In May well 2021, when images of hundreds of corpses floating in the river Ganga went viral, like several many others, artist Jayasri Burman was appalled. “It was an eerie experience,” states the Delhi-dependent artist. She adds, “Since no one is meant to touch the bodies of Covid patients, people […]
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Seattle Restored will set up artists in vacant storefronts in the hopes of drawing customers to different downtown neighborhoods. SEATTLE — A new Seattle program is aiming to pair vacant storefronts with pop-up shops and artists looking to sell their work. Seattle Restored is a joint effort between Seattle’s Office […]
Pastel drawings don’t typically go viral on the internet. But this month, thousands of Twitter users were mesmerized by a courtroom artist’s sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell – the alleged sex-trafficking accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein – staring at the artist and sketching back. Twitter users were disturbed. “I thought this was […]
Thea-Mai Baumann’s Instagram profile is an eclectic mix of pink-lipped selfies, David Bowie memes, colorful recordings of her hologram artwork, shots of skyscrapers in Shanghai and portraits of friends tinted in Valencia, Amaro and Toaster, all filters from Instagram’s early days. Baumann’s account, which operates under the handle @metaverse, features […]
Ed Sheeran is named the most-viewed artist on TikTok in 2021 days after festive track Merry Christmas enters the UK singles chart at number one By Brenda Dennehy For Mailonline Published: 13:53 EST, 13 December 2021 | Updated: 14:02 EST, 13 December 2021 Ed Sheeran has been crowned the most-viewed […]
The title of the U.S. pavilion at next year’s 59th Venice Biennale will be “Simone Leigh: Grittin“—and come fall, the artist will host a major convening, “Loophole of Retreat: Venice,” for the occasion. The new details about the eagerly-anticipated exhibition—Simone Leigh is the first Black woman artist to represent the […]