Xaviera Simmons often employs her own body and collected materials in the service of her photographs and performances. Not to be mistaken as mere portraiture, however, Simmons’ works are explorations of the Black body in relation to landscape and other dimensions of non-linear space and time. Concealing and flattening her subjects with costumes and collage-like, abstract pictorial devices, the artist arranges archival photographs, printed textiles, and anthropological artifacts in configurations that highlight the power of visual culture to shape contemporary understandings of the self.
In 1970, Ruscha began a series of paintings made from stains. He experimented with a variety of materials (gun powder, dust, blood, among many others) to leave surface traces of different objects. The resulting images are negative shapes amidst blurry environments like Splinters and Seconal in which a grey surface is imprinted with the materials mentioned in the title.
Simon Lee gallery’s £10m debt revealed in insolvency report Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art market news Simon Lee gallery’s £10m debt revealed in insolvency report Records show the London gallery owes artists more than £1m—while US dealer Stefan Simchowitz demands return of consigned works Kabir Jhala 12 February 2024 Share Administrators BDO determined that Simon Lee Gallery has 153 creditors, from individuals to companies Courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery and London Gallery Weekend A proposal prepared by the insolvency practitioners managing the administration of Simon Lee gallery (SLG) reveals a fuller picture of the business’s debt while prompting further questions around its past dealings...
Van Gogh Show Break Musée d’Orsay Attendance Records—and More Art News Skip to main content By The Editors of ARTnews Plus Icon The Editors of ARTnews View All February 12, 2024 10:09am The Musée d'Orsay in 2016...
Protester charged for defacing African American Civil War memorial at US National Gallery of Art Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums & Heritage news Protester charged for defacing African American Civil War memorial at US National Gallery of Art A climate activist with the group Declare Emergency has been taken into custody over a paint-smearing incident at the museum last year Torey Akers 9 February 2024 Share Declare Emergency affiliate Jackson Green during a protest at the National Gallery of Art on 14 November 2023 Courtesy Declare Emergency Jackson Green, an activist from Utah, has been arrested and charged with defacing a memorial to Black Civil War soldier at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC last autumn...
A Portrait Revisited: 1986, 2006 - Video interview with Roderick McNicol | LensCulture Video interview A Portrait Revisited: 1986, 2006 These diptych portraits of the same person, same pose, 20 years apart, evoke the magic that is at the heart of photography and portraiture—and a short, insightful video interview with the photographer reveals more about the process behind this powerful series...
Supreme court ruling concludes lengthy battle over Franz West estate Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Artist estates news Supreme court ruling concludes lengthy battle over Franz West estate The Austrian sculptor's art will go to his private foundation, represented by Gagosian, overturning previous decision granting ownership to West's widow and children Anny Shaw 18 December 2023 Share Franz West in his studio, 2009 © roessle A long-running inheritance row over the estate of Franz West, reportedly worth more than $50m, has finally been resolved after the Austrian supreme court last month concluded that all of the Austrian sculptor’s art should be donated to the Franz West Private Foundation, which is represented by Gagosian...
The Bay Area's Best Christmas Cookie Decorating Supplies Are in Daly City | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer Food For the Finest Sprinkles and Cookie Decorating Supplies, Drive to Daly City Becky Duffett Dec 12 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link Joey Rogers (left) and her mother Jeanné Lutz pose for a portrait at Rogers’ Daly City baking supply store, Sugar ’n Spice, on Wednesday, Dec...
Over 400 Pyramids in Abu Dhabi Form Incredible Piece of Land Art Home / Art / Installation 448 Hand-Formed Pyramids Form Mesmerizing Mandala in Abu Dhabi By Jessica Stewart on December 10, 2023 American artist Jim Denevan has created one of his most ambitious installations to date as part of Abu Dhabi's public art initiative, Manar Abu Dhabi ...
Country diary: Prime walking country with literary connections | Walking | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Skip to navigation ‘Artists and writers congregated here in the Vale of Ewyas between the wars.’ The view over Capel-y-Ffin, Black Mountains, Wales...
‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news ‘Silence is unacceptable’: artists gather outside Art Basel in Miami Beach to protest ongoing war in Gaza Art community joins South Florida Coalition for Palestine's demonstration outside the fair Anny Shaw 9 December 2023 Share Activists protesting outside the convention centre on Friday were closely watched by dozens of police officers © Liliana Mora More than 100 Miami-based artists and members of the South Florida Coalition for Palestine, which includes groups such as the Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered outside Art Basel in Miami Beach on Friday afternoon to protest what they describe as “Israel’s genocidal campaign” against Palestinians in Gaza...
