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January 25, 2021 Cantor Arts Center launches Asian American Art Initiative bolstered by major Ruth Asawa acquisition, The Michael Donald Brown Collection and other works Among the first of its kind, Stanford’s newest hub of interdisciplinary scholarship transforms the museum’s collection and expands research opportunities. By Beth Giudicessi The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announced today the establishment of the ...

By Beth Giudicessi The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announced today the establishment of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI), a significant effort to acquire, preserve, display and research art related to Asian American and Asian diaspora artists and their practices. Ruth Asawa with life masks on the exterior wall of her house. (Image credit: Photography by Terry Schmitt. ARTWORK: Untitled (Wall of Masks), c. 1966–2000. Ceramic, bisque-fired clay. © 2020 Estate of Ruth Asaw...

Robert Smithson, Grave Mounds with Object, ca. 1966 © HOLT/SMITHSON FOUNDATION / VAGA AT ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NY Curated by Highsnobiety and presented during the time period formerly known as Paris Men’s Fashion Week, “Not In Paris 2” is our second in a series of bi-annual digital exhibitions celebrating creativity in the age of remote interactions. Head here for the full series and cop our new merch via our online store. Throughout his career, the late artist Robert Smithson dr...

By Staff The Portland City Council Monday will hold a workshop on whether a historic district should be established in the citys Munjoy Hill neighborhood, a topic that has been discussed for years and will go before the council for a vote in the coming weeks. The council on Nov. 16 put off the issue until the councils three new members, Andrew Zarro, Mark Dion and April Fournier, could get up to speed and weigh in. The council held a workshop on the district proposal in Nov. 9...

New platform aims to empower and impact the Tel Aviv contemporary art scene Steeve Nassima and Suzanne Landau. Photo: Meir cohen. TEL AVIV .-Nassima Landau is a new and ambitious platform that aims to empower and impact the Tel Aviv contemporary art scene, by showcasing emerging and established International artists. Nassima Landau will act as a foundation identifying and supporting artists with outstanding talent, quality, and promising market value, whilst engaging in activities yielding fina...

Portland council gives top city attorney retroactive raise The City Council awarded attorney Danielle West-Chuhta, whose official title is corporation counsel, retroactive raises of 3 percent for 2019 to 2020, raising her salary to $148,473 a year. Share Portland’s top municipal attorney will receive a retroactive raise and nearly $12,000 in back pay dating to 2019. The City Council voted unanimously Monday to award Corporation Counsel Danielle West-Chuhta retroactive raises of 3 percent for...

Kunsthal Rotterdam Invites Visitors to Enter the Realm of Animal Art We Are Animals Exhibition is a tribute to humanity’s loving and cruel coexistence with the other living beings on this planet. December 23, 2020, 9:00 am 6. Daniel Firman, Nasutamanus, 2012, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin Feathered polar bears, wild wolves, cuddly cats, and a rabbit with extremely long ears, this spring the Kunsthal Rotterdam is inviting its visitors to enter the realm of animal art. One of the leading cu...