The Jewett Art Gallery at Wellesley College in Massachusetts is currently exhibiting the work of Anna Ogier-Bloomer and Katie Doyle through April 1st. The show, “An Intimate Portrait of Motherhood,” is curated by Candice Ivy and examines the physical connections between mother and child. Both photographers reflect on the nature of breastfeeding with personal and …
Open in New York City through March 12th at the EFA Project Space, The Let Down Reflex is a group exhibition including the work of Home Affairs, Dillon de Give, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley), Lise Haller Baggesen, LoVid, and Shane Aslan Selzer. The curators brought these artists together to take a look at “the complexities …
The first ever public art event inside the bascule chambers of the Tower Bridge took place in September 2015 as part of the Totally Thames. To reach one of the twelve sold out performances, visitors and performers walked hundreds of steps beneath the bridge to the massive caverns where the counterweights swing when the bridge opens. The sounds from …
Numen / For Use is a collective from Croatia, working in conceptual art and spatial design. Their art installations are grouped by the materials: tape, string, tuft, etc. But the works are more about the social space that is created. Above is a photograph of a model from the collaborative’s website. The model is a proposed installation …
Michael Sailstorfer buried gold bars in a public place and then invited anyone to dig. His first project like this was in Pulheim, Germany in 2009. Situations commissioned a second installation at the Folkstone Triennial in 2014. My boys love to dig, and I can see us spending a few mornings there. So when did digging become art? Sailstrofer’s work …
At our house, we have a growing collection of books, games, and toys that reflect what we love about art. Some “Art for kids” stuff is more fun than others. Some is just hard to find. I’ll start sharing some of our favorites soon. First, what is not hard to find is Keith Haring stuff! The Keith Haring Foundation publishes …
Sometimes, I assume that being a mom makes you not ambitious or intellectual. The irony is I am a mom and in an earlier post I admit that I like being a mom. I’m still sorting that out (and I apologize to you who are also moms). I’m not the only one with anti-mom thoughts. Ken Johnson’s New York …