaily
1 week ago

A Community Art Ecosystem in Practice / MINOR lab

The project emphasizes the reactivation of spatial value within existing community structures, transforming building stock into community assets of public significance.
Renovation
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Melvin Edwards, Who Sculpted a New Vocabulary for Political Art, Dies at 88

Melvin Edwards, influential sculptor, passed away at 88, known for his innovative abstractions reflecting art history and the legacy of Atlantic slavery.
fromSPIN
2 weeks ago

Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart Go Beyond the Chamber - SPIN

All but one of the song titles on Body Sound, the debut album from experimental string trio Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart, line up nicely-a few words, usually two, usually nouns, separated by a vertical line. The straight line in the middle means different things in different disciplines. In computing, it's called a 'pipe' and serves as a conduit. In poetry, it denotes a pause or break. In music, it marks the beginning and end of measures.
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fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Remembering Glen Baxter, Pat Steir, Melvin Edwards

This week honors an absurdist cartoonist, a feminist artist, and a sculptor addressing violence in the US.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks ago

In Conversation with Malte Bossen! A Movement Of Change. - KALTBLUT Magazine

Pornceptual challenges mainstream perceptions of pornography, reframing it as inclusive, artistic, intimate, and respectful rather than exploitative or taboo. Its events, from Berlin to international stages, bring a sex-positive, body-inclusive ethos to nightlife. Strict consent practices, no-photo policies, and spaces designed for authentic self-expression create a rare kind of freedom - one that allows visitors to explore identity, desire, and intimacy without judgment.
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fromTime Out New York
3 weeks ago

This free art show in the East Village spotlights awesome work from senior artists

The show features pieces by participants in JASA's programs. The organization, which serves more than 40,000 older adults every year, offers art classes and creative workshops designed to bring people together while encouraging self-expression. The results will be on full display here, from paintings and textile work to other handmade pieces that reflect the artists' personal stories and styles.
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fromJuxtapoz
5 days ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Nat Meade's "Franklin" @ HESSE FLATOW, NYC

Nat Meade's exhibition 'Franklin' explores life's struggles and triumphs through figurative works reflecting personal experiences and themes of vulnerability and renewal.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

How does a creative residency impact your practice? Quite a lot, according to these artists

Her practice uses clay to bring people together with the "therapeutic aspects of tactile making". She first came to ceramics during university, where access to the department allowed her to fall in love with the practice. And so, Ciara is deeply cognisant of the importance of supporting those who struggle to access a ceramics studio due to various social factors.
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fromFast Company
1 week ago

This artist's work has been shown at MoMA. Now it's training AI

Michael Hafftka embraces AI by uploading his artwork to Hugging Face, viewing it as a collaborative opportunity rather than a threat.
fromColossal
1 week ago

How Do Artists Finance Their Lives? Join Us for a Discussion About Mason Currey's New Book

Mason Currey dives into the underexplored topic of how artists fund their practices and lives, revealing the financial strategies that have supported creatives through the ages.
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fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Kelly Anna shows why a successful creative career relies on risk and blind faith

Kelly Anna is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose work spans product design, sculpture, and collaborations, advocating for female representation in the creative industry while balancing motherhood.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

How a poet uses AI to write and why her work is now at MoMA

Poetry and artificial intelligence can appear as oppositesone deeply human; the other cold and mechanical. Sasha Stiles sees them as expressions of the same impulse. Poetry, the Kalmyk- American poet argues, is one of our most ancient and enduring technologies, a system of meter and rhyme invented to store vital information. She views AI as its natural heir. Stiles's path to AI began with literature, not code.
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fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Art Movements: Senga Nengudi Wins Big

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the painter and multimedia artist's birth, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is presenting a one-time award of $100,000 to four artists. Senga Nengudi won the Rauschenberg Centennial Award for visual art, David Thomson for performance, Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun for photography, and Patricia Spears Jones for writing.
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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

Even the edges: Jason Gubbiotti at RecRoom * Oregon ArtsWatch

The first things that struck me about Jason Gubbiotti's paintings at RecRoom were the small dimensions of the work, the relationship of their modest size to the artist's elaborately precise, often lattice-like geometric compositions, and their brilliant beguiling color. The work is also audaciously, unapologetically beautiful, and deeply pleasurable to look at.
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 weeks ago

