Twenty-five artists and art workers have announced that they are disaffiliating from London’s Zabludowicz Collection, citing the contemporary art museum’s connections to the Israeli military. On July 26, the twenty-five, all of whom have either exhibited at or collaborated with the institution, sent letters to the Zabludowicz Collection and to its affiliates, including Daata Editions, Daata Fair, and Times Square Space, detailing their plan to...

'ReAwakening' community art exhibit opens at The Commons in Viroqua  La Crosse Tribune Source link

Over-ambitious or not, Shaban says that back in May he and his family and friends could have lost their lives. But now, through an image that can rise above the violence and pain, he hopes they are on their way to turning things around and with any luck immortalising just one of the stories from Gaza. Source link

When it opened in January 2020, the Hood Museum of Art’s exhibition of Colleen Randall’s abstract paintings was supposed to run for five months, through the end of that May.Instead, the museum closed to visitors halfway through on March 14, initially for two weeks, then indefinitely, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Randall’s show, titled “In the midst of something splendid,” was effectively entombed...

Body art focus of F!nal Fr!day  The Independent Source link

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An art installation is brightening one of Manhattan’s busiest blocks. A Broadway debut blossoms for sculptor Jon Isherwood.READ MORE: Kyra's Law: Long Island Mother Pushing Bills To Protect Children In Custody Battles Involving Abusive Parents Along the famous street, in eight locations between West 157th and West 64th streets, are sculptures he carved out of seven kinds of marble. “Broadway,...

Ely's 40th annual Blueberry/Art Festival had just begun Friday when a violent early evening storm struck, upending tents, ruining merchandise and scattering it all over Whiteside Park. Organizers had little choice but to cancel the event heading into the weekend. Wind gusts of up to 89 mph were recorded. The community rallied to help vendors clean up after the storm and salvage what little...

The UNLV department of art is pleased to announce the Spring 2021 Virtual Artist-in-Residence Project ART TALK Talk talk presented by Los Angeles-based artists Beck + Col.  ART TALK Talk talk is an online art talk show modeled after classic late night shows like the Tonight Show. During their virtual artist residency, the duo has collaborated with the department of art to interview special...

The United States government sold the sole copy of the Wu-Tang Clan’s 2015 album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which had been seized from Martin Shkreli after he was convicted of investment fraud. In September 2015, Shkreli’s company Turing Pharmaceuticals acquired the patent to Daraprim, a medication used to treat malaria and HIV/AIDs. The company then increased the price of the drug by 5,000...

After delaying its recurring Greater New York show a year because of the pandemic, MoMA PS1 has revealed the artist list for the touted exhibition’s forthcoming fifth edition, which is now due to open on October 7. It is set to include 49 participants and place a focus on artistic networks in New York. Greater New York is one of the most important recurring...