Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly: Best photos from Festival of Books

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Dayanita Singh takes her museums on a tour

Dayanita Singh's series of exhibitions, taking place across multiple cities, unfurls like an anthology of short stories. View Full Image Dayanita Singh at the 'Time Measures' museum, which is on view at the newly launched Jaipur Centre of Art By putting together analogue sequences of architectural designs, ranging from Ellora caves in Maharashtra to Studio Mumbai, Singh is altering ideas …

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1 month ago

Hyderabad: Photo expo takes visitors back in time

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad:The 10th edition of the Indian Photo Festival, inaugurated at the State Art Gallery here on Thursday, offers glimpses of a journey through time, memory, and culture. Governor Jishnu Dev Varma opened the festival, highlighting the historical significance of photography in India by pointing to an image of his great-great-grandfather, Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya of Tripura. “This is the first …

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1 month ago

From fashion to sports, coffee table books are great holiday options

Hindustan Times

Stumped on a holiday gift? “Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture” A celebration of Black voices from Women's Wear Daily, dating to the publication's start in 1910. “The Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Death and Life” A tribute to Mexico's beloved holiday when families welcome back the souls of their dead relatives. “LaChapelle: Lost …

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1 month ago

From fashion to sports, coffee table books are great holiday options

Associated Press

Stumped on a holiday gift? “Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture” A celebration of Black voices from Women’s Wear Daily, dating to the publication’s start in 1910. “The Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Death and Life” A tribute to Mexico’s beloved holiday when families welcome back the souls of their dead relatives. “LaChapelle: Lost …

Holiday Black Dogs Work Text Book Thomas

2 months ago

Neurodiverse Artists Shine at Diverse Voices: Art Beyond Boundaries Exhibition

The Hindu

Diverse Voices: Art Beyond Boundaries showcases the creativity of neurodiverse artists from across the country. The exhibition features a diverse range of artworks, including paintings, drawings, mixed media works, and sculptures, all created by artists with intellectual and developmental challenges. The artists' unique perspectives and expressions challenge stereotypes and break barriers, inspiring viewers of all backgrounds. The exhibition is an …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Picturing past perfection

China Daily

A painting by famous Ming Dynasty artist Wen Zhengming on the literature classic, Verses of Chu. An animated video features women of the past engaged in festival activities, allowing viewers to feel as if they are stepping into the lives of ancient noblewomen as they pass through a moon-shaped gate. "A thought-provoking atmosphere is created through poetry, imagery, and silhouettes, …

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6 months ago

Yantai, Kunsan strengthen bonds through lens

China Daily

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Yantai, China and Kunsan, South Korea. To commemorate this milestone, the 25th China-South Korea Photography Exchange Exhibition was recently held in Kunsan. In recent years, photographers from Yantai have been exploring Kunsan, capturing a plethora of splendid moments amidst the city's scenic beauty and vibrant streets. Young women in traditional …

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6 months ago

Yantai, Kunsan strengthen bonds through lens

China Daily

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Yantai, China and Kunsan, South Korea. To commemorate this milestone, the 25th China-South Korea Photography Exchange Exhibition was recently held in Kunsan. In recent years, photographers from Yantai have been exploring Kunsan, capturing a plethora of splendid moments amidst the city's scenic beauty and vibrant streets. Young women in traditional …

China South Korea South Korea Yantai Kunsan

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Queer photographers’ most radical act? Turning the lens on themselves

LA Times

Against a dark, inky background, two figures embrace. In “the queer subjectivity that I was thinking about,” Sepuya said, “there is not a need to have specific boundaries.” Definitions are “fluid.” “The structure of the simultaneous positions in which people can relate to each other — that’s the thing that I’m thinking of as queer,” Sepuya said in a recent …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Queer Black women shine at timely museum shows by Mickalene Thomas and Simone Leigh

