Tag: art
All the Good News I Could Find
Nine not-a-little-bit-bougie pieces of good news and nice things for the decadent extremist in us all.
Can Economic Impact Make a Case for Arts Nonprofits?
Nonprofit arts is to commercial arts what food banks are to supermarkets. Or maybe not.
Gainsborough Family Album: A New Look at an Old Master
At Princeton, new insights into subtly political portraits of Gainsborough family members.
At Driehaus Museum, Yinka Shonibare Fabricates Post-Colonial Identity
The artist takes over a lavish Chicago mansion, for a contemporary twist on Gilded Age excess.
Sackler, Altria, MacArthur: Ethical Quicksand in Big Philanthropy
Is our collective conscience bothered before we accept the gift or after the public outcry?
Nari Ward Uses Found Materials to Ground His Work in Community
The Harlem artist transforms items from his local community into profound and evocative artworks that keep their origins visible.
My Heart Doesn’t Belong to ‘Daddy’
Jeremy O. Harris' play, starring Alan Cumming and set in a pool, barely makes a ripple.
Five Reasons We Should Pay Attention to Egypt
A certain country has a lot to teach us about #NotMyPresident, blackface, revolution and mummies.
25 Change-Making Artists You Should Track During 2019
A second annual compilation of international and US-based artists making a difference.
First, We Dance. Next, We Decolonize Our Food Systems.
How the Indigenous artists of Dancing Earth are creating a movement...by creating movement.
Our Tech-Artist Future May Look Like Justin Stewart
At 28, art remains his backbone. Or is it tech? Or is it art? Or is it tech?
LIC Artists Pledge to Resist Amazon Art Washing
Cuomo, de Blasio and Amazon betrayed the cultural communities of Queens. An artist collective says no.
Jack Whitten’s Sculptures Are a Revelation
At the Met Breuer, he remixes materials and cultural influences into a gorgeous, very personal body of work.
Trigger Warnings at the Theater: Should This Be a Thing?
Isn't the whole idea of art to trigger something emotional?
Taking Notice of AFTA’s Arts + Social Impact Explorer
Artists drive social change? How do you measure it? Here's a new tool from Americans for the Arts.
Sculptor Ruth Asawa Wires the World
An artist, educator and activist whose legacy is nothing less than a redefinition of sculpture.
Athens Burns Bright: Cultural Industry Tour Set For 2019
US arts producers can now rediscover Greece -- post-crisis, and very much on the rise.
Masculinity, Identity and My Grandfather’s Rough Hands
"At some point, I'm going to have to decide when and how I want to stop being angry."
Look at the Activist Artists Who Actually Walk the Talk
Now is the time to get political. Some of us are already doing that. Brilliantly.
RIP RGB, RIP GOP, RIP USA
None of the second-rate white men currently on the Supreme Court will receive the honors given to RBG when they finally die.
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Herman Cain (and Republicans Unable)
And then there was Jerry Falwell, Jr., with his open pants, evangelical FUPA and his hands veering into prime side-boob territory with -- hey, doesn't she have a name?
