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Striking public art project '8X5' protests against the US criminal justice system

Creative Boom

Created by nonprofit arts organisation Art At A Time Like This in collaboration with SaveArtSpace , 8X5 is a billboard exhibition which aims to provoke a dialogue about America's criminal justice system. thereby concluding that the number of unlawfully convicted citizens is enough to fill Florida's Pink Drive Stadium.

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It's all in the eyes for A Practice for Everyday Life's identity for the 59th Venice Biennale

Creative Boom

With the 59th Venice Biennale well underway, our attention turns to the Italian exhibition's graphic identity for 2022. It matches themes running throughout the entire exhibition of dreams, identity, the body, and reflection. Photo: © Thomas Adank. Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia and A Practice for Everyday Life. Photo: © Thomas Adank.

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Find and take home a beautiful piece of art in Manchester to remember 'you are not alone'

Creative Boom

Amongst the treasures are 120 Kintsugi pots and 120 'You Are Enough' oak engravings, ready for the public to find and keep as gifts. He is also renowned for his typographic work that took over Wembley Park during the Euros works to bring the humanities to public spaces. My work is a lot about togetherness and self-worth.

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Ronan Mckenzie launches new arts space with joint exhibition

Creative Review

The inaugural project to run under the Home banner is Wata, Further Explorations, which launched online this week in light of lockdown restrictions in England, with plans to run in a physical capacity from December 10 when the space opens to the public. The exhibition marks one of many functions that Home will offer.

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February 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

Colossal

Recipients will also receive a solo exhibition at Antler and Talon galleries in Portland. Open Calls Filter Photo Call for Exhibition Proposals (International) Filter Photo welcomes photography proposals of all types, whether traditional or experimental or from an emerging curator or a veteran artist. Deadline: March 22, 2024.

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Disaster Capitalism: The Provocative Public Art of Prague’s David ?erný

Azure Magazine

From a Brussels installation crudely depicting European national stereotypes to a theatrically elongated middle finger floating down Prague’s Vltava River, his installations have reliably spurred controversy, all while shaping public space – and public consciousness – across Czechia and around the world. Suddenly, ?erný’s

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A new London billboard campaign is spotlighting Black art

Creative Review

Art curator Tanaka Saburi has orchestrated a street exhibition of work by 12 creatives primarily from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds. Titled Undivided Divinity, the project falls under the banner of The Molasses Gallery, a newly formed open-air art initiative based in London.

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