A digital exhibition held last month by Winston Wächter Fine Art, a gallery with outposts in Manhattan and Seattle, has resulted in accusations of White saviorism and exploitation of Black trauma for profit. The exhibition No more Blood involves a series of photos by Meghan Boody, a White artist, depicting Black people in New Orleans affected by gun violence. Boody’s …
Read More »Fitchburg artist making his mark around the Twin Cities and beyond
FITCHBURG-People are really starting to notice the extraordinary creations of artist Chris Bomengen on display throughout the Twin Cities and beyond. His works include a large -scale mural he recently placed on Summer Street featuring four historically related city figures. Lucy Stone, Alvah Crocker, Booker T. Washington and Charles Judson Becker were all featured on the long retaining wall adjacent …
Read More »‘You See So Many Lives Lived’: Watch Artist Rose Salane Gather New Yorkers ’Lost Things to Find Their Owners
If you’ve ever lost something on the New York City subway — an Airpod, necklace, pencil, or keychain — and suppose it was just swallowed up by the massive transit system, think again. Ever since she was a child, New York-based artist Rose Salane has been fascinated by “things that show the daily movements of people across the city,” and …
Read More »The Twins behind Kapp Kapp on Building a Gallery Program to Champion Queer Artists
Art Market Osman Can Yerebakan Sam Kapp and Daniel Kapp. Photo by Stanley Stellar. Courtesy of Kapp Kapp. Twin brothers Sam and Daniel Kapp work from two adjacent desktop computers in their eponymous Tribeca gallery. “We’re a team of two people, running the whole operation,” Sam said. Hidden behind Kapp Kapp — whose current show the group, “Lingua Franca,” features …
Read More »VAWAA Pairs Travelers With Expert Artists Around the World
VAWAA offers a way for travelers to travel deeper — and gain new skills as they do so. share this article EVeryone’s idea about a good vacation may be different, but one issue seems general: finding the “real” part of a new place. The desire to find authenticity and meaning during travel increased only during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people …
Read More »Artist Zuhairah McGill to Bring the SOJOURNER to the National Black Theater Festival in August
Barrymore nominee and winner and Artistic Director of the First World Theater Ensemble Zuhairah McGill brings her captivating Sojourner performance by Richard LaMonte Pierce to the popular National Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina August 4-6 at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art. More information about the festival can be found on the North Carolina Black Repertory Company …
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