Big Butch Energy//Synergy: A Conversation with Nina Chanel Abney

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Big Butch Energy//Synergy: A Conversation with Nina Chanel Abney

There are few artists on the contemporary landscape that have the immediacy of Nina Chanel Abney. A painter by training and now explorining collage and printmaking as mediums, Abney has traversed the September 27, 2023
Radio Juxtapoz, ep 120: April Bey on Teaching and Creating the Way

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Radio Juxtapoz, ep 120: April Bey on Teaching and Creating the Way

When you walked through the prestigious Armory Show a few weeks ago, April Bey's solo booth with Bahamas-based Tern Gallery, was the standout. The fair itself was quite strong, but there was somethin September 27, 2023
Interview: Jason Andreasen on the History of the Surreal Salon at Baton Rouge Gallery

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Interview: Jason Andreasen on the History of the Surreal Salon at Baton Rouge Gallery

A few weeks ago, we announced this year's Surreal Salon, the 16th edition of the esteemed juried art competition. Seeing that the deadline for submissions is October 20, 2023, we wanted to share September 27, 2023
Zoé Blue M.: Finding the Sound of Emptiness

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Zoé Blue M.: Finding the Sound of Emptiness

Prior to her graduation from the esteemed MFA Painting and Drawing program at UCLA early in 2023, Zoé Blue M. had a resume that would be the envy of even the most jaded mid-career artists. Exhibiti September 25, 2023
The Universe on Paper: An Interview with Matthew Craven

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The Universe on Paper: An Interview with Matthew Craven

Oakland-based artist Matthew Craven has been wondering how the world began. More specifically, he’s been exploring creation myths and origin stories from around the world for his solo show at Hashi September 25, 2023
RIP Juanishi Orosco, Co-Founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective

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RIP Juanishi Orosco, Co-Founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective

We were saddened to hear this week of the passing of the great artist, Juanishi Orosco, co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force Art Collective and major pillar in the mural and Chicano art movement September 22, 2023
Review: Rachel Dwan’s “Rhymes With” @ Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco

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Review: Rachel Dwan’s “Rhymes With” @ Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco

Rachel Dwan exhibits twelve paintings at a pop-up exhibition at Upper Market Gallery this Friday and Saturday, September 22 to 23. Dwan’s work pursues the associative nature of abstraction in paint September 21, 2023
Peggy Kuiper: Her Emotional Landscape

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Peggy Kuiper: Her Emotional Landscape

Gazing out at a silent gray ocean or placid blue lake is invariably mesmerizing. The expanse of space and color captivates, inspiring our own stories, or to coin an ancient Latin phrase, “The deepe September 18, 2023
Xavier Daniels: Cry Like a Man

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Xavier Daniels: Cry Like a Man

In the second grade, Xavier Daniels received a letter from his art teacher. His instructor placed the paper in an envelope, instructing her student to give it to his parents. The letter, Daniels expl September 13, 2023
Africa Fashion: The Brooklyn Museum Reaches Across the Pond

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Africa Fashion: The Brooklyn Museum Reaches Across the Pond

Speaking about their creations in 2019, designers from the incubator 419 declared, “When people think of African fashion design, it’s always the same Dutch wax prints—which aren’t even Africa September 07, 2023
Baton Rouge Gallery Announces Open Call to Artists for Surreal Salon 16 with Special Guest Juror, Beth Cavener

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Baton Rouge Gallery Announces Open Call to Artists for Surreal Salon 16 with Special Guest Juror, Beth Cavener

Baton Rouge Gallery – center for contemporary art is proud to announce it is now accepting submissions for Surreal Salon 16, the juried exhibition celebrating pop-surrealist and lowbrow art. Artist September 05, 2023
FALL 2023 Cover Story: Takashi Murakami and The Monsters Inside Us All

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FALL 2023 Cover Story: Takashi Murakami and The Monsters Inside Us All

When Godzilla first entered the cultural lexicon in 1954, Ishirō Honda wasn’t trying to make a monster film in the traditional sense. Most monster films aren’t about an actual ugly and terrifyin August 29, 2023
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