LA Times

Last week two solo exhibitions bearing voluminous — and timely — insight arrived at Los Angeles museums. Sober history is essential to Leigh’s often elegant work, which gives equal weight to the two adjectives joined in the term “African American.” Women’s images are abundant, and multiple artistic traditions gracefully entwine. Simone Leigh, “Cupboard,” 2022; stoneware, raffia and steel armature Thomas’ …

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7 months ago

Prince Louis's antics, Keir Starmer's glittering reception and the moment Charles was crowned King all feature in stunning exhibition of year's best press photos

Daily Mail

The best press photographs of the year have been revealed in a stunning exhibition which includes top shots from the King's Coronation, international sporting events and conflicts around the globe. The cheeky antics of Prince Louis, the moment Charles became King Charles III and a protester sprinkling glitter all over Sir Keir Starmer at the Labour party conference have all …

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8 months ago

Photos: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

LA Times

Each year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books draws authors representing diverse genres, from established figures to emerging talents, and attendees who engage with panels and discussions, storytelling sessions, book signings and interactive exhibits. Mary Lara adds to the “Tell us what you’re reading” board, alongside daughters Aria Cook, 4, and Selena Cook, 8. Walter Mosley signs copies of …

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8 months ago

Poet Victoria Chang touches on feminism, grief and art at L.A. Times Festival of Books

LA Times

Attendees enjoyed sunny skies and numerous author events Sunday at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the USC campus. Victoria Chang, author of “The Trees Witness Everything,” in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books photo studio at USC in Los Angeles on Sunday. Chan began with the reading of “On a Clear Day,” which made reference to …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Dior's VERY star-studded front row: Oscar nominees Naomi Watts and Michelle Williams join TV sensations Anya Taylor Joy and Alexandra Daddario for glam photo

Daily Mail

Dior attracted a chic crowd to its pre-fall 2024 fashion show at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on Monday. A star-studded front row was made up of TV stars, Oscar nominees and singers who all posed for a glam photo before the runway kicked off. Next to them was Oscar nominee Michelle Williams and Rachel Zegler while Korean singer …

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9 months ago

Tired of inflated ticket prices, Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival

Associated Press

LONDON — Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival. Yungblud, whose real name is Dom Harrison, thinks that currently festivals are “unrepresentative of people” — so he’s fixing the price point of Bludfest at 49.50 pounds. “It’s like massive ticket charges, massive prices that most of the time aren’t really going to …

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9 months, 1 week ago

French artists' work on display in Asia for first time

China Daily

Visitors in front of the sculptures by Fanny Ferre. Currently at the Liuli China Museum in Shanghai, the exhibition Flying Eyes features 46 works of art from 14 French artists selected from the permanent collection of Galerie Capazza, an important institution of contemporary art and culture in France. This is the first large showcase of the French institution in China, …

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10 months ago

Surreal century

China Daily

Exploding Raphaelesque Head by Salvador Dali.CHINA DAILY Scottish museum's collection of iconic works from the dreamlike genre shows perfect timing as the art movement celebrates its 100th anniversary, Zhang Kun reports. From Salvador Dali's celebrated Lobster Telephone to an antique python-skin print chair redesigned by Dorothea Tanning, the ongoing Fantastic Visions: 100 Years of Surrealism exhibition that the National Galleries …

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10 months ago

Curating talent

China Daily

Jiang Feiran and Wang Shuman, winner of the second Jimei x Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image, visit the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, France, in July 2023. "Participating in the competition is definitely good training for young curators, as it teaches them the entire process of curating an art exhibition through practice," says the award's first recipient, …

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10 months ago

Curating talent

China Daily

Jiang Feiran and Wang Shuman, winner of the second Jimei x Arles Curatorial Award for Photography and Moving Image, visit the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, France, in July 2023. "Participating in the competition is definitely good training for young curators, as it teaches them the entire process of curating an art exhibition through practice," says the award's first recipient, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Rare photos of Dave Chappelle and Lenny Kravitz sparkle in Mathieu Bitton’s ode to Paris