An Interview with William Joys | Berlin Art Link

Theater exposes hidden power dynamics through the body's presence, with artist William Joys exploring these relations through 'The Actress' character who transgresses social hierarchies and blurs distinctions between subject and object.
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2 weeks ago

An Interview with William Joys | Berlin Art Link

Theater exposes hidden power dynamics through the body's presence, with artist William Joys exploring these relations through 'The Actress' character who transgresses social hierarchies and blurs distinctions between subject and object.
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 weeks ago

An Interview with Igshaan Adams | Berlin Art Link

South African artist Igshaan Adams translates memory into physical matter through installations, textiles, and performances that weave spirit and remembrance into materials like cotton, plastic, and stone.
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fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

Free Art Showcase: Massimo Mazzon's "Synthetic Realism" (Menlo Park)

Massimo Mazzon showcases 'Synthetic Realism,' blending classical oil techniques with digital aesthetics to explore modern representation and perception of texture.
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fromForbes
2 weeks ago

The Art Fair Zohran Mamdani Would Love: NYC's Affordable Art Fair

New York's Affordable Art Fair democratizes art ownership by making art accessible and affordable to everyone, challenging the wealthy gatekeeping that has historically dominated the art world.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Bay Area arts: 11 great shows and concerts to catch this weekend

From Super Bowl fun to the return of a beloved conductor and the Odo akland Interfaith Gospel Choir, there is a lot to see and hear in the Bay Area this weekend and beyond. A stroke of luck for Swims fans Teddy Swims is set to headline the Super Bowl LX Tailgate Concert presented by NetApp the NFL's top pregame party at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8.
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fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Gabriel Bond Kunu: Building a Career Through Systems, Art, and Self-Direction

Building systems that leverage personal strengths enables stable careers across healthcare communications, digital operations, and independent creative production.
Education
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

Portland Art Museum's Bold New Vision for Youth and Community Education and Engagement * Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland Art Museum transformed spaces to prioritize K–12 education with transparent, tech-enabled learning studios and youth galleries integrated visibly into the museum.
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2 months ago

Dave Malloy's OCTET Explores the Entanglement of Technology and Humanity - Washingtonian

In a dimly lit, dusty church basement, eight people meet and place their cellphones into a wooden box. Each member of the octet struggles with a dependency upon the very tool that enables us all to enjoy a level of historically unprecedented convenience - the internet. Like the characters, audiences are called to unplug and immerse themselves in the world of Studio Theatre's production of Dave Malloy's unique a capella musical, Octet.
Digital life
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

AI slop, begone! The viral musical virtuosos bringing brains and brilliance back to social media

Prepared-instrument and experimental solo performers are gaining mainstream attention through viral TikTok and Instagram videos, turning bedroom performances into large audiences and real-world opportunities.
Film
fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

Interview with Karimah Ashadu | Berlin Art Link

Tendered centers on MUSCLE, exploring Nigerian masculinity's ties to labor, class, patriarchy and colonial afterlives through intimate cinematic focus on Black male bodies.
fromItsnicethat
1 month ago

Unreal nature: Inside Mark Dorf's digital vivariums and infinite livestreams

Inside NYC-based artist Mark Dorf's project Late Pastoral, the ecological world is trapped in a rear-illuminated print. It's real - but something is off, it's been digitally altered, data-noise clutters images of glowing plant life. Shaped by the pervasive influence of technology, design and the rhythms of digital connectivity, even nature becomes at one with the unreal. Non-human nature is the main thesis of Mark's wide-spanning digital art works, offering reflections on our digital age.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Is this man the future of music or its executioner? AI evangelist Mikey Shulman says he's making pop, not slop

As the CEO and co-founder of the generative AI music company Suno, Shulman currently finds himself in the exhilarating if perhaps unenviable position of being simultaneously regarded as the architect of music's future and its executioner. Suno, which was founded just over two years ago, allows users to create entire songs with just a few text prompts. At the moment, you can't prompt it with the name of a specific pop star
Music
fromMission Local
2 months ago

