Archive for June, 2020
By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 11:00 pm
In the serenely colored paintings of “Didactic Sunsets,” Scott Reeder’s first solo exhibition at Canada, food and flora go about their daily lives. In a room lit by dawn-colored light (Green Interior,
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By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 11:00 pm
Everything appears to be in a state of constant and inevitable change in the exquisite paintings of Maja Ruznic. A range of mark-making methodologies leaves the images wraithlike, insinuating echoes of
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By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 11:00 pm
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By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 11:00 pm
“Cosmically we find that matter organizes around centers, which are often marked by a dominant mass,” the gestalt psychologist Rudolf Arnheim once said, but “we cannot be grateful enough for living in
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By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 11:00 pm
PARIS, JUNE 1981. Germano Celant and I are drinking at a bar after the opening of his exhibition “Identité italienne. L’art en Italie depuis 1959” (Italian Identity. Art in Italy Since 1959) at the
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By: Art in America on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 7:02 pm
Before the dawn of the rotary cutter, cutting multiple layers and shapes out of fabric was a taxing task. Fitted with a revolving blade, the slim handheld tool transformed the quilting industry, allowing users to cut out uniform pieces of patchwork with greater speed and precision. Today rotary cutters are used by professional quilters and DIY-ers alike, with one of the most popular options... | Read More
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By: Dallas Art Dealers Association on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 6:50 pm
In 2019, Dallas Pride made the decision to move its celebration from September in Oak Lawn to Fair Park in June, the time of year most commonly recognized as Pride Month. This year brings yet another big change for annual event — this time for very different reasons. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Dallas … Continued
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By: Arts & Life on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 6:09 pm
Anaya's 1972 classic Bless Me, Ultima — about a young Mexican American boy and his curandera mentor in New Mexico in the 1940s — inspired a generation of Chicano writers.
(Image credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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By: Art Forum on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 5:07 pm
I FIRST HEARD OF LUTHER PRICE long before I saw him in person. Sodom (1989), his film juxtaposing Gregorian chants and gay porn footage that he had mutilated with a hole punch and then painstakingly
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By: Arts Journal on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 5:01 pm
Glaser scrawled the first draft of the logo in the back of a cab, in 1976, red ink on a scrap of envelope; the sketch is now, fittingly, in the possession of the Museum of Modern Art. He made it for a marketing campaign for New York State, in 1977, which was a tricky moment for the city in particular—it didn’t seem very lovable. In the final design, the typeface is American Typewriter,... | Read More
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