Film still from Aamis Set in the urban bylanes of Guwahati, Aamis is at its heart, an unbelievably gentle tale of amour fou — both carnal and dietary — and the perverse repercussions that arise when there are moral obstructions imposed on its indulgence and expression. In the film, Suman, Continue Reading
Ancient engraved gem (© 2019 Christie’s Image Ltd.) The J. Paul Getty Museum acquired 17 ancient engraved gems from Roman art dealer Giorgio Sangiorini’s collection. The acquisition includes gems from the Minoan, Archaic, and Classical periods, along with Etruscan and Roman gems, some in their original gold rings. “The acquisition Continue Reading
The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. (via Joseph Morris’s Flickrstream) The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto, Canada, is changing its admission policy to diversify its audience. Beginning May 25, the gallery will allow free admission to all visitors age 25 or below. Furthermore, the gallery announced Continue Reading
Kayla Hamilton at I wanna be with you everywhere at Performance Space New York (all photos by Mengwen Cao) In mid-April, Performance Space New York hosted I wanna be with you everywhere (IWBWYE), a three-day festival “of, by, and for” disabled artists and writers. Its title pulls a line from Continue Reading
Shu Lea Cheang, 3x3x6, mixed media installation © Shu Lea Cheang. Courtesy of the artist and Taiwan in Venice 2019 Taipei Fine Arts Museum presents 3x3x6 as Taiwan’s representation at the 58th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2019. The exhibition features artist Shu Lea Cheang’s brand-new commissioned project 3x3x6, curated Continue Reading
Gaudêncio Fidelis, curator of Queermuseu (Photo: Lewis Jennings / Index on Censorship) It should come as no surprise that, when opening an exhibition exploring queer identity, there will be critics. In Brazil, where LGBTQI+ concerns were removed from the country’s human rights ministry’s purview earlier this year, when the death Continue Reading
Koichi Takada Architects designed the new gift shop at the National Museum of Qatar to imitate the shape and feel of the Dahl Al Misfir (Cave of Light), which is a Qatari landmark. The visual effect is impressive. More photos at Colossal (via Colossal) Grindr (the gay male dating app) Continue Reading
Jenny Lewis, On the Line Being a singer-songwriter doesn’t just mean typing lyrics into a word processor, alas. Performers must also craft musical environments that complement their words, voices, melodies, and chosen personalities. It’s a form that not only emphasizes lyrics, but cultivates the illusion of natural, spontaneous communication, and Continue Reading
Louis Fratino, “Kissing Couple” (2019), oil on canvas, 75 x 60 inches (all images courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co) Louis Fratino is a young figurative oil painter who likes to draw, usually in ink, crayon, and oil stick. His scale ranges from miniature, done inside the lid of a cardboard Continue Reading
David Driskell, “Festival Bahia” (1985), gouache and mixed media on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches (all images courtesy DC Moore Gallery) David Driskell, who is 87 years old, taught for many years at the University of Maryland. After he retired in 1998, the university honored him with the naming Continue Reading
Protesters calling for the removal of Warren Kanders and Adam Weinberg in a Puerto Rico themed night (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) On May Day in 2018, Puerto Rican citizens marched the streets of their capital city San Juan to protest the closure of schools and the implementation Continue Reading
Saved emails, Geocities pages, an emulation of Windows 98. These are all parts of the deleted web — the web that can’t be easily accessed anymore. And they’re all part of a museum exhibition called “The Art Happens Here: Net Art Anthology,” currently showing at the New Museum. The name Continue Reading
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