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2024 WOPHA CONGRESS: HOW PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHES US TO LIVE NOW
Aldeide Delgado On Women, Photography, And Pedagogies The 2024 WOPHA Congress, titled How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now, is a creative convening and exhibition series scheduled from October 23-26, 2024, across various locations…
PENNY SLINGER. EXORCISM: INSIDE OUT
“We have many works that follow The Hero’s Journey, but how many that track that of the Heroine? This journey of the embodied soul is not sexist; we all, male and female alike, need…
SARAH AND SAMANTHA FERRER: ¿QUÉ PASA, USA?
¿Qué pasa, USA?. A story told by four hands; memories contoured in graceful flashes of the past and transformed into witnesses of the present. Through their art, Sarah and Samantha Ferrer activate their historical…
BODY, CONTEXT, AND MEMORY: CARLOS MARTIEL AT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
Room 110 of El Museo del Barrio is silent, and the scent of soil permeates the air. In the center of the gallery, surrounded by stark white walls, the naked body of Carlos Martiel…
HEADS WILL ROLL. TOPPLING THE TYRANT’S STATUES
My home country, Venezuela, is in turmoil. The recent presidential election, marred by electoral fraud committed by the Chavista/Madurista regime, has ignited a fresh wave of political unrest and public outrage. As the country…
CHRISTINA RAMBERG: A RETROSPECTIVE
Hair, fur, stilettos, satin, lace, and corsets embellish and constrict female bodies in the sensuous yet sinister paintings of Christina Ramberg. Often depicted from the neck down or from behind, Ramberg’s women remain anonymous,…
REGINA JOSÉ GALINDO’S PERFORMANCE “TIERRA” REMAINS RELEVANT ONCE AGAIN
The presentation of Regina José Galindo’s work marks the beginning of a series of collaborations between MoMA and MoMA PS1 aimed at showcasing works from the Museum of Modern Art’s collection. «I think it is a very timely piece,» says the Guatemalan artist. «All the conflicts occurring in the world are over land; land is the greatest value in the universe,» she comments.
LACAN, THE EXHIBITION. WHEN ART MEETS PSYCHOANALYSIS
Curated by Marie-Laure Bernadac and Bernard Marcadé, the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou-Metz was the first dedicated to Jacques Lacan. Over 40 years after the psychoanalyst’s death, it seemed urgent to plan an exhibition highlighting the unique links between Jacques Lacan and art, by putting into perspective the works he himself referenced, the artists who paid tribute to him, as well as the modern and contemporary works that can provide an echo to the great conceptual orientations of his thought.
ECHOES OF THE BROTHER COUNTRIES
The exhibition and research project “Echoes of the Brother Countries” is dedicated to the often overlooked political, economic, educational, and artistic links, as well as the exchange and migration movements between the GDR and other socialist-orientated states, the so-called brother countries.
RE-COLLECTIONS
«Re-collections» surveys cultural extraction, Eurocentric archeology, and biased museology. Echoing an increasing demand for the restitution of looted cultural artifacts and monuments, the exhibiting artists unveil co-opted narratives obscured under the lens of ethnographic scholarship.