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[brooklynmuseum]

We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 closes this Sunday, September 17—but not without a final celebration! Join artists, activists, and scholars today for our daylong Closing Celebration honoring the trailblazing artists in the exhibition.

Click here for details and tickets!

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[brooklynmuseum]

In early 1971, Kay Brown, Dindga McCannon, and Faith Ringgold gathered a group of black women at McCannon’s Brooklyn home to discuss their common frustrations in trying to build their careers as artists. Excluded from the largely white downtown art world, as well as from the male-dominated black art world, the women found juggling their creative ambitions with their roles as mothers and working heads of households left little time to make and promote their art.

Out of this initial gathering came one of the first exhibitions of professional black women artists. “Where We At”—Black Women Artists, 1971, opened at Acts of Art Gallery in the West Village that June. Adopting the show’s title as their name, the collective began meeting at members’ homes and studios, building support systems for making their work, while assisting each other with personal matters such as childcare.

Influenced by the Black Arts Movement, members worked largely in figurative styles, emphasizing black subjects. While the group engaged politically with racism, their work also spoke to personal experiences of sexism, and members contributed to publications including the Feminist Art Journal and Heresies. Though the group’s mission was not explicitly feminist, Where We At recognized the power of collectivity—empowering black women by creating a network to help attain their professional goals as artists.

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[contemporary-art-blog]

[contemporary-art-blog]

Rachel Whiteread, at the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, Unilever Serie

[depressionarmy]

I have the incessant urge to heal the broken; shattering myself in the process.

Dru.Anthony (via depressionarmy)

[archatlas]

ÖÖD

ÖÖD hotel rooms are designed for short-term accommodation and intended for fast growing Airbnb and Booking.com markets. ÖÖD hotel rooms are sized as small houses and delivered as a complete set.

[archatlas]

Solar Egg in Kiruna

In response to a commission from Riksbyggen, Bigert & Bergström have created a sculptural chamber in the form of an egg-shaped sauna that has just been installed at Luossabacken in Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost town.

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[drrude]

Hot place on a cool spot...

[archatlas]

The Art of Kiyohiko Azuma

Kiyohiko Azuma is a manga artist perhaps best known for his series Yotsuba&! about the naïve 5-year old Yotsuba who humorously stumbles her way through life. Stylistically, Yotsuba is always drawn more cartoonishly while her surroundings take on a different, more realistic look. And the astounding level of detail that can go in to some of Azuma’s backgrounds can render them as standalone works of art.

[archatlas]

The Beauty of Night by Liam Wong

Liam Wong is an award-winning Art Director passionate about creating and designing meaningful aesthetics. Originally from Scotland, two years into his career he moved over three thousand miles from home into his current position (Graphic Design Director at Ubisoft Montréal); becoming the youngest director at the largest games development studio in the world.

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[drrude]

Stockholm with SAS

Please help me make Stockholm a place to entertain my friendz ... One of my favs of this moment is Tranan, it keeps going with good food, great music entertainment in the bar and an interesting mix of clientele... Another good place is Urban Deli at Nytorget...Great food, grEAt audience, bingo brunch, and SoFo location Finishing now with a place slightly misplaced in a citycenter shoppingmall...called Mood Gallery...( I don't like shoppingmalls) 'Egoiste' has the biggest buns in town, and a tarte citron meringué to die for, apart from a rich menue of hot and cold dishes, sallads and your favourite glas of tinguelybubly to go with it... https://sales.flysas.com/remap/?mapId=cf9732cf-2ab7-493f-aade-83c7ee6716c1

[contemporary-art-blog]

[contemporary-art-blog]

Paris based collective Claire Fontaine, The Weeping Wall Inside us all, 2009

[buzzfeed]

21 Breathtaking Photos Of Dogs, But From Underneath

Andrius Burba, the same photographer who brought you the down-up photos of cats (“Under-cats”), rabbits (“Under-rabbits”), and horses (“Under-horses”), now presents dogs. The series is called “Under-dogs” and it’s profound. And inspiring. And profoundly inspiring. And inspiringly profound.

[drrude]

Beings...

[siebenspiegel]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4so_Z9a_u0)

[siebenspiegel]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ck2q3YgRlY)

[drrude]

Visted her exhibition in Stockholm last week...I'm still not quited finished with it...keeps my mind going...

[nypl]

What was it like in New York City for women during the 1790s? Stories of poor and marginalized women who otherwise left few, if any, traces in written records, are strewn throughout the Minutes of the Commissioners of the New York City Almshouse and Bridewell (1791-1797). Read about them here.

[drrude]

Am 22 April wird es bei uns im At7Galleri am Michelsberg in Ulm einen ‘Sneak Peek’ (Vorschau) von einigen der Bildern aus dem Projekt 'Eterneller’ vom schwedischen Fotografen Per Asplund geben.

Ausstellung Wochenden von 29 April-30Juli.

Multi-layered picture-art in limited edition pigment prints. All exhibited works for sale.

Michelsbergstrasse 7, 89075 Ulm, Germany

[siebenspiegel]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0-quFKLl7Q)

[drrude]

Worte reichen schon lange nicht mehr...

[contemporary-art-blog]

[contemporary-art-blog]

Dutch artist Folkert De Jong.