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Monthly Archives: March 2018

Artist Introspectives

The Most Public of Private Spaces

by Ahmed Mater | Mar 30, 2018

Artist Introspectives

The Most Public of Private Spaces

by Ahmed Mater | Mar 30, 2018

Artist Ahmed Mater discusses the influence of the public and public space on his powerful portraits of the Islamic world.

This Week in Art

Rob Pruitt’s “The Church,” Trevor Paglen’s Flag, and Joan Jonas’s Tate Modern Retrospective

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Mar 26, 2018

This Week in Art

Rob Pruitt’s “The Church,” Trevor Paglen’s Flag, and Joan Jonas’s Tate Modern Retrospective

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Mar 26, 2018

A look at this week’s art news, including “Rob Pruitt: The Church,” a solo exhibition and space for ongoing community engagement investigating the intersection of religion and public spaces.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Communicating en Masse: The Art of Activism

by Nick Kozak | Mar 23, 2018

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Communicating en Masse: The Art of Activism

by Nick Kozak | Mar 23, 2018

Educator-in-Residence Nick Kozak offers politically neutral ways of teaching on protest art and activism in the classroom.

Teaching History by Sculpting Experience: An Interview with Doreen Garner

by Brian Redondo | Mar 16, 2018

Teaching History by Sculpting Experience: An Interview with Doreen Garner

by Brian Redondo | Mar 16, 2018

In a conversation with film director, Brian Redondo, artist Doreen Garner shares the motivation driving her sculptural practice: to educate viewers about suppressed racist histories embedded in the foundations of a nation built on slavery.

This Week in Art

Yinka Shonibare’s Central Park Sculpture, “Word on the Street” in Times Square & LA’s Giant Neon Uterus

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Mar 12, 2018

This Week in Art

Yinka Shonibare’s Central Park Sculpture, “Word on the Street” in Times Square & LA’s Giant Neon Uterus

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Mar 12, 2018

A look at this week’s art news, including Yinka Shonibare’s new public installation, “Wind Sculpture (SG) I,” near the 59th Street entrance of Central Park.

In Plain View: Ian Cheng’s Live Simulations

by Eric Crosby | Mar 2, 2018

In Plain View: Ian Cheng’s Live Simulations

by Eric Crosby | Mar 2, 2018

Ian Cheng’s live simulations transport viewers to immersive fictional worlds populated with characters and communities whose behaviors the artist can condition but not control.