Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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At Frieze, Do Ho Suh and Brother Eul Ho Suh Explore Intergenerational Legacies in Korean Art
Read more: At Frieze, Do Ho Suh and Brother Eul Ho Suh Explore Intergenerational Legacies in Korean ArtSouth Korean artist Do Ho Suh is internationally known for his ghostly, diaphanous architecture and fabric-made objects, which create imaginary spaces that are physically present yet impossible to inhabit. His large-scale, immersive, but impermanent installations serve as “acts of memorialization,”…
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Missing Faces for Missing Girls
Read more: Missing Faces for Missing GirlsBorn in Nigeria in 1975, Péju Alatise, is a multimedia artist focusing on the experience of women and girls, particularly in her native country but with resonance across the world. Missing (2014), by Peju Alatise, is a series of panels…
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Album
Read more: Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ AlbumBeyoncé’s album Renaissance is grounded in black queer ballroom culture. It debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 and had the third highest album debut of 2022. Contradictingly, Beyoncé’s Renaissance features a wide range of music: disco, electro-funk, afrobeat,…
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The Swasticar
Read more: The SwasticarIt appears Elon Musk has enemies all over the world. The tech billionaire — currently the planet’s richest man and CEO of Tesla — has integrated himself into U.S. politics, becoming Donald Trump‘s head of a new Department of Government…
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Venezuela’s Journalists Adopt AI Avatars to Avoid Censorship
Read more: Venezuela’s Journalists Adopt AI Avatars to Avoid Censorship“Hello,” says the news presenter, as she effortlessly switches from Spanish to English to give her audience a summary of the day’s biggest stories. With her clear intonation, smart appearance, and friendly-yet-serious expression, she seems the very image of a…
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Chinese Core Socialist Values Graffiti in London’s Brick Lane
Read more: Chinese Core Socialist Values Graffiti in London’s Brick LaneThe graffiti made up of 24 stenciled Chinese characters sprayed in red paint against a white backdrop across walls appeared in East London’s street art haven Brick Lane on August 5, 2023. It was created a group of young people…
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Guerilla Girls, Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, 1989
Read more: Guerilla Girls, Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, 1989The Guerilla Girls are a group of feminist activist artists, who use facts, humor, and outrageous visuals to expose gender and ethnic bias and corruption in politics, art, film, and pop culture in their artworks. In 1989, they designed this…
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Las Restauramoras
Read more: Las RestauramorasSiempre Unidas is a feminist collective in the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico) that works partly through street art. In 2021, in response to the femicide of Victoria Salazar – a refugee from El Salvador who died in police custody…
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The Wisdom of the Universe
Read more: The Wisdom of the UniverseThe Wisdom of the Universe was painted in 2014 by Métis artist, author, and activist Christi Belcourt. Based in Northeastern Ontario, Belcourt is best known for her large-scale acrylic paintings — like this one — that use hundreds of thousands…
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Art and Restorative Justice: Transformative Healing Through Expression
Read more: Art and Restorative Justice: Transformative Healing Through ExpressionRooted in Native American and indigenous practices,[11] restorative justice is a set of principles and practices that aims to help communities heal from conflict and harm by developing a common understanding of the root causes and effects.[12] Restorative justice can…