MUSÉE 29 – EVOLUTION
Evolution explores the concepts of progress, transformation, growth, and advancement in an age when images are taking a dramatic shift in the role they play in our lives.
Feminist superheroes have flown over the house of the patriarchy and raised the female flag, creating safe passage for those behind them. International Women’s Day claims independence and power for women, it creates a safe place for those who feel that they don’t have any.
Kyle Meyer is an American artist who uses a variety of materials and techniques. His latest work, created while in Swaziland on a Brandeis University grant, is called Interwoven. It consists of portraits of gay local men clad in women’s headdresses.
White bodies photographed in the nude have long since slid away from being controversial or risqué. They have instead become artistic and tasteful, especially those in the female form. Conversely, brown, male nudes still require justification to be viewed as artwork. The beauty of white bodies and brown bodies are not viewed equally.
From the controversy of this year’s Whitney Biennial, to the alternative for the cancelled VOLTA art fair, this is all you need to know for the ins-and-outs of the art world.
During a recent trip home, I uncovered my Polaroid camera — a treasure which I had apparently relegated to a hidden corner of my childhood bedroom for several years. I brought it back to the city with me with the hazy idea in mind of wallpapering my room with snapshots of friends and family.
Steve: The world is so different now, and losing this world of ice is now our biggest, inevitable, risk. Was this a factor in your selecting the images?
Eric: I've had these images in my life and memory for a long time; more recently in my possession. My father scanned his slides of Antarctica about ten years ago.
Enthusiastically embraced by critics and audiences alike, Free Solo won Best Documentary Feature against five other full-length documentaries nominated for an Oscar this year.The film starts as an intimate, unflinching portrait of what makes the singular Alex Honnold tick and ends as a nail-biter, a suspenseful, ultimately thrilling account.
From the return of Nokia with 5 cameras, to Oscars 2019, to the nominees for World Press Photo 2019, this is the recap of the news that you need to know from this week.
Inside Aura Rosenberg’s studio in Soho, the artist talked about her latest work, Statues Also Fall In Love that includes lenticular prints, marble sculptures and videos that explore the eroticism of classical sculptures and the timeless of desire.
Andrea Blanch: I enjoyed the film very much, I wish it had been longer.
Jennifer Stockman: We have so much material still. We have all this footage and so many great interviews with more artists and collectors that fit into our existing story arcs
From the Oscars dissing the film industry to Cuban artists protesting government censors, read all about the ins and out of the art world here.
“There’s certainly an ambivalence in the work,” the Singaporean photographer known simply and enigmatically as Nguan told us at Musée. “Many of the images can be read in dual ways. For example, the image of a rainbow painted on the façade of a public housing block may be viscerally enchanting, but it can also speak of the calculated way in which dreams, mood, and behaviors can be engineered.”
Dawoud Bey, Jess T. Dugan, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Shahidul Alam, and Zadie Smith have been announced as the honorees of this year’s Infinity Awards, organized by The International Center of Photography in New York.
Starting February 5, millions of Chinese men and women celebrate the Lunar New Year. Also known as the Spring Festival, this celebration lasts for at least three days and nights. We usher in the Year of the Pig--the last animal of the zodiac who governs prosperity, compassion, and generosity.
Andy Warhol stole the show with a surprise appearance in this years Super Bowl. The game, which is know for it’s high-profile advertisements had a Burger King commercial featuring Andy Warhol eating a Whopper, uninterrupted for 45-seconds and ending with the hashtag #EatLikeAndy.
Lillie Eiger is a London based photographer originally from Chicago. Eiger first shot behind the scenes for the band xx. Her work continues into the backstage of fashion shows. Type her name into Dazed Magazine’s search bar and her work continues to scroll .
