Main Gallery
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The Aesthetic and Conceptual Impact of El Anatsui’s Sculptures
Read more: The Aesthetic and Conceptual Impact of El Anatsui’s SculpturesEl Anatsui, a visionary originally from Ghana, blends discarded materials into breathtaking sculptures that, in themselves, advocate for change and prompt us to reimagine our relationship with the environment. His meticulous artistry serves as a vivid reminder of environmental challenges…
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I Have Never Eaten These Tiny Grapes by Zuoxiao Zuzhou: ‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Political Corruption
Read more: I Have Never Eaten These Tiny Grapes by Zuoxiao Zuzhou: ‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Political CorruptionZuoxiao Zuzhou is a Chinese singer whose accented, croaky voice is hardly ever in tune. But for his fans he’s the voice of a generation — one of the very few voices who dare to speak out. After a collaboration,…
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Conquest
Read more: ConquestConquest is a compelling new collective performance conceived by acclaimed artist Pope.L (b. Newark, 1955). It is inspired by his iconic solo crawls, where the artist dragged himself across a number of different urban landscapes. Navigating the streets and parks…
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Taller Nube
Read more: Taller NubeTaller Nube is an activist art-education program in Los Condes, Chile where artists work collaboratively with children to navigate an open learning environment in public spaces. In Nube’s philosophy, a park is a school, a museum is a school, the…
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Pantomime for Climate CHange
Read more: Pantomime for Climate CHangeReplete with an unmistakable look, intense silence, and mime-like moves, the Red Rebels are, quite intentionally, riveting. In the words of artist and activist Doug Francisco, founder of the Red Rebels Brigade: “We divert, distract, delight, and inspire the people…
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Abou Naddara
Read more: Abou NaddaraAbounaddara is a collective of self-taught and volunteer filmmakers involved in emergency cinema. Abou Naddara is the nickname for a man with glasses. It was chosen based on its use in Arab cities where ordinary people are identified by their…
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No Hate Crimes (Reported)
Read more: No Hate Crimes (Reported)For widespread distribution, each billboard would carry information relevant to its geographical location. Modeled on the “No Traffic Fatalities in ____ Days” signs seen in some communities. The information is communicated through the conflict of emotions these signs elicit: as…
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Social Reintegration of Prisoners in Spain
Read more: Social Reintegration of Prisoners in SpainMáximas de Seguridad, a survival manual written and illustrated by Jhafis Quintero creates a new voice for the voiceless, vulnerable and underprivileged groups in prisons and creates empathy for those that are labeled as dangerous by society. The manual aims…
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Beauty In Transition
Read more: Beauty In TransitionBeauty in Transition is an artistic project created by multi-media artist Jody Wood, that established a pop-up mobile hair salon providing beauty services including a hair wash, cut, color and/or style service to willing participants living in homeless shelters. By…
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Thousand Kites and the Criminal Justice System
Read more: Thousand Kites and the Criminal Justice SystemThousand Kites, a nonprofit organization based in the Appalachian region, advocates for prison reform through performance. The following excerpt is directly quoted from the Thousand Kites website: “Starting 1998, as host of the rural, Appalachian region’s only hip-hop radio program…
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Project 929: Mapping the Solar
Read more: Project 929: Mapping the SolarProject 929: Mapping the Solar Augmented Bike Ride as Performative Intervention May 19th through 29th, 2013 https://www.delappe.net) will be creating a new work of DIY durational performance which involves riding a specially equipped “long-tail” touring bicycle 400+ miles dragging pieces…
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Philando Castile: remembering his life through the power of art
Read more: Philando Castile: remembering his life through the power of artIt all started a few months ago, when the Minneapolis Institute of Art got a phone call from Valerie Castile. Castile is the mother of Philando Castile, the 32-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a police officer…