Aug 28, 2025
In photographer Alicia Vera’s portrait of her mother, Concepcion, she gazes skyward, her expression somewhere between curious and awestruck. The image has enough stylistic mottling and grain to obscure any sort of background, but Concepcion is clear: broad cheekbones,...
Aug 28, 2025
A Pennsylvania art museum is suing the Trump administration after the government terminated a $750,000 federal grant for collection conservation earlier this year. The Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia filed a lawsuit yesterday, August 26, against President Donald...
Aug 28, 2025
CHICAGO — Though Wafaa Bilal was born in Iraq and is based in New York, his survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Indulge Me, can be called a homecoming of sorts. In 2007, the accomplished yet underrated artist captured the art world’s attention with...
Aug 28, 2025
The African Union, an intergovernmental organization of 55 African countries, endorsed a version of the world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s scale earlier this month, as first reported by Reuters. The union said it would back the Correct the...
Aug 28, 2025
Between 1935 and 1944, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) spurred a unique documentary project. The government outfit, organized as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, provided aid to rural families during the Great Depression. The global economic...
Aug 28, 2025
Aug 28, 2025
Now in its 11th year, Boone Avenue Walls — founded and directed by legendary Bronx graffiti artist WEN COD — continues to beautify the Bronx, as artists from far and near bring their talents to several sites beyond its home base in West Farms. This past...
Aug 28, 2025
Globally, around 26% of the population do not have safe drinking water and 46% lack access to safely managed sanitation. Forced displacement nearly doubled during the last decade. In the EU, concentrations of fine particulate matter in the air have been consistently...
Aug 27, 2025
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Aug 27, 2025
As though seared into our collective consciousness, some images of the American Southwest seem to fully embody its inhospitable terrain, mercurial weather, and intense, challenging beauty. One of these would most certainly be Edward Curtis’ dramatic 1904...