Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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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…
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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…
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“To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”
Read more: “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”Artist Nathaniel Ruleaux leads a community project called “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up” at the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha on Thursday. His son, Luca, 3, walks away after handing Ruleaux a print…
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Pan American Unity
Read more: Pan American UnityThe Stanford Daily: There is no word short of “spectacular” that better describes the experience of examining “Pan American Unity,” Diego Rivera’s 1940 mural, housed since 2021 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The piece is the…
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Say No to “Yellow Fever”
Read more: Say No to “Yellow Fever”New York artist Donna Choi wanted to create a “weird, memorable way” to discuss fetishization of Asian women, so she put together a satirical series about how to diagnose Yellow Fever—the specific obsession many Western men have with Asian culture.…
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The Fearless Collective
Read more: The Fearless CollectiveIn 2012, visual artist Shilo Shiv Suleman started Fearless in response to the powerful protests that shook the country in response to the “Nirbhaya” tragedy in Delhi, India. The work of Fearless Collective is to turn up at moments of…
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Long Live Freedom
Read more: Long Live FreedomDecades of institutional corruption, elitist exploitation, and social abuses have been sewn into the political fabric of Iran’s dictatorial Islamic republic and have moulded Kermanshah-born fine art painter Nicky Nodoumi’s satirical motifs. His sleight-of-hand and incisive visual commentaries often vilified…
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Animal-rights activist Le Fou Uses Street Art To Save Animals
Read more: Animal-rights activist Le Fou Uses Street Art To Save AnimalsAnimal-rights activist and artist Constantin Le Fou has made his ‘Vegan Club’ celebrity street art a Los Angeles staple. If you’ve been vegan for a while, then you’re likely familiar with the joke, “The first rule of ‘vegan club’ is:…
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“Supporting Ukraine Is Not a Choice, But Our Common Duty”: How a Group of Artist-Activists Is Supporting Ukraine From Warsaw
Read more: “Supporting Ukraine Is Not a Choice, But Our Common Duty”: How a Group of Artist-Activists Is Supporting Ukraine From WarsawIn 2023, it is impossible to be an apolitical artist in Eastern Europe. As war rages on in Ukraine, art serves as a powerful and necessary tool, according the members of the Sunflower Solidary Community Center in Warsaw: Maria Beburia,…
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The Problem We All Live With
Read more: The Problem We All Live WithThe Norman Rockwell Museum is very unique. It attracts people of all ages from all around the world to visit. I’ve heard adults saying “I remember selling that copy of The Post door to door!” or seen children’s excited faces…