Review: 'UNBOUND' at MoAD looks to the past, present and future

Nigerian American photographer Mikael Owunna's life-size, shimmering images of ancient deities in outer space set the tone for "UNBOUND: Art, Blackness and the Universe," MoAD's stellar exploration of the African diaspora in the eternal and the infinite. "UNBOUND," which runs through Aug. 16, 2026, is MoAD curatorial chief Key Jo Lee's most ambitious exhibition to date. Over three floors, she presents an African diaspora that is "unbound" from earthly and chronological conceptions of diaspora.
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fromArtnet News
4 weeks ago

Michele Pred's Art of Resistance Is More Necessary Than Ever

Going out and demonstrating is really important. But if you don't feel comfortable demonstrating, you can volunteer for organizations, you can donate to organizations, you can sign petitions, you can call your senator. There's no excuse not to be involved on some level.
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fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

There is no right way, just the creative way: Alex Tan on Mouthwash Studio's multi-media projects

Creative strategy requires flexible, multidisciplinary approaches that combine visual identity, editorial products, and physical spaces to enable imaginative teams and impactful work.
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

"Input/Output" by Artist Jacob Rochester

Jacob Rochester's paintings explore familial ties and intergenerational connection through music, blending photorealism, gestural marks, photographic sources, and layered oil glazing to evoke collective nostalgia.
Music
fromConsequence
2 months ago

Mark Tremonti on Future of AI: "This Will Be the Last Time You'll Know Art Is Real"

Expanding AI will make listeners and viewers doubt the authenticity of future music and other art, potentially overwhelming genuine creators with fake content.
Music
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

"What is My Hand in This?": A powerful call for a better world * Oregon ArtsWatch

Davóne Tines and Ruckus delivered a powerful, multi-genre concert pleading for a better world, blending spirituals, opera, and rock-infused period instruments.
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fromColossal
1 month ago

Itty-Bitty Signs and Portals by Michael Pederson Reimagine Everyday Urban Details

Michael Pederson creates playful miniature interventions that transform mundane urban and natural occurrences into moments of wonder and curiosity.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
1 month ago

Alexander Wang opened a new Asian arts hub with his mother in Chinatown today

A century-old landmark bank at 58 Bowery reopens as The Wang Contemporary, a cultural hub championing Asian and Asian American art, fashion, music, and design.
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fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

We Must Do More Than Simply Depict Our Lives

The Bronx Museum biennial spotlights representational works that center urban youth and marginalized identities, challenging mainstream narratives through sincere, everyday portrayals.
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fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Alexander Wang Debuts New Cultural Space Centering Asian Creativity

Alexander Wang and Ying Wang converted 58 Bowery into the Wang Contemporary, a restored Beaux-Arts venue showcasing Asian and Asian American creative expression.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on living more creatively: a daily dose of art | Editorial

Daily engagement in creative activities improves physical and mental health, reduces mortality risk, and should be prioritized alongside diet and exercise.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art for Dignity

As if demolishing the East Wing, gutting arts agencies, and slapping his name and face on several federal buildings weren't enough, the US president now wants to do away with a DC building known as the "Sistine Chapel of New Deal art." This week, we reported on a burgeoning campaign to save the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which houses murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, Seymour Fogel, and other major American artists. We will continue to follow this story.
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Artists Pay Tribute to Alex Pretti

A 37-year-old nurse, Alex Pretti, was shot ten times by border patrol officers while filming; artists create tributes and gallerist Marian Goodman died at 97.
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
1 month ago

'It's Not All About Me': Three Portland icons make a winning show * Oregon ArtsWatch

With most of us, 90 minutes of reminiscing wouldn't make for scintillating theater. Gert Boyle, as played by Wendy Westerwelle, is the exception to that rule. The late Gert came to fame when she took the reins of Columbia Sportswear after her husband's death in 1970 and also became the "One Tough Mother," with gray hair and glasses, of its comedic '80s and '90s ad campaigns. In one, she put her son, Tim, through a carwash to test the durability of a coat.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Ayelet Gal-On's layered textured paintings of white dresses capture wind and light; her solo exhibition runs March 3–29 at Gallery 9 in Los Altos.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

San Jose artist brings wind, light to bear in her paintings

Artist Ayelet Gal-On does not just paint; she builds, layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas. Gal-On's signature subjects for "Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light," her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 9 in Los Altos, are white dresses that appear to hang on a line, defying the stillness of the canvas. "I love the process of playing with color," says the artist.
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fromThesanjoseblog
1 month ago