LA Times

It is a freezing cold Saturday night in West Hollywood, but it is sweltering hot inside the jampacked opening gala of renowned photographer, art director and designer Mathieu Bitton’s photo exhibition “Paris Blues: A Decade of Moments and Reflections,” on display at Leica Gallery Los Angeles. It’s not just something where I’m like, boom, and I get lucky that it’s …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

The best looks from the 2024 Golden Globes

LA Times

Whether you’re watching the pre-show live or catching up on Monday morning, The Times has you covered with photos of the best fashions and biggest stars at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards. Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey on the red carpet of the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024. Ayo …

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1 year ago

8 free holiday wallpapers, illustrated by neurodivergent artists

LA Times

They are animals familiar to every Californian: a mountain lion, a coyote, a dolphin, hummingbirds and butterflies, rendered in a way you’ve never seen before. Download Laron’s desktop background here Download Laron’s phone background here Yukari Sakura Yukari Sakura is a book of wisdom regarding her favorite subjects. Download Yukari’s desktop background here Download Yukari’s phone background here Elana Cooper …

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1 year ago

Fest for photo enthusiasts to kick off in Xiamen

China Daily

Cheng Tsun-Shing, Summer Seaside, 1978, Bretagne. The committee members are Christoph Wiesner, director of the Rencontres d'Arles, which is to photography what Cannes is to cinema; Gu Zheng, a renowned Chinese photography critic and curator; Gwen Lee, co-founder of Singapore International Photography Festival; Rong Rong, celebrated Chinese photographer and co-founder of Three Shadows Photography Art Center, the first contemporary art …

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1 year ago

Fest for photo enthusiasts to kick off in Xiamen

China Daily

Cheng Tsun-Shing, Summer Seaside, 1978, Bretagne. The committee members are Christoph Wiesner, director of the Rencontres d'Arles, which is to photography what Cannes is to cinema; Gu Zheng, a renowned Chinese photography critic and curator; Gwen Lee, co-founder of Singapore International Photography Festival; Rong Rong, celebrated Chinese photographer and co-founder of Three Shadows Photography Art Center, the first contemporary art …

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1 year ago

Would you carry heavy art up a mountain? For this hiking group it’s a ritual

LA Times

On a recent Sunday afternoon, L.A. gallerist Lauren Powell and about 30 others trekked up a steep, sinuous Griffith Park trail. Arriving in the park’s Berlin Forest, a shady grove of pine trees and picnic tables, the group installed the six works for a temporary, open-air exhibition — or a public “art offering,” as Powell calls it. “It’s important for …

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1 year, 1 month ago

His dreamy art is like nothing you’ve seen before — and explores identity in L.A.

LA Times

Ken Gun Min is a daydreamer. “I wanted to create a bridge between Seoul and Los Angeles.” Ken Gun Min sews red beads onto his painting, “Do you still get Deja Vu?” with a tiny needle. His ideas are honest and boundless, and I think these qualities have allowed the work to quickly become celebrated by curators, artists, and collectors …

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1 year, 3 months ago

INTERVIEW | Shahidul Alam: ‘Photography is a reciprocal event’

The Hindu

Published : Sep 07, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ The book Shahidul Alam: Singed But Not Burnt offers an expansive view of the work of the renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist, starting with his accidental acquisition of a camera in the early 1980s and moving on to his rousing documentation of resistance movements in the 21st century. But …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Remembering an award-winning photographer

The Hindu

Titled Moody Landscapes, a photography exhibition displays prints of landscape photographs by the late K Jayaram, who was internationally renowned for his work. The exhibition is part of a memorial meeting organised in honour of Jayaram who died on July 2, 2023, and features photos shot in locations such as Kabini, the Nilgiris, Silent Valley, Bharatpur sanctuary and the Chambal …

