COCO FUSCO ON MAGGIE NELSON’S ON FREEDOM: FOUR SONGS OF CARE AND CONSTRAINT
Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint (Graywolf Press) is a marvelous mix of theory, politics, and personal exposé. She wrestles fearlessly with the pieties of our…
“Under the Skin” art by David de la Mano in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium – StreetArtNews
David de la Mano was born in Salamanca in 1975, where he graduated in Fine Arts before focussing on Public Art for his PhD at the University of Valencia. From…
Is Showing Your Art in a Co-op Gallery Worthwhile?
Recently I wrote a post about the advisability of showing your work in a “vanity” gallery. This post has already received a lot of attention, comments, and questions. I appreciate…
Curator at Large: Exhibitions to see in July
After a short break, Rise Art’s physical exhibition programme is back. This July, we taking residence at 67 Great Titchfield Street (W1W 7PT) for a solo exhibition with South African…
Friday Vibes – 2023 Workshops Are Waiting!
Nov 11 2022 Things have really picked up this year in terms of international travel – from Brazil to Morocco, a couple tours in Africa, and all manner of points…
Nocturne Notes – Christopher Leeper
Nocturne Notes Christopher Leeper Night Wharf 14 x 18″ Acrylic © Christopher Leeper In our 2020 Voices of Experience interview with Christopher Leeper, we noted his facility with multiple mediums—watercolor,…
35 Secret Santa Gift Ideas To Make The Holidays Magical
The holiday season is upon us and that means it’s time for Secret Santa gift ideas! If you’re not familiar with the concept, Secret Santa is where a group of…
Wide horizons: The art of Joe Furlonger
At art school in the 1970s, a young Joe Furlonger was ‘happy just to be painting’ — an activity enjoyedsince childhood and a counterpoint to his work on the family’s…
Currier and Ives and the Joys of Winter
Share: by Cynthia Close Massachusetts born Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) was a lithographer who went into the printing business as a very young man to support his family. He initially found…
Travis Jeppesen on the 59th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Chan Tze-woon, Blue Island, 2022, DCP, color, sound, 97 minutes. ALTHOUGH THE GOLDEN HORSE traditionally serves as the most coveted launching pad for Chinese-language filmmaking, this year, because of political…