March 25, 2023 Artists As we approach the end of International Women’s Day/Month, we share with you images from the protests that took place in Chihuahua, Mexico marking the day when women all over the world took to the streets to protest their oppressive, dangerous, unjust, and violent conditions in what could be all countries in the world. International Women’s […]
March 25, 2023 Artists As we approach the end of International Women’s Day/Month, we share with you images from the protests that took place in Chihuahua, Mexico marking the day when women all over the world took to the streets to protest their oppressive, dangerous, unjust, and violent conditions in what could be all countries in the world. International Women’s […]
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening:1. BR1 & GEC – Fieno e Asfalto (Hay and Asphalt) 2. Ai Weiwei – Studio Visit – Via Design Boom 3. Amy: Beyond the Stage Mural – Via The Design Museum BSA Special Feature: BR1 & GEC – Fieno e Asfalto (Hay and […]
Raised in New York City on the Lower East Side, artist Colleen Barry spent ten years studying privately with New York artists in their studios. Her self-funded education eventually led her to a residency program at the American Academy in Rome in 2011, where she studied old master paintings in museums throughout Rome, Florence, Naples, and later at the Louvre […]
March 23, 2023 Artists Today we look at an installation of cartoon flowers in Torino, Italy, that the artist hopes will raise awareness among people that we are being watched in public spaces more and more every day. GEC. “SISTEMA FLOREALE DI VIDEOSORVEGLIANZA 2023”. Turin, Italy. (photo © GEC) This public art project titled “Floral Video Surveillance System” is a […]
Barney Curran is a British photographer who was brought up in North Shropshire, England, currently living in East London. His eye is drawn to a variety of subject matter, fashion, portraiture, still life, landscapes, and yet there is something in the mood and atmosphere of each image which feels familiar. Have a look at a selection of work below.
“Tracing the Scars”, Know Hope: A Studio Visit At The BedStuy Art ResidencyYou can see the rupture, the built-up cells of swollen tissue around it, the soreness festering, never quite healing. Know Hope. Bedstuy Art Residency. Brooklyn, NY. July 27, 2019. (photo © Jaime…
Monika Orpik is a Polish visual artist based in Hamburg, Germany. In her recently published photobook, “Stepping Out Into This Almost Empty Road,” Orpik captures the ripples of change across the region surrounding the border between Poland and Belarus in the wake of Belarus’ 2020 presidential election and subsequent anti-government protests, and the ongoing refugee crisis. She is interested in […]
Keep Calm and DeColonize Four contemporary artists with native American heritage will be mounting a new exhibition in Amsterdam this spring called Indigenous Americans: Post Colonial Expressions. This is an excellent derivation of the typical grafftiti/street art story that we like to expose – especially when it is rooted in inviting more people into the room that continues to redefine […]
Tang Shuo is a Chinese artist currently living in Liverpool, UK. Drawing inspiration from his childhood in the village of Boulder Hill in southern China, his recent work is a journey through his memories of the people and stories he grew up with. “Boulder Hill is not just a physical place name, it is also the starting point of my […]