Author: Juddy Miller

DETROIT – Art historians often credit white men as pioneers of modern abstraction, from Piet Mondrian to Jackson Pollock. But there is an alternative lineage of non-figurative composition built by women, people of color, and fiber artists: quilt making. As archives like the Quilt Index prove, for every straightforward, functional quilt, there are a dozen that boldly experiment with abstract form, color, motifs. and material, sometimes because of need and poor material, but sometimes because of joy, self-expression and artistic experimentation. Detroit fiber artist Carole Harris, now 81, can’t remember exactly when she learned to sew. “It’s always been there. I grew…

LONDON – Almost all political movements soften their influence over time. As the mainstream changes, the razor’s edge of contemporary debate becomes part of a longer timeline. By the time artistic production becomes a museum, it is over, firmly locked in the past. Women in rebellion! Art and Activism in the United Kingdom 1970–1990 is a classic example of this: a massive spectacle covering British feminism from the 1970s to the 90s, pressing different groups and causes into a neat timeline. This exhibition occupies the large galleries on the ground floor of Tate Britain and is overflowing with material, much of it…

LONDON – It’s one thing for a museum to commission a survey of its past colonial activity, as many UK institutions are doing after the Black Lives Matter movement and specifically the 2020 demolition of the Colston statue. Another is to encourage open dialogue to move forward as a society. This is the aim of the Royal Academy in the exhibition Entangled Pasts 1768–Present: Art, Colonialism and Change, which marries works from its 250-year history with contemporary responses from 50 RA-affiliated artists. His curation is at once academically rigorous, profound and emotionally moving. Although framed by the history of RA, which…

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain – As the world entered its first pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020, Javier Arce lived in a mountain village in Cantabria, a small, sparsely populated region in northern Spain. With supplies dwindling and art supplies running low, Arce gathered oil paint in her studio and began using wood to construct canvas bars. “I made myself an easel and began to paint what was around me at home,” he later wrote in an essay in his 2023 publication. from nature. Oil painting became a new focus for Arce, which he had previously worked with conceptual way using…

Since his creation in the 1940s, painter Francis Bacon has been known for his phantasmagoric compositions that seemed to emerge directly from his hedonistic lifestyle. Bacon had a famously mercurial personality, although some of that reputation is likely tied to him to the “transgression” of being gay in a less tolerant age. One of Bacon’s recurring subjects was his muse and lover George Dyer, whom he painted obsessively. Now, Bacon is bringing Dyer’s first full-scale portrait to auction at Sotheby’s, which is expected to fetch between $30 million and $50 million when the hammer falls. “Portrait of George Dyer Crouching” was…

After presenting an exhibition of artists from the 1913 Armory Show last fall, Lincoln Glenn and Graham Shay 1857 will return this spring with a collaborative exhibition to recognize the contributions of some of the thousands of women artists who were members of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA). Founded in 1889, the organization is the oldest collective of women artists in the United States and provides a community for professional women artists and promotes the work of its members through annual exhibitions, touring shows, awards, and educational and outreach programs. Throughout its distinguished history, NAWA members have included…

A man is suing the Tasmanian Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) alleging gender discrimination after being denied entry to a women-only art installation. New South Wales resident Jason Lau lodged a complaint with the Australian State Anti-Discrimination Commissioner after visiting the contemporary art museum last April, claiming that MONA’s “Ladies Lounge” facility contravenes Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1998. Created “for any woman”, the participatory experience “Ladies Lounge” by artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele It deliberately excludes male visitors as a commentary on the country’s exclusion of women from specific spaces. Before 1965, Australian women were banned from drinking in public…

Baseera Khan experimented with “acoustic sound blankets” during a summer 2015 residency at the Arts Center on Governors Island, New York, inspired by the ferry there. “I found that the sound of the large groups queuing to get on a ferry and then being on the water was really loud… And so I decided it would be a good time to create a kennel system for myself,” Khan said. Hyperallergic. The residency, called “Process Space,” was sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). Khan, a performance, sculpture and installation artist, conceived the idea of ​​connecting sound and objects to the…

The European Graduate School is delighted to announce the course calendar for the 2024 sessions in Saas-Fee, Switzerland (July 29-August 25) and Valletta, Malta (October 2-16). Join a unique group of returning teachers to learn with us in person or online, including: Catherine Malabou Mladen dollarSlavoj Žižekthrough ElieAlenka ZupančičChristopher Fynsk Avital RonellFrank RudaWonderful woubshetAchilles the DeadSven-Olov WallensteinJack Halberstam This year we are also very pleased to welcome teachers Jodi Dean and Kevin McLaughlin. See the schedule of seminars and their topics. Individuals may attend these EGS sessions as students enrolled in our MA and PhD programs or as guests. You…

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