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Grant Wallace
Source artforum.com The mesmerizing art of Grant Wallace (1868–1954), a phantasmagoric amalgamation of theosophical tract, circus flyer, and beauty advertisement—all of which is shot through with a generous dose of science
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Andre Walker on Vivienne Westwood
Source artforum.com VIVIENNE WESTWOOD. Where to start? This writer was born in London, Wembley, Middlesex, to Jamaican parents and raised in Brooklyn from the age of six or seven. Canarsie and King’s Road are miles
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“Barbe à Papa”
Source artforum.com Perhaps the most conceptual of treats, cotton candy is a beautiful deception—all surface, textural fluff, and the taste of sweet nothings. Lending its name, en Français, to “Barbe à Papa,” an exhibition
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Jamian Juliano-Villani on Alex Katz
Source artforum.com SOMEONE TOLD ME Alex Katz swims every day. It makes sense, the strokes of wet-on-wet paint building up like laps across the canvas, a form of exercise. At the beginning of the show at the Solomon R.
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Carmen Calvo
Source artforum.com A partial re-creation of Carmen Calvo’s studio in her survey show at IVAM seemed like an artwork itself, not only because the wooden shelves piled with small plaster pieces, racks lined with mannequin
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Lithe Figures Cast in Bronze by Coderch & Malavia Mimic Gracefully Choreographed Movements
Source Colossal “Kymo.” All images © Coderch & Malavia, shared with permission From their recently relocated studio in Ribarroja de Turia, Valencia, Coderch & Malavia (previously) sculpt dancers and precariously posed figures frozen mid-movement. Swirling locks of hair sweep upward into the air, a long scarf billows sideways in folds and wrinkles, and a childlike character…
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Interview: A Prison Art Community On the Power of an Annual Exhibition in Michigan to Support More Than 700 Incarcerated Artists
Source Colossal “Self Portrait: Free Inside” by Jamal Biggs As abolitionists and activists fight to end mass incarceration and the horrifying conditions of life in U.S. prisons, individuals and organizations have taken it upon themselves to help those trapped in the unjust system. The Prison Creative Arts Project has been undertaking such work for decades, bringing its…
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Ebony G. Patterson Wins 2023 David C. Driskell Prize
Source artforum.com Atlanta’s High Museum of Art has announced multimedia artist Ebony G. Patterson as the winner of its 2023 David C. Driskell Prize for her contributions to the field of African American art. Patterson