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1 year, 3 months ago

30 must-see arts events in Southern California this fall

LA Times

As the calendar races toward autumn and the writers’ and actors’ strikes wear on — significantly cutting into fresh streaming options —entertainment and culture seekers would do well to embrace the thrill of the city’s rich arts offerings. — Deborah Vankin Sept. 15-Jan. 14 ‘Harmony Korine’ The artist-filmmaker may be best known for writing the 1995 film “Kids,” directed by …

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1 year, 4 months ago

At the 54th Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, India sparkles

Hindustan Times

At the 54th Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, India sparkles Tanvi Mishra, an independent curator from India conceptualized the Louis Roederer Foundation Discovery Award exhibition, in a 15th century Gothic church.. 1 / 10 View Photos in a new improved layout From, ‘Inheritance, Home series, Kolkata, 2021.’ Returning to live with her parents during the Covid-19 pandemic, artist Riti Sengupta found …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Joan Bakewell reassures fans after saying she’d been ‘dropped’ from Portrait Artist of the Year

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dame Joan Bakewell has reassured …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Snapshot of Western art's evolution

China Daily

Guillermo Solana, artistic director of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, talks about Ruben's Venus and Cupid, as he guides visitors around the exhibition on June 22. The opening of the Thyssen Museum showcase on the second floor means that the Museum of Art Pudong's exhibition spaces are fully occupied for the summer months. The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors …

Art Western Shanghai Solana

1 year, 7 months ago

Photo agency rejects Prince Harry and Meghan’s ‘royal prerogative’ demand for photos

LA Times

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her mother, Doria Ragland, at the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards on Tuesday in New York. The photo agency accused of tailing Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, during what the couple called a “near catastrophic” car chase in New York has rejected the royals’ requests for copies …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Dawoud Bey wants to deterritorialize art: ‘When I’m in these spaces, it opens up space for the Black community’

LA Times

For the better part of five decades, photographer Dawoud Bey has aimed his lens at the faces and spaces of Black Americans. As with the gallery show, there are images from Bey’s late-’80s “Street Portraits” series and his three landscape-focused collections — “Harlem Redux,” an exploration of a gentrifying neighborhood; as well as “Night Coming Tenderly, Black” and “In This …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Photographer Delaney George turns the lens on femininity: ‘Black women are fine art’

LA Times

A Black female warrior, drenched in blood, holds a sword. Now the work will be part of a solo exhibition at Gallery 90220 titled “Notre Recit” — presented with multidisciplinary visual artist Will “WCMTL” Raojenina’s “The Inspirations & Joys of an Immigrant Child.” The exhibit will include “The King Is Dead,” “Chipo” and “Illuminate” from Gallery 90220’s Frieze booth, alongside …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Photos: Portraits from the Beehive

LA Times

After establishing itself at different venues in Los Angeles, Black Market Flea has settled at the Beehive, the indoor/outdoor venue that’s become a major attraction in South L.A. Once a month, vendors, DJs and patrons flock to the venue in their most expressive ’fits, lounging in the courtyard and musing through the eclectic storefronts. Scroll on to see the vibrancy …

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2 years ago

The best Entertainment & Arts photos of 2022

LA Times

If everything had gone as it should have that day, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to make this photo. — Dania Maxwell In a look back at some of the year’s most compelling portraits, photographers take us inside their creative process, favorite moments and the thrill of getting “the” shot. Because it’s black and white, the photo — inspired …

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2 years ago

Keyla Marquez Joins L.A. Times’ IMAGE Magazine as Fashion Director at Large

LA Times

Image is excited to announce that Keyla Marquez is joining the magazine as fashion director at large. Readers who have followed Image in 2022 will recognize the name: Marquez is a true creative visionary and has showcased her skills on numerous projects in the magazine, styling and fashion directing some of Image’s most inventive, high-impact shoots, including a feature that …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Rural photography exhibition kicks off in Yixian county

