Author: Iris

After 19 children and two teachers were murdered at DeRob Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022, art therapist Wanda Montemayor spent a year driving back and forth between the town and her Round trip time between homes in Austin is 6 hours. In August of that year, Montemayor launched “Tacos and Tiles” at St. Henry Church in Uvalde, inviting survivors and community members to create mosaic pieces in community art therapy sessions. Over the course of several months, Montemayor fired thousands of clay bricks designed by Uvalde students, teachers and families in her kiln, an initiative she…

Steven Mark Englander, a historic Lower East Side artist and longtime director of the squat-turned-nonprofit ABC No Rio, died in Manhattan on December 12 at the age of 63 , due to a rare lung disease he has been battling for more than a decade. . Among other accomplishments, Englander is known for leading ABC No Rio’s fundraising efforts to secure the property for a dollar after city officials threatened eviction for decades. The organization announced Englander’s death, saying he died “comfortably, painlessly, and surrounded by the two things he relied on for survival – his family and the ABC…

Hyperallergic’s Tarot Mirror series is a combination of tarot and astrology, a reading for a collective readership, combining cards of the main astrological symbols and grouped by their elemental associations, developed by AX Mina, it is the Five and Nine Producer of , a podcast about magic, work, and life. economic justice. With a special focus on art and creative practice, these tarot decks mark the changing of the seasons at each summer solstice and spring equinox.The winter solstice enters the Northern Hemisphere, a time when metaphorical winter occurs around the world. Mars has gone retrograde and we see only…

In 2024, New York City’s gallery infrastructure continues to feel the structural changes that began in 2023. Last year, all eyes were on Tribeca as Chelsea’s red-eyed art dealers either expanded into the chic downtown neighborhood or completely swapped their spaces for the greener pastures (and cobblestone streets) of Lower Manhattan. . To some, this year seems bleaker than last. Chinatown and the Lower East Side, often a petri dish for exciting new artists and project spaces, have suffered two major losses this year, with both Simone Subal and Helena Anraser deciding to close their doors permanently. Two months after…

Japanese chemical company DIC Corporation announced in a press release on Saturday that its board of directors has decided to “downsize and relocate” the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, which it owns in the city of Sakura, 25 miles northeast of Tokyo. August, art news The company is heavily in debt and is reassessing the future of the museum, the report said. In a press release issued on December 26, the company said that the downsizing plan will allow DIC to sell 25% of the 384 works it owns at the museum. DIC has projects with a total value…

For the inaugural Booooooom Illustration Awards powered by Format, we have selected 5 winners, one in each of the following categories: Editorial, Personal, Product & Packaging, Advertising & Promotion, Student. Now we are pleased to introduce to you the winner of the Product & Packaging category, Cen Jun. Jun Cen is a New York-based illustrator from Guangzhou, China. He is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and holds an MFA in Illustration Practice. His clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, A24, The Washington Post, Apple, and more. A huge thank you to Format for…

As the year 2024 winds down, it’s the perfect time to reflect on artists who have created interesting works. Among them is Fariba Safai, an artist whose work draws deeply from her own story, a narrative shaped by duality, migration, and resilience. Born in Tehran during the upheaval of the Iranian Revolution, Safai’s early years were marked by profound cultural and political change. Her family’s eventual move to California brought her to a very different world—one where the natural beauty of her surroundings became a sanctuary and an enduring source of inspiration. Safai’s art is a reflection of her journey,…

DETROIT – Food has always played a vital role in nurturing and sustaining community. This is an important part of cultural heritage: the way food is prepared, served and shared is often communal and ritualistic. Food tells us stories – whether personal, historical or social. Food culture is an art form. The Art of Dining: Food Culture in the Islamic WorldCurrently on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the work transforms meals into narrative experiences, demonstrating how food not only connects people to their roots, but also to each other. The exhibition showcases nearly 230 works from 30 public…

Seattle — in edge becomes center At the Frye Museum of Art, Mary Ann Peters invokes suppressed mass murders and forgotten histories of the diaspora. This is the first solo museum exhibition for the second-generation Lebanese-American artist, showcasing her series of paintings This trembling turf (2016-21), as well as site-specific installations. The drawings—dense sketches in white ink on black clay panels, each titled with the series title followed by a unique subtitle—depict in some cases bizarre landscape abstractions (for example, those subtitled “ “Shallows” and “Depths”), while others depict strange landscape abstractions. , such as “(surge)” and “(burst)”, imply related…

Hanukkah lights, Italy (19th century) (Photo from Jewish Museum)What do we celebrate on Hanukkah? After a quick mention of the miraculous temple oil jars that burned for eight days, many sources will tell you it is about the incredible victory of the Maccabees in the face of persecution by the Assyrians (Syrian Greeks) who were ruling at the time Fight for Jewish religious freedom. The land of Judah. The centerpiece of the festival is the menorah, an eight-branched candlestick that we light each night, adding one candle each day, until it is fully burned on the eighth and final night.…