**Lily Hope: Enhancing Chilkat Weaving with a Modern Flair** Lily Hope, an esteemed artist situated in Juneau, Alaska, is garnering attention in the art community with her modern take on Chilkat weaving—a historic craft of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast. With a heritage embedded in her maternal side, Hope has been significantly inspired by her late mother, Clarissa […]
S-21, also known as Tuol Sleng, is a harrowing monument to the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Once a high school in Phnom Penh, it was converted under Pol Pot into a notorious torture center and extermination camp. Between 1975 and 1979, approximately 14,200 people met their deaths there. For the sake of grim bureaucracy, each victim, […]
**Art Community Rallies Support for Ayana Evans After Devastating Brooklyn Fire** Members of New York City’s art community have mobilized to help performance artist and professor Ayana Evans after a fire struck the top floor of her six-story Brooklyn apartment building on September 8. The fire destroyed almost all of Evans’ possessions, leaving her and her partner, along with other […]
Art museums and cultural monuments in France, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Arc de Triomphe, are partially or fully closed to the public today, September 10, in response to a country-wide labor strike over proposed government spending cuts. The work stoppage follows the collapse of the French government at the beginning of the week, when Prime Minister […]
Nepal plunged into chaos after Gen Z-led protests escalated against alleged corruption and social media bans on September 8th. Initially peaceful, these protests quickly turned violent, escalating in Kathmandu where 22 individuals, mainly anti-government protestors, were killed, and hundreds injured. In the violence’s wake, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned, marking a significant political shift. Demonstrators breached curfews, targeting public […]
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts is currently showcasing the works of Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750) in an exhibition titled “Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer.” This Dutch painter, renowned for her flower still lifes, provides a lens into the interplay of nature’s beauty and fragility. Ruysch masterfully captures the essence of floral variety, integrating insects and small creatures into her compositions to highlight […]
Ken Gonzales-Day: Unveiling Historical Erasure through Art LOS ANGELES — Ken Gonzales-Day, a renowned artist and scholar, utilizes his work to address the historical exclusion of gay and Latinx individuals from mainstream narratives. His art, such as that featured in the “History’s ‘Nevermade’” exhibition at USC’s Fisher Museum of Art, is especially relevant amidst ongoing political efforts to erase such […]
Workers at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have announced their intent to unionize, seeking to address issues such as transparency and wage levels within the organization. The new NYFA Union aims to join United Auto Workers Local 2110, which already represents numerous art institutions across New York City. NYFA, founded in 1971, provides extensive support to artists […]
Artistic expression continues to carry us through turbulence with hope, especially during the bountiful fall season. As happy pumpkins return to the scene, a host of exhibitions beckon you to take a day trip — or even a weekend getaway? — from the city and experience the harvest of art for yourself. In Upstate New York, there are two remaining […]
Climbing Mount Fuji can be a monumental challenge at any age—after all, it rises as Japan’s highest peak at 12,388 feet. Nevertheless, Kokichi Akuzawa recently surpassed expectations, becoming the oldest individual to reach the summit at an incredible 102 years of age. Akuzawa commenced his record-setting adventure on August 3, 2025, accompanied by his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter, her […]