Selfie Museum Aims to Attract Younger Crowd

Selfie Museum Aims to Attract Younger Crowd

Oct 4, 2019 | Museums

A Vienna museum is hoping to go viral with its selfie-inspired exhibits. Called the nofilter_museum, the institution features interactive spaces where visitors can create their own art. But it’s not for everyone. Some might find the museum’s brightly colored walls and...
Kara Walker is Tired of Being The Art World’s Token Black Girl

Kara Walker is Tired of Being The Art World’s Token Black Girl

Sep 25, 2017 | Art

Artist Kara Walker is tired of being put up on a pedestal. As a successful African-American female artist, she’s often seen as a symbol of diversity. But she’s fed up with that role, especially since she never asked for it in the first place. Walker recently took to...
Dear Ivanka: Artists Appealing to Trump’s Daughter

Dear Ivanka: Artists Appealing to Trump’s Daughter

Dec 7, 2016 | News & Trending

Artists unite! There has been an immediate call to action by the Halt Action Group in New York City in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. This group is a coalition of artists, curators, and writers who “felt the need for an immediate response to mitigate...
Donald Trump Makes for a Field Day in the Arts

Donald Trump Makes for a Field Day in the Arts

Mar 28, 2016 | Art, New York, News & Trending

Artists have a way of saying so much with so little (as the case actually is with a piece of art by Illma Gore, but we’ll get to that). Of course, that’s a misleading way to open this blog: presidential hopeful Donald Trump has given artists and comedians a lot to...
David Bowie + Art + Tributes = Yay

David Bowie + Art + Tributes = Yay

Jan 12, 2016 | Art, Interviews, News & Trending

By now you’ve heard that the arts community has suffered a devastating loss after David Bowie succumbed to cancer. Though his past was not without controversies, Bowie made a number of significant contributions to the worlds of acting, music, fashion, and fine art. An...
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