Projects tagged
Arts & Culture
-
A Guide to the Afrofuturist House Music of Dirty Bird
Read more: A Guide to the Afrofuturist House Music of Dirty BirdIn 1996, filmmaker John Akomfrah created the character of the Data Thief as a narrative device to offer an insightful study of Afrofuturism in his film The Last Angel of History, which links Black musicians including George Clinton, Derrick May,…
-
I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matter
Read more: I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matterThis week, I got to make history. At 18 years of age, I received an honorary doctorate from the University of London for my work in climate justice, making me the current youngest holder of the award globally. Having not…
-
“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
Read more: “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced meaningful and restrained sculptural forms out of common materials. “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) consists of an ideal weight of 175 pounds of shiny, commercially distributed candy. The work’s physical form and scale change with each…
-
Emerging Indigenous artists are mixing tradition with an urgent, organized message
Read more: Emerging Indigenous artists are mixing tradition with an urgent, organized messageThe new exhibit “MESH” at Portland Art Museum features Indigenous contemporary artists advocating for change Visual artist, writer and activist Ka’ila Farrell-Smith says she considers herself a wartime artist. She is a member of the Klamath tribes and lives in…
-
Tel Aviv Museum of Art to darken galleries in protest on Thursday
Read more: Tel Aviv Museum of Art to darken galleries in protest on ThursdayThe Tel Aviv Museum of Art is joining the countrywide judicial overhaul protests planned for Thursday, March 23, and will darken the halls and galleries of the museum, closing exhibits to the public and canceling planned tours and lectures. The…
-
She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria Forman
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change: Introducing Zaria FormanOn this International Women’s Day, we wanted to celebrate the commitment of a very special human being. Her name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she…
-
Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrup
Read more: Climate activists target Emily Carr painting at Vancouver Art Gallery with maple syrupTwo climate change activists targeted an Emily Carr painting at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Saturday. In a social media post by the account Stop Fracking Around on Twitter, a video shows two activists dousing a painting with an unknown liquid…
-
Nan Goldin’s “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Showcases the Artist’s Defiant Activism
Read more: Nan Goldin’s “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Showcases the Artist’s Defiant ActivismLaura Poitras’s Academy Award–nominated documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) about photographer Nan Goldin is a powerful and thoughtfully constructed film. Focusing on Goldin’s work with the activist group Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (PAIN), it allows viewers to…
-
Why protesters disrupted London Fashion Week
Read more: Why protesters disrupted London Fashion WeekProtesters from Extinction Rebellion disrupted London Fashion Week last weekend (15 February). The group called on the industry to change its approach to protecting the planet: “We are asking not for sustainability but a complete reinvention of this industry in…
-
‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own Words
Read more: ‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own WordsIn Louis Armstrong’s study in the Queens home he shared with his fourth wife, Lucille, bookshelves were filled with reel-to-reel recordings he made as a sort of audio diary. Those tapes and his letters — read by the rapper Nas…