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In Hong Kong, politics is inseparable from the art of filmmaking

By Shirley Lau on July 24, 2020 Five years ago, filmmaker Zune Kwok made a dystopian film about a cabal of pro-Beijing politicians in Hong Kong who plotted the enactment of a dreaded national security law to crack down on pro-democracy activity in the former British colony. This, as it turns out, is an eerie case…

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Check Out the Innovative Winners of LACMA’s Art + Technology Grant

From mythic navigation to generating new built and ecological environments, this year’s cohort seems prepared to take on the future. By Sarah Rose Sharp on August 13, 2020 Today, the Art + Technology Lab at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces the 2020 recipients of its annual Art + Technology Grants. The grant awards…

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AI You Ready for This? Bucharest Biennale to be Curated by Artificial Intelligence Called Jarvis

The 2022 edition will exist in virtual reality and use data harvested from universities, galleries and art centres to select artists. By JOSÉ DA SILVA on May 27th, 2020 12:33 p.m. Curators may soon find themselves out of a job as the Bucharest Biennale announced this week that its tenth edition will be curated by…

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Healing from trauma is possible, but it takes a relationship with your higher self to show you the path toward healing. At Lwando Dlamini’s debut solo exhibition, the artist’s energetic new paintings capture the experience of trauma and triumph. See photos of the show––on view now at @ebonycurated––at the link in our bio. ⁠⁠Shown here: Installation…

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Art for Change: 12 Black Designers Created Black Lives Matter Protest Posters

by VICTORIA L. VALENTINE on Jul 3, 2020 • 11:58 pm PROTESTORS HAVE BEEN MARCHING throughout the United States and internationally out of frustration, anger, and fear following the latest spate of police killings. Since late May, people have taken to the streets chanting Black Lives Matter and calling for racial justice, often facing violent reprisals from law enforcement.  The…

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Congressman John Lewis, the Civil Rights Icon and Lifelong Freedom Fighter, Was a Museum Advocate Who Recognized the Importance of Art and Artists

by VICTORIA L. VALENTINE on Jul 27, 2020 • 6:58 pm AN ENDURING IMAGE of the Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis (1940-2020) took a knee. It was the summer of 1962 and he was leading a vigil outside a “whites only” swimming pool in Cairo, Ill. Photographer Danny Lyon captured the compelling image and Lewis wrote about the moment and the climate…

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Carrie Mae Weems on Kitchen Table Series: ‘Not Simply a Voice for African American Women, but More Generally for Women’

by VICTORIA L. VALENTINE on Aug 13, 2020 • 6:58 am IN A NEW ONLINE VIEWING ROOM, Jack Shainman Gallery is showcasing Carrie Mae Weems‘s iconic Kitchen Table Series (1990). The photographs feature succession of staged scenes that explore female identity, experiences, and relationships in the context of a traditionally female domain.  Employing visual performance, image making, and a compelling narrative text, the…

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