Art

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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Will This Creepy AI Platform Put Artists Out of a Job?

By Giacomo Lee on July 21, 2020 How do you use Artbreeder, and should you use it? When discussions of AI and its effect on the labour force come up, the creative industry usually shrugs its shoulders. After all, how can artificial intelligence accurately replicate an artist’s singular vision? It’s an understandable stance, but recent weeks may…

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I.D.E.A. Breaks Ground on a New Model of Art District

November 4, 2015 12:44 pm | Updated Dec 06, 2017 Yesterday, a new model of art and culture district broke ground in San Diego on the first phase of an unusual new concept. With no National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) grant or Art Place award but with funding from private investors, I.D.E.A.( for Innovation, Design, Education…

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Extended Reality: What Future do AR and VR Offer the Art World?

Potential of new digital technologies comes to the fore as 5G connectivity expands and specialist equipment becomes more user-friendly May 26, 2020 3:13 pm Imagine using your mobile phone to discover a series of new artworks from your favourite artist in real-life size from the comfort of your living-room. Or visiting the latest exhibit at…

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US House Votes to Create National Museum of the American Latino

July 28, 2020 at 11:25am The US House of Representatives voted yesterday to establish a national museum of the American Latino dedicated to the history and culture of America’s Latinx communities, which comprise nearly 60 million people. Introduced last year by New York representative José E. Serrano, the bill for the museum, which will sit…

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