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Culture, interrupted
St Louis American - Missouri
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August 15, 2025
Stay Informed, Stay Empowered in STL Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. For African Americans, the interruption of our cultural connections to Africa is...
Artsakh Cultural Heritage Ombudsman: We are facing one of the largest and most dangerous cultural genocides of the 21st century
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. We are facing one of the largest and most dangerous cultural genocides of the 21st century, as noted in a statement issued by the Artsakh Cultural Heritage Ombudsman. The statement points out that during and after the large-scale war of...
What to do in Auckland this weekend: Art contests, baby shows and family fun
The New Zealand Herald
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August 15, 2025
Where: The Arts House Trust Pah Homestead, 72 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough, Auckland. Visit artshousetrust.co.nz to submit your entry. 2) The Baby Show Anyone with a bun in their oven, a freshly baked bundle of joy or a tasty toddler should flock...
Abstract Painter Creates Colorful Works Inspired by the Beauty of Stained Glass
My Modern Met - California
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August 14, 2025
“MOSAIC-2” Creativity often builds from one medium to another, and British artist Jason Anderson knows this firsthand. His artistic journey began in stained glass, when he worked on several restoration projects for cathedrals in England. Although...
Alina Akbar’s art captures the soul of British working-class culture
Dazed & Confused
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August 15, 2025
Alina Akbar considers herself “a bit of an activist”. “I like to stay in tune with what’s happening in the world,” she says. The 24-year-old is a Manchester-based visual artist who uses multidisciplinary storytelling to explore aspects of South...
Check out these art shows in Boulder County this weekend and the week ahead
The Longmont Times Call - Colorado
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August 15, 2025
BOULDER AREA 15th Street Gallery: Featuring lithographs by Santa Fe artist Rodney Carswell; open by appointment only; 1708 15th St., Boulder; 15thstreetgalleryboulder.com Ana’s Art Gallery: “Summer in the Shadow of the Flatirons,” new exhibit...
Zaha Hadid Architects Designs Cultural Center With Roof That Rises and Falls Like a River
My Modern Met - California
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August 14, 2025
At this point, it’s safe to say that Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) stands as one of the world’s most innovative architecture firms. For years, ZHA has spearheaded sweeping, ambitious, and at times unexpected projects, encompassing everything from a...
Art House 360, multicultural community arts space, celebrates grand opening in Verona
Madison365 - Wisconsin
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August 15, 2025
A long-imagined vision for a multicultural, multidisciplinary arts hub became reality Thursday morning as Art House 360 celebrated its grand opening in a restored 1917 schoolhouse in downtown Verona. Mayor Luke Diaz called the new facility “a...
Allen Rosenbaum, former director of Princeton University Art Museum with a keen curatorial eye and astute administrative foresight, dies at 88
Princeton University - New Jersey
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August 15, 2025
Allen Rosenbaum, director of the art museum, emeritus, died at Calvary Hospital in New York City on Aug. 3. He was 88. Rosenbaum joined Princeton’s staff in 1974, first as assistant director of the University art museum to then-director and...
A Revelatory Alex Da Corte Survey Finds the Dark Side in His Buoyant Art
Art in America
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August 15, 2025
Most kids who are into Disney—which is to say, most kids in general—typically surround themselves with representations of Disney Princesses. But when Alex Da Corte made his first painting, at age 12, for the walls of childhood bedroom, he instead...
Queer and Immigrant Artists Reclaimed: U-M Exhibition Spotlights Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith
Pride Source
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Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith had a lot in common. They were neighbors. They were artists. They were pioneers in the geometric abstraction movement. And both struggled for the recognition their work deserved because of their identities. Now...
Best albums of all time by Black artists
Jack 94.3 - Washington State
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August 15, 2025
Best albums of all time by Black artists There would be no American music as we know it without the contributions of Black artists. Since the earliest Africans were brought to the Americas in bondage beginning in the 16th century, Black singers...
Visualizing a Sustainable Future: The Intersection of Art and Climate Justice
Inter Press Service
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August 15, 2025
Biodiversity, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals, TerraViva United Nations “Litter Flourish”- A collage by New York-based artist Juno Lam that...
Got to Baltimore Oriole by Marthalicia Matarrita article
Audubon
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Listen to the bird in this mural! Painted: 6/5/2025 About the Mural: In this mural painted by artist Marthalicia Matarrita, Baltimore Orioles perch amid a cluster of native purple coneflowers and sunflowers. As part of the Audubon Mural Project—a...
Indigenous knowledge meets artificial intelligence
MIT Technology Review
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August 15, 2025
Suzanne Kite’s AI art installations, for example, model a Lakota framework of data sovereignty: intelligence that emerges only through reciprocal, consensual interaction. Unlike systems that assume user consent via opaque terms of service, her...
Got to House Wren by Carla Torres article
Audubon
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Listen to the bird in this mural! Painted: 6/23/2025 About the Mural: In this mural by artist Carla Torres, a House Wren pops amid vibrant blooms of common milkweed. As part of the Audubon Mural Project—a public-art initiative drawing attention to...
WALLACEBURG ARTS: Chatham-Kent artist telling the story of her roots in PEI
Wallaceburg Courier Press
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August 15, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column Chatham-Kent artist Laurie Langford is shown with one of the doll heads she uses in her work. (Supplied) jpg, WC, apsmc In my previous column I introduced you to Laurie Langford, a local visual artist....
Got to Rose-breasted Grosbeak and American Tree Sparrow by Farid Hadechini article
Audubon
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Listen to the birds in this mural! Painted: 6/18/2025 About the Mural: In this mural by artist Farid Hadechini, titled “A Flight of Colors,” a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and American Tree Sparrow swoop over a colorful background infused with native...
Between Memory and Presence: The Quiet Resistance in Lou’s Paintings
The ART Insider
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August 15, 2025
Lou’s artistic practice explores themes of belonging, nostalgia, and alienation through meticulously rendered figurative works and portrayals of commonplace, often overlooked objects. Her “object paintings” serve as narrative bridges—connecting...
Four New York Cultural Institutions Bring Art to JFK International Airport
Art in America
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August 15, 2025
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP) will collaborate with four New York cultural institutions to bring art into John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 6 at a cost of $4.2 billion. The terminal...