Latifa Echakhch Exhibits at Nouveau Musée National de Monaco

Above: Alphonse Visconti, Set model for Masques et Bergamasques, 1919 (detail). Graphite, India ink and gouache on paper, 28 x 55 x 40 cm. Archives Monte-Carlo S.B.M., on permanent deposit at NMNM, n°D.2010.3.86 Invited by the NMNM to create an exhibition for Villa Sauber before its closure for renovation, Latifa Echakhch devised an installation inspired...

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Fine Arts Department presents PROJECT THIRD & Studio Residency Program

Pratt Institute’s Fine Arts Department is delighted to announce two new summer residency initiatives. PROJECT THIRD: Residency for Research & Community Engagement June 25 to September 18, 2018 This new ten week summer residency program is geared towards artists/collaborative groups whose community work is research oriented and/or motivated by the desire to instigate social change....

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Bhabha/Wilson/Rasheed: A Conversation on Cultural Appropriation, Representation and Free Speech

Please join postcolonial scholar and Harvard professor Homi Bhabha and artists Fred Wilson and Kameelah Janan Rasheed for a panel discussion on the ethics and aesthetics of cultural appropriation, the ideals and limits of free speech and the politics of representation in the US today. The panel will be moderated by Leora Maltz-Leca, associate professor...

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History of Art & Visual Culture at RISD

2018 Tepper Chair event featuring Kara Walker and Rutgers MFAs as “The Perpetual Care Society”

Kara Walker began a 5-year term as Tepper Chair at Rutgers in 2015. There, she has created a graduate research group around Memory, Monuments and Memorials (MMM). The intention over the five years of Kara Walker’s term is to trace slave routes and the memories and memorials they have left. Last year the...

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2018 Sobey Art Award Longlist Revealed

Above: Flovers for Africa: Nigera by Kapwani Kiwanga The Sobey Art Foundation and the National Gallery of Canada are delighted to present the longlist of nominees for the 2018 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s prestigious contemporary art prize that recognizes and supports emerging artists from across the country. Established in 2002 by the Sobey Art Foundation,...

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Theaster Gates: Inaugural Distinguished Visiting Artist and Director of Artist Initiatives at Lunder Institute for American Art

Above: Courtesy Theaster Gates Studio. Three-year appointment will provide the opportunity for gates to convene creative minds and advance his practice, culminating with a major exhibition of his work at the Colby Museum in 2021 Colby College has announced the appointment of one of the most admired, influential, and innovative figures on the contemporary...

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Decolonizing Architecture Advanced Course: Displacement, Migration and Colonial Heritage

Above: Installation view of DAAR, Italian Ghosts at Venice Architecture Biennale, 2014. The struggle of decolonization, once primarily located outside of Europe, has today moved within its borders and peripheries. What the media calls the “refugee crisis” is, in reality, the incapacity of Europe to come to terms with five hundred years of colonialism....

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The Water Bearer: Chicago Based Artist, Candace Hunter Combines the Intersections of Identity and the Global Water Crisis by Daniel Dunson

Above: Detail from “Secrets, Refuge, and Safety” installation. Phototransfer collage on wood. 14″ x 14″ x 5″. The prolific work of multimedia artist Candace Hunter is rooted in her identity as an African American woman. Her pieces transcend binary accounts of race and gender, excavating nuanced intersectional themes that connect with history, memory, spirituality,...

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Candace Hunter Chicago Artist James Hunter Visual Art

Mark Bradford to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address

Above:Photo: Carlos Avendano. Courtesy of the artist. Renowned Los Angeles-based artist Mark Bradford will address the Class of 2018 and receive an honorary degree at Otis College of Art and Design’s Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at noon. Rosemary Brantley, retired Founding Chair of the Fashion Design Department, will also be recognized...

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Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded at the Block Museum of Art

Above: Hank Willis Thomas, Bleach and Glow, 1975/2008. LightJet print, 61.9 x 50 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery. Renowned American artist Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976) has consistently explored American consumer culture, particularly as it relates to African-American subjects. His projects often appropriate images drawn from advertising campaigns to investigate the...

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