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November 1, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor, FreeFree, HybridHybrid “New Observations: Bringing Art and Activism to Challenging Times”: U-M Library Talks by 3 visiting cultural commentators. Artist and activist Mia Feroleto discusses New Observations, her independent, nonprofit contemporary arts and culture journal. …
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November 1, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor, FreeFree, HybridHybrid “New Observations: Bringing Art and Activism to Challenging Times”: U-M Library Talks by 3 visiting cultural commentators. Artist and activist Mia Feroleto discusses New Observations, her independent, nonprofit contemporary arts and culture journal. …
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November 1, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor, FreeFree, HybridHybrid “New Observations: Bringing Art and Activism to Challenging Times”: U-M Library Talks by 3 visiting cultural commentators. Artist and activist Mia Feroleto discusses New Observations, her independent, nonprofit contemporary arts and culture journal. …
Read More“New Observations: Bringing Art and Activism to Challenging Times”: U-M Library
November 1, 2023 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor, FreeFree, HybridHybrid “New Observations: Bringing Art and Activism to Challenging Times”: U-M Library Talks by 3 visiting cultural commentators. Artist and activist Mia Feroleto discusses New Observations, her independent, nonprofit contemporary arts and culture journal. …
Read MoreIn Ecuador, Animal Tattoos Take On Dangerous Gang Stigma
Photos by Marcos Pin. Video by Enrique Ortiz In gang-ridden Ecuador, people who sport popular animal tattoos such as tigers or eagles are increasingly forced to hide their ink as such symbols have become usurped by criminal groups. The small country’s descent into deadly drug …
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He has a large tiger tattooed on his back, just because he liked it, never imagining it would turn into a dangerous symbol MARCOS PIN Photos by Marcos Pin. Video by Enrique Ortiz In gang-ridden Ecuador, people who sport popular animal tattoos such as tigers …
Read MoreThe Terrible Beauty of Juanita McNeely’s Moving Through at James Fuentes Gallery, Los Angeles
Juanita McNeely, Moving Through, 1975. Signed recto on panel no. 9. Oil on canvas, 84 x 408 inches @ James Fuentes Gallery. By LITA BARRIE October 31, 2023 Juanita McNeely’s fiercely beautiful paintings explore taboo subjects that would usually make us squirm and cringe. The …
Read MoreCalifornia police officer took bribes from Colombian art dealer for years in exchange for immigration help
A former police officer in Southern California solicited bribes—including fancy dinners, tickets to an art fair and nearly $30,000 in rent—from a Colombian art dealer for seven years in exchange for immigration benefits. The former officer, Paul John Gollogly of Temecula, California, pleaded guilty this …
Read MoreBook Review: Americana Insights – Antiques And The Arts Weekly
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring Scholarship on American folk art and traditional Americana lacked a dedicated platform after the Fall of 2008, when the American Folk Art Museum’s Folk Art magazine (also titled The Clarion), concluded a run it had enjoyed since Winter 1971. A …
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