The Social Justice Artist Behind The Powerful Portraits You Keep Sharing On Instagram
When Shirien Damra first heard about the death of Ahmaud Arbery, she started to think about softness. The 33-year-old freelance designer…
The Rise and Rise of Mickalene Thomas
The artist brings her radical inclusivity—and a new project called Better Nights—to Art Basel Miami Beach. Back in the summer…
Frida Kahlo Biography
Considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists, Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. She grew up…
Black Lives Are Celebrated In Bisa Butler’s Extraordinary, Technicolor Quilts
At the top of the Grand Staircase at the Art Institute of Chicago hang massive, colorful banners announcing the art…
Firelei Baez An Open Horizon (or) the Stillness of a Wound
New York-based artist Firelei Báez casts diasporic histories into an imaginative realm, re-working visual references drawn from the past to…
Wendy Red Star
Owning your power
Growing up on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Wendy Red Star was immersed in Crow culture and art. Her…
Romare Bearden
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and…
The Black Woman Artist Who Crafted a Life She Was Told She Couldn’t Have
At the dawn of the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage fought racism to earn acclaim as a sculptor, showing her work…
Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell
No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80,…
In Performances and Photography, Rebecca Belmore Faces the Monumental
As a multidisciplinary artist working in performance and lens-based media, Rebecca Belmore creates scenes of aching endurance and forceful grace….
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