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Boléro – Prequell Rework (Paris 2024 live)
A près de 100 jours de #PyeongChang2018, revivez la performance live du rework du célèbre Boléro de Maurice Ravel par Prequell à la #JourneeOlympique à Ville de Paris. Sport et culture au coeur des Jeux Paris 2024 ouverts au monde … Continue reading
Discover the Joys of Japanese Illustrator Unpis | Spoon & Tamago
Unpis is the nom de plume of a Japanese illustrator hailing from Fukushima prefecture. The artist’s minimalist yet surreal illustrations, which deftly combine clean lines with a subtle sense of humor, have earned her fans from all around the world. … Continue reading
Hundreds strip naked by the Dead Sea in Israel – BBC News
More than 300 people have stripped naked by the Dead Sea in Israel to draw attention to its dramatically receding shoreline. The event was part of a live installation by the artist Spencer Tunick, who’s used similar photo-shoots around the … Continue reading
How a self-taught autistic artist mines creativity from life’s endless variations | Aeon Videos
The animated story of the autistic, self-taught artist Gregory Blackstock who mines creativity from life’s endless variations The Seattle-based artist Gregory Blackstock’s career in ‘world famous artistry’, as he puts it, was a most welcome development, even as it … Continue reading
Idyllic Pastel Drawing of Two Sleeping Women Looks Like a Painting | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on October 17, 2021 Not all paintings are made with paint pigment and a brush. Some are made with oil pastels. Egyptian artist Magdy Ghabn employs this malleable medium in his newest work depicting two women sleeping in … Continue reading
An Immense New Book Surveys the Work of More Than 300 African Artists
OCTOBER 15, 2021. GRACE EBERT Papa Ibra Tall, “La semeuse d’étoiles (‘The Star Sower’)” (undated), tapestry, 201 × 298 centimeters. Photo © the artist One of the most expansive volumes of its kind, African Artists: From 1882 to Now compiles a … Continue reading
12,000 Sheets of Wrinkled Rice Paper Drape Around a Monumental Installation by Zhu Jinshi | Colossal
OCTOBER 15, 2021. GRACE EBERT “Boat” (2015), Xuan (rice) paper, bamboo, cotton threads, 18 x 7 meters. All images courtesy of the artist and Pearl Lam Galleries More than 12,000 sheets of delicate Xuan paper form the ruffled exterior of … Continue reading