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Xu Zhen, Nirvana, installation, performance; sand, wood, acrylic, mixed materials, 2019, represented by Perrotin, Paris, France.
Art Basel Switzerland, Artscope Online, Exhibits, Featured, Visual Arts

ART BASEL SWITZERLAND 2019 DAY TWO: THE BEST OF UNLIMITED

By Nancy Nesvet

Unlimited, a sector of the Art Basel art fair, took up most of my second day there. Earlier in the day, at the Art Basel press conference, Marc Spiegler, the […]

Nicole Eisenman, a sculpture part of her “Processional” installation on the roof of the Whitney Museum.
Artscope Online, Featured, Visual Arts

COMMENTARY: THE BIENNIAL OF FEAR: THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2019

By Nancy Nesvet

The Whitney Biennial reputedly seeks to represent the tenor of current American art. Toward that end, this Whitney Biennial presents novel concepts at representation and abstraction that contemporize past formal […]

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Untitled, from the series “Bollywood Satirized.” Courtesy of the artist and sepiaEYE.
Issue Articles

Not Remaining Silent: Confronting Gender Violence at Lesley

By Suzanne Volmer

It is a damning statistic how often women are harassed, attacked or raped in today’s world. The current exhibition at Lesley University, “1 in 3: Comparative Perspectives on Gender Violence,” […]

LEFT: Faig Ahmed, Epiphany, from the “Liquid” series, 2016, handmade woolen carpet, 74” x 79”. Courtesy of the artist and Sapar Contemporary, New York. Image courtesy of Ahmed Faig Studio. RIGHT: Samira Alikhanzadeh, No. 10, from the “Double” series, 2010, digital print, mirror fragments and acrylic on board, 35” x 50”. Lent by Azita Bina Seibel.
Issue Articles

The Shape of Birds: Bridging the Cultural Divide Through Art

By J. Fatima Martins

“The Shape of Birds” takes the theme of displacement, remembrance and adaption from Nizar Qabbani’s poem “A Lesson in Drawing” which begins with “My son placed a paint box in […]

Yinka Shonibare’s “The American Library” installation at Cleveland Public Library’s Brett Hall.
Artscope Online, Audio/Visual, Exhibits, Movie, Theatre, Visual Arts

REVIEW: FRONT INTERNATIONAL: CLEVELAND TRIENNIAL FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

By Nancy Nesvet

The FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, which opened on July 14, presented a new take on art exhibitions in this nation. In Cleveland, a city with multiple art […]

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Sign Painters: a Sign of the Times

Worn-down signs adorning factories and buildings may be wondered about from time to time, but rarely are they looked into for their meaning and history. Not much thought is given to those who have painted these signs, nor to the meticulous work that the painters have put into them. Sign Painters, di