A new study completed in the UK and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council reveals — and you might want to sit down for this — that there remains massive underrepresentation of black and minority ethnic workers in the arts, especially if they also have working-class roots. The study, released […]
Artist: Margaret Parker Location: Taqueria Lupita’s Breakfast (lunch): MP – Chicken enchiladas meal (side of sliced avocado), chips & fixins, water SRS – Three tacos (al pastor), chips & fixins, Topo Chico I tend to enjoy talking to people who have led somewhat episodic lives – that is to say, […]
Gothenburg-born artist Carolina Falkholt raised eyebrows and garnered media attention last Christmas, when she installed a mural of a massive phallus on the building at 303 Broome Street on New York’s Lower East Side. Now the artist, who has spent much of her life and career as an artist, graffiti […]
This Saturday, I’ll be in conversation with artist Heloisa Pomfret about her practice and solo exhibition at the N’Namdi, which opened April 13 and runs through June 9. The talk will take place at 2:00 pm, this Saturday, April 28, at the gallery. Hope to see you there! Heloisa Pomfret […]
NARROWSBURG, New York — Most every artist must establish, to some degree, their relationship to the art canon. Some endlessly reference it, while others reject it; artist Allan Rubin, on the other hand, renders his artistic heroes into three-dimensional sculptures made from upcycled tin cans. Rubin really puts the “can” in canvas, […]
DETROIT — While some documentary filmmakers travel far and wide in search of a story to capture, artist Nicole MacDonald began her documentary process in the most straightforward possible way: by observing the human traffic visible through the window of her residence in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit. “I’ve been […]
Artist: Jon Phillips Location: Midtown Zef’s Breakfast: JP – Giant omelet, side of hash browns, whole wheat toast, coffee (creamer, no sugar) SRS – French toast, side of sausage, coffee (black) The point where Jon Phillips really caught my attention in our conversation was when he started talking about his […]
DETROIT — The exhibition Fluent in the Language of Dreams at Wasserman Projects picks up a project that Michele Oka Doner began 40 years ago. Doner is a native Floridian, but spent almost two decades in Michigan, pursuing degrees at University of Michigan and setting up an experimental studio practice. It was at the Detroit Institute of […]
Really very excited to be the humble emcee for this NOMADS Reading Series event featuring Kara Walker. I’m looking forward to introducing a whole coterie of people with smart and beautiful things to say in their native languages. I will be endeavoring, as usual, not to say anything dumb. WISH […]
The Gertrude Kasle Gallery opened in Detroit in 1965, and operated for 11 years out of the Fisher Building. During that time, the eponymous founder made a name for herself as a channel for some of the leading contemporary artists of the day to make their way into and out […]