$62M Announced for Art and Humanities Projects Nationwide
Hyperallergic - A project bringing folk art to seniors in Indiana and a virtual museum of New Mexico’s art of the New Deal are among the NEA- and NEH-funded initiatives. - read more ...
Former Children’s Museum Director Sentenced for Child Pornography
Hyperallergic - Robert Eckert, former executive director of the Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester, Connecticut, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for distributing child pornography, acco...
Brasilia riots ravaged modernist design and art treasures
Domus - Many are the works on which the pro-Bolsonaro “vandals” have vented their anger, even seriously damaging them. With symbolic implications, they probably did not even imagine. - read more ...
The 18th-Century clothing that reveals hidden truths
BBC - Dress codes shown in 18th-Century art can tell us a lot about race and identity – both then and now. Cath Pound explores the surprising details hidden in the "Casta" paintings of Latin America. - read mor...
U.S. Officials Repatriate a Looted Relic to the Palestinian Authority
NY Times - As the object, a carved spoon, was handed back at a ceremony in Bethlehem, officials said it was the first time the United States had repatriated an antiquity to the Palestinian government. - read ...
The Blackest Black
bu John Austin
At the basis of Micko’s series of paintings, recently exhibited at Artifact, is the artist’s understanding of metamorphosis and mutability. This principle of linear flow and graphic black on bla...
Spotlight: Lorien Suarez Kanerva
“Nature is a source of beauty…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Lorien Suarez Kanerva
Paul Zimmerman: You are a bi-cultural artist. Does it have any impact on your work?
Lorien Suarez Kaner...
Spotlight: Jessica Patterson
“Time allows for anything to happen…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Jessica Patterson
Paul Zimmerman: What is the main story you tell in your works?
Jessica Patterson: Currently I’ve kept the concept...
Spotlight: Pu Wei
“Exploring the unknown…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Pu Wei
Paul Zimmerman: Let’s start from the beginning. What’s your background?
Pu Wei: I am Pu Wei, an artist living in Kunming city, Yunnan Pro...
Spotlight: Erica Bren
“Simplicity and forgiveness of charcoal…”
Paul Zimmerman in conversation with Erica Bren
Paul Zimmerman: How did you get interested in art?
Erica Bren: In my childhood, I would visit my horse on Koh...