Space race fakery, a CIA manual and a 10ft man: group show in Florida reveals the art of deception Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 review Space race fakery, a CIA manual and a 10ft man: group show in Florida reveals the art of deception Boca Raton Museum of Art exhibition explores the evolution of illusion through a contemporary lens Torey Akers 8 December 2023 Share A fibreglass Merma (2022), incorporating a video projection performance by Dominique Bousquet, is part of Tony Oursler’s Creature Features installation Tony Oursler As Miami Art Week winds down, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is keeping the magic going with an enchanted offering: Smoke and Mirrors: Magical Thinking in Contemporary Art , a thematic exhibition that seeks truth through the lens of deception...
Cold feet? Why fewer investors are guaranteeing art at auction Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Market Eye comment Cold feet? Why fewer investors are guaranteeing art at auction According to a recent report, guarantees are down—what's happened?...
Dear Shaded Viewers, JESUS CHRIST! AT THE MOVIES is coming to Anthology Film Archives in NYC! Curated by filmmaker Jim Finn, who will be premiering his new feature THE APOCALYPTIC IS THE MOTHER OF...
100+ Photographers Help Raise Funds for 13 Orphaned Elephants Home / Photography 100+ Photographers Contribute Their Work To Raise Funds for 13 Orphaned Elephants By Regina Sienra on December 2, 2023 Photo: Ami Vitale/Courtesy of Vital Impacts “Lorok and Ngilai comfort one another as they explore the wilderness at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya...
Cortona’s 13th International Photo Festival — Summertime Bliss in Italy - Photographs courtesy of Cortona On The Move | Review by Jim Casper | LensCulture Feature Cortona’s 13th International Photo Festival — Summertime Bliss in Italy You’re invited to saunter through the curving streets of this Tuscan hill-top town while you discover 26 remarkable photo exhibitions on the theme of More or Less...
This Summer Cornwall's Eden Project has unveiled new permanent sculptural works by Julian Opie and Ryan Gander installed in the grounds...
After one season at the helm, the question remains: Can one of the country’s biggest contemporary-art collectors bring culture—and a pennant—to the Mets? Wait till next year… Plus, Jim Jarmusch and more in this week’s column....
Michael Stipe on His Collection Exhibition at the Outsider Art Fair – ARTnews.com Skip to main content By Andy Battaglia Plus Icon Andy Battaglia Deputy Editor, ARTnews View All March 2, 2022 11:49am View Gallery 10 Images When Michael Stipe first started engaging with outsider art, he was a young buck learning the curious folkways of Athens, Georgia, while on the cusp of fronting the storied rock band R...
Exploring The End Of The Golden Era Of Singapore Cinema Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Film February 24, 2022 By ArtsEquator (1,001 words, 3-minute read) Films as a medium and art form have always possessed great potential to convey crucial messages and influence the cultural zeitgeist of their times...
SEE WHAT SEE: BOYS' LOVE (BL) DRAMAS | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints November 13, 2021 By Lainie Yeoh I grew up in an era where queer films were rare exceptions and it was your holy gay-af duty to watch all the ones you could access...
Revolution for the Family: Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus on Pandemic Parenting, Art, and Activism About AFC Board AFC Editions Donate Art F City Revolution for the Family: Heather Bhandari and Nikki Columbus on Pandemic Parenting, Art, and Activism by Paddy Johnson and William Powhida on May 19, 2020 Explain Me + Podcast Tweet The Abrons Art Center has paid all their staff and performers during the shutdown...
Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters About AFC Board AFC Editions Donate Art F City Explain Me with Jonathan Schwartz of Atelier4 and Magda Sawon of Postmasters by Paddy Johnson and William Powhida on March 29, 2020 Explain Me Tweet Serkan Özkaya’s Proletarier Aller Länder (Workers of the World) 1999, Image via Postmaster’s Gallery...
Pier 24 New Publication—Photographers Looking at Photographs Available - Pier 24 New Publication— Photographers Looking at Photographs Available December 10, 2019 We are please to announce our newest publication— Photographers Looking at Photographs: 75 Pictures from the Pilara Foundation —is now available...
Weekly Picks: Indonesia (18 - 24 February 2019) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do February 18, 2019 Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Bali, Bandung and Jakarta from 18-24 February 2019 To celebrate the TiTian Art Space’s 3rd Anniversary, the art space and organization presents EXPLORATION , a group exhibition that serves also as an initiative to encourage artists to break boundaries...
Seen in New York, January 2019 | Painters' Table Skip to main content Seen in New York, January 2019 Submitted by Paul Corio on January 21, 2019...
Telling A Thai Tale: A Dance Dramaturg’s Take (via The Theatre Times) Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles November 30, 2018 “When I collaborate, I want to collaborate with the wrong person.” Pichet Klunchun, Thai dancer, and director reveals a glint of mischief behind his earnest and gentle demeanor...
Asian Restored Classics 2018: Revisiting the Past In New Light | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Made in Hong Kong (1997, dir...
Weekly Picks: Indonesia (6 - 12 August 2018) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do August 6, 2018 Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Bali dan Jakarta from 6 – 12 August 2018 We start this week with a rare Sumbanese traditional songs offering...
Xaviera Simmons often employs her own body and collected materials in the service of her photographs and performances...