Category: ART & SOCIAL ISSUES
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Health concerns raised over Cuban artist and activist held in jail… LUIS MANUEL OTERO ALCANTARA
Source: THE ART NEWSPAPER Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison in June Gareth Harris 17 August 2022 Share Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. © Artists at Risk The health of the Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara—who was sentenced to five years in prison in June by a court…
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Wa-Wo NFT Giveaway…
Wa-Wo NFT Giveaway: Fall Wa-Wo NFT Giveaway… Win a Wa-Wo NFT worth $250.00 ETH The only thing you need to do is to Like as many Wa-Wo NFTs as possible from our OpenSea page : https://opensea.io/wa-wo The first week of September we’ll choose a random winner/address in a live event, streamed on one or all…
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Art & Activism: Artivism – Co-Create A World That Thrives….
SOURCE: ECORESOLUTIONS Where Art meets Activism MOVEMENT BUILDING “Art is a material act of culture, but its greatest value is its spiritual role, and that influences society, because it’s the greatest contribution to the intellectual and moral development of humanity that can be made.” – Ana Mendieta Artivism is where art meets activism. Art…
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Artworks To Discuss Social Justice Issues With Students
SOURCE: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART STANDARDS OF BEAUTY Rozeal (formerly known as iona rozeal brown), afro.died, T., 2011, acrylic, pen, ink, marker, and graphite on birch plywood panel, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase with funds provided by the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), 2015.19.243 Standards of Beauty What’s beautiful to you? What does…
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Artist Damien Hirst Will Burn Thousands of Paintings in NFT Experiment…
NOTE: Featured Image – Cherry Blossoms by Damien Hirst ARTICLE’S SOURCE: SMITHONIAN MAGAZINE A year-long project is pitting traditional paintings against non-fungible tokens by Molly Enking August 5, 2022 Damien Hirst Damien Hirst with pieces from “The Currency” Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd. Which is more valuable—a painting, or an NFT? Last summer, Damien Hirst paired…
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15 Beautiful Art Projects, Created to Raise Awareness for a Cause…
by Tara Hornor Jun 24, 2022 Beautiful art can be both awe-inspiring and intriguing. Some of it simply awakens the creativity or beauty inside of us all, and other stunning works of art makes us really think about deeper issues. No matter the level of intensity of the piece, great artworks cause most…
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Art in Protest at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum – June 23, 2022
SOURCE: HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION – hrf.org Art, creativity, and free expression are some of the greatest threats to authoritarian rule. Through its soft power, art can expose abuses and injustices perpetrated by dictators, and rally civil society around a cause. For this reason, the Oslo Freedom Forum has become a natural home for musicians, performers,…
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The romantic story behind a Russian photographer’s version of Klimt’s Kiss painting, restaged for Ukraine
SOURCE : THE ART NEWSPAPER Andrey Kezzyn recounts how hearing a tale of two lovers separated by the war spurred him to remake the famous art historical image Paula Erizanu 30 June 2022 For the past decade, the Russian artist Andrey Kezzyn has been creating photographs which he describes as “postmodern copies of Klimt”. The…
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Ai Weiwei- World-renowned artist: Every Day We Put the State on Trial…
Creative Time Reports Ai Weiwei: Every Day We Put the State on Trial By Ai Weiwei Beijing, China… April 15, 2013 World-renowned artist Ai Weiwei grapples with his 2011 arrest and continual censorship, expressing skepticism that the Chinese Communist Party will ever relax its control over civil society, and cautious hope that people are nonetheless beginning…