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Navigating Genetic Compromises and a Toxic World through Steampunk Self-Portraiture in the Artistic Odyssey of Lix North

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In the realm of artistic expression, Lix North delves deep into her internal landscapes, mirroring them in the external world. For the better part of the following decade, she thrived as a professional illustrator, photographer, and commissioned artist, operating under the moniker of Lix Creative, her graphic art studio.

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A Trailblazing Photography Collector Champions Black Artists

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Courtesy the artist/Bradley Ertaskiran Jamel Shabazz. He dedicated it to showcasing photographs by Black artists. The project grew from there: today, the hugely influential collection includes more than four hundred works, selections of which are now part of an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts.

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Exploring Black Masculinity Through the Lens of Black Women and Non-Binary Artists

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Together, they have organized In Conversation: Visual Meditations on Black Masculinity , a new exhibition featuring the work of 55 women and non-binary photographers of African descent currently on view at the African American Museum in Philadelphia through Match 1, 2020. Can you share the inspiration for this exhibition?

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F5: Dale Chihuly Shares His Favorite Architect + Beloved Collections

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With the international glass center, he’s led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art. Dale’s work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide and has been shown in solo exhibitions at museums the world over. The Boathouse, Seattle, 2016 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved.

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Florence Henri: the forgotten female pioneer of surreal photography

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Florence Henri was a pioneering surrealist artist, photographer, painter, and pianist. After encountering Berlin’s avant-garde artists, she shifted her interest from music to painting, and she began studying painting in Berlin in 1914. First World War Exhibition at IWM London Review: Sights and Sounds of the Trenches.

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Skate culture: No comply

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Somerset House’s exhibition explores the impact of skateboarding in the UK. Written by Craig Berry Designer & Writer Reece Leung – Vaughan Jones (2015) In one of my first ‘proper’ fine art classes in about 2011 we were given a brief for a new project; it was simply called “Passions and Obsessions”. The everything.

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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

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These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. CERF+ , a mutual aid safety net for artists, introduced us to Melancon recently, and we jumped at the chance to learn more about him, his work and his ambitions.

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