Projects tagged
Multi-issue
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City Forest Mural
Read more: City Forest MuralThe sneaker brand Converse has commissioned an indigenous artist in Australia to create a gigantic mural with a surprising twist. The Melbourne mural plays homage to indigenous urban identity and was painted with a special type of pollution-absorbing paint that…
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Khalil Bandib: Cartoons that Speak Truth to Power
Read more: Khalil Bandib: Cartoons that Speak Truth to PowerKhalil Bandib is a Berkeley-based, award-winning editorial cartoonist with a unique perspective. He critiques a myriad of topics, from racism and homophobia to foreign policy and the Patriot Act. Bandib was born in North Africa under a French colonist regime;…
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The Courtroom Sketch
Read more: The Courtroom SketchCourtoom sketches were, for many cases, the only glimpses into high profile trails that captivated the nation. Now, over 200 of these sketches by artists will be in the Library of Congress, ranging from cases such as The Rodney King…
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The Strangers Project
Read more: The Strangers ProjectThe Strangers Project is a celebration of the stories we’re surrounded with every day—both from the strangers we share our space with every day, and our own stories we carry. It’s about a connection with ourselves, with people around us,…
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“Graffittied Graffiti”
Read more: “Graffittied Graffiti”At a gallery within a shopping complex in the South Korean capital, a couple saw paint cans and brushes at their reach and use next to what was actually a finished portrait worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thinking the…
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HERE I AM festival.
Read more: HERE I AM festival.Four prominent Australian artists – Aretha Brown, Claire Martin, Kaff-eine and Jane Gillings – will gather in Canberra this Sunday, to discuss their art, activism and ideas, marking the closing weekend of Kambri’s HERE I AM festival. The Art Activism…
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Santiago Sierra will soak British flag in blood of colonised peoples
Read more: Santiago Sierra will soak British flag in blood of colonised peoplesThe Spanish artist Santiago Sierra is planning to immerse a British flag in blood donated by indigenous peoples from countries colonised by the British Empire. The resulting artwork, titled Union Flag, is intended to be an “acknowledgement of the pain…
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Seaspiracy
Read more: Seaspiracy“Seaspiracy, a documentary-styled film released on Netflix this week, intends to shock, and on that count it succeeds. The 90-minute exposé shows ocean pollution and its vast effects on marine life; it displays grotesque images of dolphins and whales being…
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Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World
Read more: Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the WorldMyanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and its…
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Colin Kapaernick
Read more: Colin KapaernickIn early 2016, I began paying attention to reports about the incredible number of unarmed black people being killed by the police. The posts on social media deeply disturbed me, but one in particular brought me to tears: the killing…