Architects Asif Khan, Mariam Kamara and David Adjaye and artist Theaster Gates are set to transform Liverpool's Canning Dock in a project aiming to bring the history of the transatlantic slave trade into the ...
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Artists Jordan Casteel Among the 2021 Winners of the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Awards
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the newest class of 25 fellows to be awarded the MacArthur “Genius” grant, one of America’s most coveted accolades which comes with an unrestricted gift of $625,000. Among the 2021 ...
Yale Center for British Art tries to identify enslaved child in 18th-century portrait
A year ago this month, when it was still closed to the public because of the pandemic, the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) took a major step toward interrogating a controversial 18th-century group portrait in its collection centering on an early ...
At Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021 Vacant Lots Are Turned Into Stages For Experimental Design.
Addis Fine Art Gallery To Open Space In London
Block Party by Studio Barnes in collaboration with Shawhin Roudbari and MAS Context Studio Barnes created two structures on a plot in North Lawndale that are "born from Chicago's rich history of annual block parties". The first is ...
Fashion Retailer Asos Publishes First Ethnicity Pay Gap Data
Multibrand retailer Asos has released its first Ethnicity Pay Gap (EPG) data report, stating the 2021 median pay for ethnic minorities is 5.9 percent higher than their White counterparts. According to the report, the result is a 21.2 percent ...
Stephen Friedman Gallery in London now represents Canadian artist Tau Lewis.
KASMIN NOW REPRESENTS VANESSA GERMAN
Vanessa German, whose practice spans installation, photography, performance, sculpture, assemblage, and more, has joined Kasmin, which will present her work at Art Basel OVR: Portals and its High Line Nine space in New York this month. german ...
PRESTON PAVLIS REPRESENTED BRADLEY
Bradley Ertaskiran is delighted to announce the representation of Preston Pavlis. His first solo exhibition, titled Still ready to curse and rage, will take place from June 23 to July 31, 2021, in the bunker space. Preston ...
Christina Quarles Joins Hauser & Wirth
Los Angeles–based artist Christina Quarles, who is known for exploring notions of identity through her brightly colored painting of segmented and contorted bodies, has joined Hauser & Wirth. The mega-gallery will represent the artist in ...
Curator Joy Bivins Is Named New Director
By Colin MoynihanJune 4, 2021 Joy Bivins, who joined the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem last year, has been named director of the center. Bivins joined the Schomburg — a division of the New York Public Library and ...
Sanford Biggers unveils monolithic sculpture at Rockefeller Plaza
Oracle is a continuation of Biggers’ recent Chimera sculptures, a series of figurative sculptures created by combining African masks and European figures that explore historical depictions of the body and their subsequent myths, narratives, ...