Preminda Jacob, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When the British street artist Banksy shredded his “Girl With Balloon” after it was purchased for US$1.4 million at Sotheby’s, did he know how the art world would react?
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school lunch in japan: it’s not just about eating
flux factory accessibility fellowship
winter market in new york looking for artists
concéntrico 05 calls for temporary architecture
Open call: Concéntrico 05, International Architecture and Design Festival proposes two competitions for the creation of a temporary architectural intervention at Plaza Santa Ana and at Viña Lanciano – Bodegas LAN.
cyclone food
One of the poignant stories was Yasbelle Kerkow’s account about cyclone food and her art installation highlighting such food in Fiji.
innovative fully-funded 3-year phd offered in london
diagnostic imaging can save lives of many women and children
whimsically bizarre reality created by buenos aires artist
jutta cuny-franz memorial award 2019
can you make art and tell a story?
open call to share ideas on movement and sound
jamal cyrus selected for next bmw art journey to explore the afro-atlantic notion
His project struck us as a profound and sincere search for an understanding of the self, through the artistic lens of an individual who never forgets his role as a teacher, and who therefore foresees the multiplying effect of his experience. Cyrus’ BMW Art Journey will expand and amplify a practice that has already brought much to the conversation around culture, history, and identity in the United States.
madrid research residency open call for applicants
Sweet Home is a two-week research residency programme taking place in domestic spaces in Madrid that delivers new ways of doing and relating to each other by sharing our day-to-day life. We seek to create effective and affective ties between artists, curators, researchers and other cultural agents, transforming our homes into places of encounter that enable new practices of shared intimacy.
salzburg international summer academy of fine arts seeks a blogger
pope francis won’t support women in the priesthood
In 1900, the church reversed its 600-year old mandate that nuns live and worship isolated behind convent walls. This freedom made new and diverse forms of religious life and service possible for women. The church could alter its position on women again, critics argue.
why so many americans think buddhism is just a philosophy
The Buddhists did not deliberately misrepresent their tradition or just tell the Americans what they wanted to hear. They were genuine in their attempt to make a 2500-year old tradition relevant to the late 19th century.
why can’t cats resist thinking inside the box?
Twitter’s been on fire with people amazed by cats that seem compelled to park themselves in squares of tape marked out on the floor. These felines appear powerless to resist the call of the #CatSquare.
