Keep election-season woes at bay with masterworks of Black portraiture, musings on a Persian epic poem, Mickalene Thomas’s first international traveling solo show, and more.
Isabella Segalovich
Isabella Segalovich is a Philadelphia-based artist, designer, writer, and TikTokker. Her work focuses on anti-authoritarian art history, on topics such as cultural appropriation and erasure, the racism ingrained in modern design, and underappreciated art forms such as folk art, embroidery, and graffiti. Follow her on TikTok and on Instagram @interstellar_isabellar.
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First Exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York Paintings Now on View in Chicago
Overlooked by NY institutions and the male art world, the artist’s experimental depictions of skyscrapers get their own exhibition a century later.
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The High-Drama Kabuki Portraits of an Enigmatic Artist
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the classic Japanese theater genre.
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Wall-to-Wall Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Seed Art Show
Local artists get political in painstakingly crafted mosaics at the only state fair crop art display in the United States.
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The Serious Joy of Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Art
The decorative allure of Scott’s textile and beaded creations seduces viewers into her sharp critiques of racism, misogyny, and other social ills.
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How a Father-Daughter Duo Changed the Course of Textile Art
May and William Morris’s fascinating and complicated relationship deserves to be studied in its own right.
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What Makes a Drawing a Drawing?
What can drawing do that other mediums cannot, and when is it a preliminary sketch and when is it a final product?
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Iconic “Painted Bride” Mosaic Mural in Philly Faces Demolition
Preservationists have just weeks to salvage tiles from Isaiah Zagar’s legendary artwork in Old City.
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Fallout Continues After MoMA Removed Black Visitor From Exhibition
The artists behind Black Power Naps say they’ve had trouble finding new venues for their project after the MoMA incident, which they believe has deterred other institutions.
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William Edmondson’s Tombstone Blues
The self-taught artist, who carved gravestones for a living, is finally receiving institutional recognition.
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Sowing Discord at Minnesota’s Seed Art Competition
At the Minnesota State Fair, some crop artists promoted timely political messages with corn, quinoa, and flax seeds.
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Museum Sold “Sad Beige” Merch Without Artist’s Permission
Hayley DeRoche, creator of the viral “Sad Beige Werner Herzog” project, said the Eye Filmmuseum did not contact her about selling shirts based on her work.