China Daily

The rural photography exhibition in Huangshan attracts hordes of visitors. The 17th China Huangshan Rural Photography Exhibition kicked off on Nov 19 in Yixian county – administered by Huangshan city in Anhui province – and will run through to Nov 30. During the opening ceremony, Yixian county officials handed out awards for excellent works and recognized pieces chosen for the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

More than 120 Keith Haring pieces are coming to L.A. next year — here’s how to see them

LA Times

A solo exhibition of the artist’s work will go on view at the Broad in May, 2023. Keith Haring’s colorful, animated imagery may be commercially ubiquitous — found on T-shirts, mugs, rugs, even a signature Barbie Doll donning a Haring print on pink pants — but the late Pop artist has never had a survey exhibition at a museum in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's striking new photos from UK visit. See here

Hindustan Times

New photographs of Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were released on Monday. Prince Harry- Meghan Markle: New photos of Harry and Meghan have been released. The first portrait shows Meghan Markle directly looking at the camera as she holds onto one of Prince Harry's fingers - who is standing behind her, smiling. Meghan Markle is …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Review: Korean Modern art gets its long-overdue spotlight at LACMA

LA Times

Artists, being people, are drawn to power. Lee Qoede, “Self-Portrait in Long Blue Coat,” circa 1948-49, oil on canvas According to LACMA, “The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art” is the first major exhibition anywhere to examine art produced during a huge cultural transformation that provided one foundation for the relatively recent emergence of a decisive technological and, more …

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2 years, 3 months ago

On Dayanita Singh’s Let’s See 2022 photobook launch

The Hindu

Visual artist, bookmaker, and recipient of the 2022 Hasselblad Award, Dayanita Singh, often talks about how photography is burdened by its facticity. In her recent photobook — that she terms a photo novel —, Let’s See, Dayanita’s imagery is replete with ongoing memories spread across 149 photographs. Ahead of her book’s launch at The Raw Mango Store, New Delhi on …

Photographs Dayanita Photobook Launch

2 years, 3 months ago

Photographer preserves world that is ebbing away

The Independent

Tan Jianhua has trekked to more than 800 ancient villages over the past 15 years, an odyssey made all the more difficult by his carrying a heavy bag every step of the way. Traditional architecture in the south and east of Hunan features horse-head walls “The bridges, running water and houses, just like those in a drama from the Yuan …

Rural Work Tan Changsha Hunan

2 years, 4 months ago

Keith Haring works on show in Shanghai

China Daily

Visitors view artworks at the exhibition. A large retrospective exhibition of US pop artist Keith Haring is taking place at the Meet You Museum in Shanghai, presenting 70 groups of artworks from the collection of the Keith Haring Foundation. Keith Haring is considered one of the most influential and significant artists of the 20th century. By drawing with white chalk …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Encore: Paris exhibit looks back on Graciela Iturbide's photographs

NPR

Encore: Paris exhibit looks back on Graciela Iturbide's photographs Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide has won international renown for her portraits of indigenous and marginalized peoples across the globe. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An exhibition of the works of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide runs through the end of May in Paris. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Draped in an elegant black cape, Graciela Iturbide …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Lineup announced for 2022 L.A. Times Festival of Books: Janelle Monáe, Amanda Gorman and more

LA Times

Singer Janelle Monáe, left, poet Amanda Gorman and actor Billy Porter will participate in the Los Angeles Times’ Festival of Books this year. Singer Janelle Monáe, poet Amanda Gorman, novelist Jonathan Franzen and actor Billy Porter are among the authors set to appear at the Los Angeles Times’ Festival of Books this year. Gorman, 24, who grew up in Westchester …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Group exhibition by female artists opens in Shenzhen

China Daily

Exhibition Metaphor and Gaze features 17 female artists and includes works of installation, video, performance art, painting and fabric art. The group exhibition, running until March 21, features 17 female artists and includes works of installation, video, performance art, painting and fabric art. “As a female curator, I have always wanted to provide more opportunities for women artists to showcase …

Exhibition Female Artists

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