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Marc Chagall & His 12 stained glass windows in Jerusalem

Installations, Light, Other / 5 minutes of reading

In early 1962, renowned artist Marc Chagall stood in the synagogue at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers in Jerusalem. Above him were twelve stained-glass windows that he had designed himself. It was this where he delivered a touching speech. Chagall had an audience of about three hundred people as he installed the windows, including the …

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Richard Artschwager’s blps in empty & useless spaces

Other / 2 minutes of reading

For over three decades, Richard Artschwager (1923-2013) had stayed in the New York scene without a fair recognition of his work. People identified him with minimalism, conceptualism, and pop art without relating to him any category. He had been making sculptures resembling furniture out of wood grain Formica and smudged soot paintings. In 1988, his …

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Emily Jacir - Where We Come From (Munir), 2001-2003, Chromogenic print and text panel, feat

Emily Jacir’s Where we come from & The power of her passport

Mixed media, Other / 3 minutes of reading

Armed with an American passport, Emily Jacir knew she could do something to liberate fellow Palestinians to better their lives. So, when she asked them if there was anything she could do for them right there in Palestine, anywhere in Palestine, she had prepared herself for the sacrifice. Her American passport was the tool that …

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Omer Fast’s Godville – Floating between present & past

Other / 3 minutes of reading

Driven by a desire to tell history as it is, Omer Fast embarked on the Godville project. Before then, his obsession had been to change how conventional documentaries distort and misrepresent the reality of history. His idea of telling a history story is to do it with elegance, humor, and an overlap that would get …

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Barbara Kruger’s I shop therefore I am – What you should know

Other / 5 minutes of reading

I Shop Therefore I Am (1987) is the work of Barbara Kruger. It became an iconic artwork, being reproduced on items such as shopping bags and other consumer products such as t-shirts. Kruger has often derived images from the mass media and pasted the words over them, particularly in Futura Bold. She then uses advertising …

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The 10 best works of Shanghai’s West Bund Art Fair 2019

Ceramics, Paintings, Photography, Sculptures / 1 minute of reading

West Bund Art & Design fair shows modern and contemporary art in Shanghai. Well-known local artist Zhou Tiehai, previously director of the Minsheng Art Museum in Shanghai, established it in 2014. Now, West Bund is one of the major Asian fairs, hosting more than 100 galleries from Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Along with numerous …

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Why Jenny Holzer’s Inflammatory Essays matter

Other / 4 minutes of reading

The American artist and political activist, Jenny Holzer has racked up a reputation for herself for her Inflammatory Essays over the years. From 1977 to 1982, her text-based Inflammatory Essays were typically displayed for the public in the formula of simply worded statements printed in bold. As a result of her contribution to the artwork, …

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Mark Bradford’s chaotic Helter Skelter collages

Other / 5 minutes of reading

Collage is the art of using discarded or waste paper to create artworks, often using recycling waste paper. One just cannot believe what impressive pieces can be made using these. Two of these masterpieces are Helter Skelter I and Helter Skelter II that have challenged the way waste paper can be used. Mark Bradford, the …

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Why did Andy Warhol die?

Other / 17 minutes of reading

Andy Warhol was a renowned pop artist. He is a Pennsylvanian native, having been born in Pittsburgh on August 6, 1928. His parents were Ondrej Warhola, an emigrant coal worker, and Julia. Warhol feared hospitals and doctors since his childhood, and for this reason, he would be bedridden when he fell sick. He completed his …

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Sister Corita Kent’s Rules For Creatives – Why they matter today

Other / 4 minutes of reading

Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986) was a Roman Catholic nun and one of the most unusual artists of her time. Kent lived in Los Angeles, where she befriended contemporaries such as Alfred Hitchcock, John Cage, and Buckminster Fuller. Inspired by Andy Warhol, she started creating pop-art herself, specializing in printmaking and social activism. Watch this video …

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Huang Yong Ping’s washing machine washed these two books

Other / 3 minutes of reading

The inscription on the exterior of the machine says: Two years ago, I found this washing machine on rue Carpeaux, but it is not functional. I’ve used it once for washing clothes and once for washing books. Now it is the time to throw it away, herby noted down. Imagine inserting two historical books representing …

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How Hans Haacke took on the Rockefellers with his MoMA Poll

Other / 2 minutes of reading

3 min 37 sec Hans Haacke was born in 1936 in Cologne, Germany. He studied at Staatliche Werkakademie in Kassel and later on worked as a guard and tour guide on the second documenta in 1959 in the same city. All this under the apprenticeship of, a well-known and rather …

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Theaster Gates buys entire bank for $1 and transforms it into ..

Other / 3 minutes of reading

Many people would have no future plans for a bank building that had been abandoned for close to a century. Not Theaster Gates; he saw the crumbling walls, collapsed roof, and run-down interiors as the perfect canvas. Like other buildings in Chicago that had no hope of ever being used again, the 1920s bank on …

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Snarkitecture - Sway, 2019, 168 responsive LED spheres feat

Snarkitecture’s remarkable & interactive NYC installation Sway

Installations, Light, Technology / 3 minutes of reading

Snarkitecture’s new creation – Sway – is a massive piece of art that only needs a touch to light up into blue. Sway is a collection of 168 white round orbs. The immersive installation is for a gallery located at Intersect. At first, you may not feel like touching the art. However, the reaction you …

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Arthur Jafa: Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

Other / 3 minutes of reading

For an artist who has been fighting for the recognition of black art and black visual culture for decades, the breakthrough in the form of enjoying the art scene spotlight is victory. This is where Arthur Jafa and his Love is the message are in terms of appreciation for his work. Days after the election …

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What is Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree all about?

Other / 2 minutes of reading

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree project has been exhibited in some of the world’s best museums including the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Yoko Ono, who wears many hats, including musician, artist and peace activist, invites visitors to write down their wishes and desires on small pieces of paper before attaching these written wishes on …

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Mercedes Cabral in Isaac Julien's Playtime, 2014, Seven screen ultra high definition video installation with 7.1 surround sound, 66 min 57 sec.

Isaac Julien’s Playtime – A story of capitalism & crisis

Mixed media, Other, Photography / 5 minutes of reading

Playtime by Isaac Julien is an artwork that seeks to explore and bring to light the subject of capitalism. It consists of a seven-screen installation that was shot at Victoria Miro Wharf road in London. Amongst some of the prominent actors featured in this work are Merced Cabral, James Franco, Maggie Cheung, Colin Salmon, and …

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Emily Jacir’s creative way of preserving Palestinian history

Other, Photography / 4 minutes of reading

Emily Jacir is a Palestinian artist and a filmmaker. She was born in Bethlehem in 1973 and spent most of her life in Saudi Arabia. She later attended high school in Italy and eventually attended Memphis College of Arts where she graduated with an art degree. One of her most renowned work is Ex Libris. …

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Artist Richard Long’s groundbreaking A line made by walking

Environmental Art, Other / 4 minutes of reading

The photograph reveals a straight line receding towards tall bushes and trees. It is a straight line of trampled grass that appears in a field. Below the image, the writing says A Line Made By Walking and England 1967. The whole artwork is a documentation of Richard Long’s land artwork. It documents his work: The …

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Why do Adrian Piper’s Calling Cards still matter?

Other / 5 minutes of reading

We all have felt uncomfortable under scrutinizing gazes at one point in our lives and have been unable to call out people on it too. For that purpose, you may follow the steps of Adrian Piper and get yourself a calling card. Calling Cards are pieces of parchment of size 2x 15.5 inches, one of …

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