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New exhibition casts cowboy culture in a new light

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So it's the perfect time for the opening of a new group exhibition, Weird West , at Hashimoto Contemporary gallery in Los Angeles. Originally the spitting image of Americana, artists and filmmakers alike have recently queered, weirded, diversified and otherwise transformed the macho cowboy into an icon for their communities."

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'I destroy the work after an exhibition': Inside the weird worlds of artist JeeYoung Lee

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South Korean visual artist and designer JeeYoung Lee is returning to London's NOW Gallery with her upcoming exhibition, Maiden Voyage. Opening on 23 June, Maiden Voyage sees JeeYoung transform the NOW Gallery space into a forest of hanging ginkgo leaves interspersed with floating paper aeroplanes and a monumental paper boat.

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‘An Indigenous Present’ Is a Paradigm-Shifting Illumination of Native North American Art Today

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Works by more than 60 artists comprise the monumental survey, exploring myriad practices focused on and intersecting contemporary art, music, filmmaking, choreography, architecture, writing, photography, design, and more. Image courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York All pieces by Dana Claxton.

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Somerset House art show revisits the last 50 years through the prism of horror

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Co-curated by BAFTA nominated filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, and Somerset House's senior curator, Claire Catterale, Horror Show!: Courtesy of John Marchant Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. That's the theory, at least, expounded by a new exhibition hosted by London's Somerset House.

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

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Recipients will also receive a solo exhibition at Antler and Talon galleries in Portland. The grant fund was created to honor the memory and legacy of artist Susannah Kelly, who co-founded the galleries. Deadline: March 22, 2024. Locust Projects provides selected artists with curatorial guidance, a production budget, an artist W.A.G.E.

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Why the photography of Gordon Parks still resonates today

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He was the first African American staff photographer and writer for photography magazine, Life, and through this position, Parks documented American culture and early life from the 1940s to the 2000s. Some of this legacy is on show now at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London, in the first of a two-part exhibition of his work.

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October 2023 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

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Artists working in visual art, installation, multimedia, performance, literature, music, photography, filmmaking, curating, are welcome to apply. Open Source Gallery: Exhibition Open Call (International) Artists working with experimentation, sustainability, and social engagement are invited to submit exhibition proposals for 2025.

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