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An ‘eye’ for trash? This Latino artist is a hit during Art Basel
Cycling around the streets of Miami gave David Anasagasti, an artist known as Ahol Sniffs Glue, the inspiration to place his signature “eye” symbol on pieces of urban trash he finds and give his followers a chance to find them and keep them. His newest concept is now drawing international attention through an exhibition during Miami Art Week that runs parallel to Art Basel. Art Basel, the country’s contemporary art fair that runs through this week in Miami Beach attracts high net-worth individuals from around the world and includes works of artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It’s not Anasagasti’s first time exhibiting during Miami Art Week, but…
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The music, joy and superpower of a multigenerational Latino family
In an age of big-screen superhero families like those of Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” Pixar’s “The Incredibles” and DC’s “Shazam!” Disney wants to flip the script on viewers and put the spotlight on an ordinary 15-year-old Colombian girl, Mirabel, who struggles to keep her extended superhero family together as they lose their powers. “Encanto,” which means “charm” in Spanish, is Disney’s 60th animated feature film. It tells the story of the Madrigals, a multigenerational family who live in the mountains of Colombia. Two generations of Madrigal children get magical powers on their fifth birthdays, which define them both at home and in the village. They can make plants grow and flowers…
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Women, Black, Latino and Asian artists help drive a mural explosion in West Dallas
Artists are making their mark in West Dallas away from the white walls of museums. They’re doing it through street art that showcases dozens of murals, many by women, people of color and others embracing the rebellious freedom of public murals and graffiti. Muralist Hatziel Flores is one of them. Street art “welcomes everyone. It never discriminates,” said Flores, a Mexico City-born artist. His latest work, a fusion of fine art and graffiti, features an indigenous woman in hues of purples and pinks with his Hatziel tag in cartoony lettering. It’s part of the curated cluster of work in West Dallas that has been expanding for years. “Street art is…
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Photography Exhibit at Weinberg/Newton Gallery Explores Latino Identity | Chicago News
For decades, Wendy Ewald has generally observed the very best method of storytelling to be by images, and with the support of small children. “I started my do the job in that way mainly because I was really interested in their freshness and their honesty,” suggests photographer and educator Wendy Ewald. Through the pandemic and this past summer months, she worked with Chicago learners from the Centro Romero Youth program, nearly, to use pictures to seize what it’s like to be a very first-generation Latino in Chicago. It is a aspect of the Social Transform collection titled, “Daily Life and Goals in the Pandemic: A Undertaking with the Centro Romero…
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