News
Five Paintings That Changed How America Sees Native Identity
13+ hour, 33+ min ago (534+ words) Our Culture Mag Five Paintings That Changed How America Sees Native Identity Santa Fe, New Mexico, is home to one of the most significant art movements of the past century, yet one that remains surprisingly unfamiliar to audiences outside the…...
Maria Clara Laet on the Fusion of Brazilian Rhythms and Tap Dance
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (612+ words) For Maria Clara Laet, a Rio de Janeiro-born tap dancer and historian, the rhythmic landscape of the Americas is not a collection of disparate genres. Rather, it is a singular, branching tree, believe it or not." Laet, whose multifaceted career…...
Wangechi Mutu receives National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship
15+ hour, 49+ min ago (278+ words) Our Culture Mag Wangechi Mutu receives National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship Wangechi Mutu has been named the second recipient of the National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship, an initiative awarded by the National Gallery with support from Art Fund and delivered in collaboration…...
Dries Van Noten's Venice Foundation Thinks The Only True Protest Is Beauty
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (339+ words) Our Culture Mag Dries Van Noten's Venice Foundation Thinks The Only True Protest Is Beauty What does one do after 38 years at the helm of a wildly successful namesake brand? Exit and buy a 15th-century palazzo in Venice with one's…...
Getting Offline With Sofia Kavlin, Conceptual Artist Making Space For Unsent Letters and Subway Poetry
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (675+ words) You may have heard of Sofia Kavlin, a New York City-based conceptual artist whose work sits at the intersection of poetry and urban installation. Her "Unsent Letters Mailbox," founded on Valentine's Day in 2024, had the artist haul a wooden mailbox…...
Bridging Form and Function: Rasim Bayramov on the Intersection of Art and Design
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (445+ words) Bayramov's journey began in Ankara, Turkey, where they earned a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Middle East Technical University. This period was marked by an early mastery of materials and manufacturing. Their "Tuoli" chair, a high-grade aluminum piece created through…...
Beyond the Sovereign Gaze: How Animot Dismantles Anthropocentrism
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (491+ words) Our Culture Beyond the Sovereign Gaze: How Animot Dismantles Anthropocentrism In the heart of the Peckham arts district stands Safehouse'a Victorian residential relic etched with the scars of time. Once a derelict structure fading into urban oblivion, it now serves…...
Boundary Narratives in Design: How Wanqing Zhang Uses Design to Illuminate the Abstract Terrain of Cultural Silence and Creative Obsession
1+ week, 1+ day ago (185+ words) Design transforms systematic silence into a visual language. In Zhang's research on adolescent depression in China, Zhang identifies the "invisible shackles" created by a complex interplay of social forces. How was this invisible framework established, and why has it remained…...
Designer Harshal Duddalwar on Human Emotion in the Age of Automation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (667+ words) For Harshal Duddalwar, a New York-based designer and art director with experience across prestigious institutions like The New York Times, Pentagram, Microsoft and 2 X4, this is not just a technological shift; it is a call for increased intellectual rigor. With an…...
Qintong Yu's Multi-referential Pictorial Representations: The Multifaceted Self through the Art Historical Archive
1+ week, 2+ day ago (535+ words) Our Culture Qintong Yu's Multi-referential Pictorial Representations: The Multifaceted Self through the Art Historical Archive Qintong Yu's pictorial representations explore dormant human forces through Modernist attitudes towards the subject. Expressive, plastic, and formal elements are approached through post-Cubist lenses. For…...