Shared Arts Center Coming to Downtown San Jose

A new chapter unfolds for the arts in San Jose as Starting Arts prepares to relocate to two vacant buildings in the North San Pedro District this May. The nonprofit, dedicated to student arts programs, will transform a former courthouse and MMA gym into a vibrant hub called The Shared Arts Center of San Jose. Spanning 25,000 square feet at 99 Notre Dame Avenue and 92 Sharks Way, this space addresses the long-standing need for affordable venues where creative groups can thrive together.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

8 signs you appreciate art, music, and culture on a deeper level than most people - Silicon Canals

Some people experience art deeply, reacting emotionally and perceiving subtle artistic cues that reveal heightened sensitivity and meaningful connections to creative expression.
fromArtforum
2 months ago

Jean Katambayi Mukendi's esoteric technologies

THE TITLE OF THE KW SHOW is "RATIO." The term comes from economics, this idea of balance. But I'm applying it to the conflict here in the DRC, which is based around our strategic rare minerals. I'm talking about customs, electronics, space, minerals. In my country, we only ever talk about making phones, about buying a new phone. I advise young people who are looking at the front of their phone-at the screen-to keep the back of their phone in mind;
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fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere

Jean Cooney will become executive director of Creative Time; major museum leadership changes include Sally Tallant leaving Queens Museum, Yasha Grobman in Jerusalem, and Amy Sherald signing with CAA.
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fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Free Artist Panel: The Future is Collective (Southern Exposure)

Collective leadership, mutual care, and participatory practices enable artists and arts workers to support each other and sustain resilient creative communities.
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fromEast Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
2 months ago

Art / Tech: Postmodern Cultural Incubator critiques technology with art

A six-to-eight-month Cultural Incubator fosters anti-disciplinary collaboration, merging art and technology to critique current tech deployment and broaden who benefits from technological innovation.
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fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Vivian Chiu on Joyce Lin, Sylvie Rosenthal, Meg Callahan + More

Vivian Chiu combines precise woodworking and sculptural techniques to create optical forms through iterative deconstruction, reconstruction, and research-informed marquetry.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Somali-American Artist Speaks Out

Amid the savagery of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration - culminating in the killing of Renee Nicole MacklinGood - everyday Americans have shown incredible courage in pushing back against ICE's takeover of their cities. Joining them today are several Minnesotaart institutions that will close their doors to protest against the cruel treatment of their neighbors. You can read all about that today, plus a moving personal essay by Ifrah Mansour, a Somali-American artist based in Minnesota.
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fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Artist Paints Smoky Lounges And Quiet Strangers, Letting Halffinished Details Turn Viewers Into Coauthors Of The Scene

A wide-ranging visual roundup showcases creative reinterpretations, vintage design, activist art, photography, illustration, and humorous cultural works spanning contemporary and historical styles.
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fromwww.london-unattached.com
2 months ago

Yorke Dance Project Honours Modern Dance Pioneers

Yolande Yorke-Edgell prioritizes preserving and honoring contemporary dance pioneers through performances and mentorship bridging US and UK dance legacies.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Matt Midgley Paints Razorsharp Geometric Acrylics So Precise They Barely Look Handmad

Death Anxiety Comics Inspired By Our Fears "Sunkissed": Beautiful Feminine Illustrations by Emilija Savic Artist Creates Honest Illustrations About Relationships And Everyday Life Artist Yana Tarakanova Creates Superb Explicit and Bizarre Comics About The Society The Dark, Incredibly F*cked Up Comics Of Joan Cornella Chris Keegan by Cosmic Creatures 6 Feet Covers: Duo Artists Re-Designed Iconic Album Covers To Promote Social Distancing Artist Spent Three Years Painting Her Readings Mom Prepares Healthy Meals As Cartoon Characters For Her Son How To Teach Yoga Like Slav: Top 10 Drunk Yoga Positions
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fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

Artist Spotlight: Su A Chae

Su A Chae's paintings examine identity and belonging through paradoxical spatial propositions, cultural memory, information asymmetry, and balance framed as active resistance.
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fromColossal
2 months ago

Art is Better Together: A Letter from Our Editorial Director

Community art helps rebuild social bonds amid rising individualism and declining civic organizations, while nonprofit cultural publishing depends on member contributions for sustainability.
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