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Moi Aussi is Etnia Barcelona’s ultimate commitment to art. Bringing together artists from around the world, Moi Aussi reimagines a different kind of canvas – a pair of spectacles that seek to transcend cultural differences and ensure that the true purpose of art is not limited by any boundaries. More than 50 artists participated in the Art Eyewear project, creatively interpreting anonymous glasses with absolute freedom of imagination. Through a journey of exploration, choice of colors, materials and finishes, each artist shaped his or her own work, transforming an everyday object into a work of art. To further its commitment…
ArtCathy LesserInstallation view of works by Lorna Simpson and Ellen Sarrett at the exhibition “Day as Night: The New American Realism” at Palazzo Barberini, Rome. Photo: Alberto Novelli. Courtesy of the Aïshti Foundation. This 2018 ink and acrylic painting by Lorna Simpson depicts a series of blue-toned brick building facades in a photographic style. Day for nightRefers to a film technique where a night scene is filmed during the day, a classic example of cinematic technique. Currently, Simpson’s painting hangs in a dazzling neo-Rococo apartment on the top floor of Rome’s Palazzo Barberini. There, it is the focus of a…
Otto Dix’s work “The Lens is Bombed” war (The War) (Der Krieg) (1924), etching and drypoint (all photos courtesy of Natalie Haddad/Allergic） LOS ANGELES — Just over a hundred years ago, in 1912, Otto Dix painted “Self-Portrait with Carnations.” Two years later, the world in which this Renaissance-inspired work was created was no longer. World War I had begun, and the Europe of Hans Baldung Grien and Hans Holbein seemed unrecognizable. But Dix, the Nietzschean, knew better. Resentment and oppression were ever-present, fighting against the will to liberate. In 1914, they triumphed. That year, the world changed irrevocably, with effects…
At the recent 1839 Photography Awards, Flamingo Miles Astray’s (2024) won multiple awards in the AI-generated art category. It took first place in the People’s Vote Award in the AI category and third place in the AI-generated art category. There was just one problem: the photo was real, leading organizers to disqualify the photo from the competition. Astray submitted this real-life photo of a pink flamingo with its head wrapped around itself against a white background to the competition to demonstrate that human creativity remains relevant amid the rise of AI art. “The twist is this: the photo is as…
On Friday, June 28, a Banksy work – an inflatable life raft and prop passengers – was quietly unveiled during a concert by British punk rock band Idles at the Glastonbury festival. Video taken by concertgoers Photos posted on social media showed thousands of spectators crowd-surfing and lifting the raft above their heads as the band sang the pro-immigrant song “Danny Nedelko” (2018). The life raft, which held eight fake passengers wearing orange life jackets, was very similar to the ones used by refugees crossing the English Channel from North Africa and Southwest Asia to the UK. In 2023, more…
To receive Morning Links every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews communication. News Headlines Banksy under scrutiny. Home Secretary James Cleverly Said, Banksy An artwork simulating an immigrant ship was held high among the crowd. Glastonbury Festival Last weekend, the farce was “not funny, it was vile” and “a celebration of the loss of life in the Channel”. Sky News Cleverley dodged questions about how he could be so sure the work was hilarious, and whether it could be seen as a comment on his own inability to solve immigration problems, saying he was “determined” to stop migrant…
British artist Tracy Emin will be awarded the title of Dame for her significant contribution to the art world. Born in 1963, Emin is known for her intimate and candid style. As one of the Young British Artists, she rose to fame in the 1990s for her work: My bed (1998) and Everyone I’ve Ever Slept With (1963–1995) (1995), which taps into her personal experiences. Emin graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA and was included in the King’s Birthday Honours list alongside Imelda Staunton and Monica Ali.Last fall, Emin opened “Tomb of a Lover” at White…
Anton van Dalen, who in his unique and vivid writing chronicled the East Village’s transition from slum to gentrification, died on June 25 at his home in the community to which he devoted his life. He was 86. In his view, East Village is sometimes desolate, sometimes bustling, sometimes devastated, and sometimes full of secret life.[I] It always starts with the family, then the street, the neighborhood, the city, the world,” Van Dalen wrote in the letter. Allergic the critic John Yau wrote in an email in 2020. Indeed, he seems to make no distinction between practicality and aesthetics in…
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has hired Diana Nawi as curator of contemporary art, starting this month. Nawi has worked independently for many years and has organized several acclaimed U.S. biennials in the past five years, including Made in Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum in 2023 (with Pablo José Ramirez) and Prospect.5 in New Orleans in 2022 (with Naima J. Keith). She has also curated solo exhibitions for artists such as Mark Bradford, Michael Rakowitz, Adler Greer, Haroon Mirza, John Akinfara, and Shana Luckett. related articles Nawi has served as a curator at the Perez Art Museum…
Chilean-Swiss artist Francisco Sierra wins Art Basel’s inaugural People’s Choice Award for his installation Gubi (2024). The winning work consists of 48 wooden panels, each featuring a life-size guppy carved in concave relief. Exhibited by Basel-based gallery von Bartha in the “Infinity” section of Art Basel, the work reflects the aesthetic of the home aquarium and aims to critique recreational animal farming.Serra was born in Santiago in 1977 and currently lives in Cote d’Azur, Switzerland. His work is characterized by subverting everyday perceptions with a conceptual or surrealist approach. His photorealistic paintings use humor and satire to question contemporary life.…