Kaelen Wilson-Goldie’s new book, “Beautiful, Gruesome, and True” considers how art may operate as a proxy for political discourse in places where free speech has been suppressed. Continue reading
In the late 1980s, the village of Dafen in Shenzhen, China—home to a few hundred people—was set on an industrial course that would utterly transform the area. Over the past three decades in what is known as the “world’s art factory,” manufacturers have produced thousands of replicas of well-known paintings by Western masters like Vincent Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Edgar Degas. In a full-length documentary from Perspective, filmmakers render an intimate portrait of life in Dafen. More
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Decay is sometimes an unsightly signal that it’s time for last week’s leftovers to be expeditiously trashed, although not all spoiling leads to the compost bin or garbage. Bubbly juice and veins of mold are responsible for common fare like beer, cheese, kombucha, kimchi, and bread, and although our reactions of disgust tends to mask the more fruitful features of the decomposition process, spoiling can provide health benefits and also be visually stunning—we’re continually fascinated by Kathleen Ryan’s ability to blur the line between the beautiful and grotesque. More Continue reading
Nan Goldin and her P.A.I.N. group had led high-profile actions there. Continue reading
Klein published a series of groundbreaking photo books on New York, Rome, and Tokyo. Continue reading
Retinitis pigmentosa is a rare genetic disease that breaks down the retina and causes vision loss as it progresses. Like many with the condition, Yvonne Shortt was diagnosed as a child when she realized that her sight was different from those in her family when they wandered into dark movie theaters or looked at the stars at night, and she struggled to do the same.
Now legally blind as an adult, Shortt cultivates a visual art practice that involves shaping figurative busts from clay, moss, grasses, and other natural materials. More Continue reading
The venturesome filmmaker is also reprising his Ghost arts festival in Bangkok, with Christina Li serving as curator. Continue reading
Epstein exploited his relationship with Victoria Secret to gain access to young women, the series alleges. Continue reading
One of the more accessible mediums, photography has long been an entry point for those relegated to the periphery of the art world, and a group exhibition on view now at the Denver Art Museum celebrates those who helped develop and define the genre as it grew throughout the 20th Century. Modern Women/Modern Vision features more than 100 shots by some of the era’s most influential photographers—the list includes Berenice Abbott, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus, Eva Besnyö, and Imogen Cunningham—showcasing their distinct aesthetics, politics, and styles. More Continue reading
Lisa Bukreyeva Born in 1993, starts photography in 2019. I’m from Kyiv, Ukraine. And I lived all my life in Kyiv. I mostly shot street and documentary photography. Important to me to establish a connection between people and the environment in which we are. And if, in the end, a photo like this reflects the … Continued Continue reading
How the legacies of Négritude and Surrealism influence today’s Black experimental filmmakers. Continue reading
The Algerian independence movement of the 1960s forms the basis for the artist’s new works on view. Continue reading
Her installation at Rice University runs through August. Continue reading
Paris, France-based photographer Edouard Jacquinet explores the visual vernacular of office environments in his series, “Marguerites.” Published as a photobook by Art Paper Editions, “Marguerites” is as much an exercise in observation as it is a documentary project. “Rather than undertaking an unveiling, explanatory, or compassionate mission, I aim at creating a kind of ideal … Continued Continue reading
The coastal town of Helensburgh is located in one of the wettest regions of Scotland, averaging more than 190 days and 63 inches of rainfall each year, and it’s also the site of an architectural masterpiece by famed designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Built in 1904, “Hill House” is a modern construction with a focus on light and texture, and its facade is made of gray Portland cement rather than a more traditional and hardier substance like lime. More Continue reading
He is currently the subject of a solo show at the Cleveland Art Museum. Continue reading
The St. Jerome painting is one of the few stolen artworks to actually be recovered. Continue reading
He was one of the breakout stars of the MoMA PS1 show “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” Continue reading
Regardless of its unabashed tech culture, San Francisco remains a hub for analog artforms, hosting an annual festival that uses a 7-ton steamroller to print linocuts and housing one of the last remaining publishers of its kind. Arion Press is dedicated to the age-old practice of bookmaking, and with a small team of type casters, proofreaders, printers, and binders, painstakingly produces artist publications entirely by hand.
An episode of Raw Craft, a film series produced by The Balvenie distillery, visits the publisher with the late Anthony Bourdain as host. More Continue reading
