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‘A reflection of who she was’: major Diane Arbus exhibition hits New York

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

Constellation, the enormous new show of photographer Diane Arbus’s life work, aims to present the artist as no one has seen her before. Embracing randomness, this exhibition of a full set of 454 master prints from Arbus’s only authorized printmaker, Neil Selkirk, tries its best to give audiences a completely unstructured presentation of the photos. “I wanted to make sure that it was as mixed up as possible,” the show’s curator, Matthieu Humery, told me.
The best US exhibitions and art events for Pride month 2025

1 week ago | msn.com | Veronica Esposito

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The best US exhibitions and art events for Pride month 2025

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

While many sectors of society are pulling back on LGBTQ+ celebration, support and representation – including retailers like Target; tech giants like Meta and Google, and non-profits such as the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (Rainn) – art venues large and small are showing up for Pride month this June. Here’s a roundup of many of the things happening all over the country to celebrate and encourage the LGBTQ+ community this year.
‘Emotion and history through color’: the activism of Tomashi Jackson’s art

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

While the Black artist Tomashi Jackson was pursuing her MFA from the Yale School of Art in the 2010s, she had a revelation about how our perception of color works. While studying color theory, she had gone back to the basics, rereading foundational texts from her art education – Jackson realized that the way these books talked about color resembled how Americans talk about race.
Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Veronica Esposito

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Sebastião Salgado captured the world like no other photographer

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

It’s a testament to the epic career of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who died this week at age 81, that this year has already seen exhibitions of hundreds of his photos in Mexico City, France and southern California.
‘Love, hope, community and resistance’: ACLU to unveil 9,000 sq ft quilt for trans rights

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

“It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t anxious,” Abdool Corlette said while discussing his latest project with the American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Be. An award-winning film-maker and head of brand at the ACLU, Corlette has been working for nearly two years with hundreds of trans people across the country to create a 9,000 sq ft quilt, composed of 258 panels that are packed with responses to the question: what does freedom mean to you?
‘It was the people’s art’: exhibition explores mysteries of early American photography

3 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Veronica Esposito

Photography expert and Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Jeff L Rosenheim believes that cameras are profoundly entwined with the American story. “I’ve always been drawn to photography because it has this baseline democratic principle,” he told me. “It arrived from Europe in 1839, and what were we going to do with it?
‘It’s all very sad’: Trump’s attack on arts funding has a devastating effect | Culture

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Veronica Esposito

On the afternoon of 3 May, arts organizations around the US began receiving cryptic emails from a previously unknown government email account. The missives declared that these organizations’ missions were no longer in line with new governmental arts priorities, which included helping to “foster AI competency”, “empower houses of worship” and “make America healthy again”.
‘It’s all very sad’: Trump’s attack on arts funding has a devastating effect

4 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Veronica Esposito

On the afternoon of 3 May, arts organizations around the US began receiving cryptic emails from a previously unknown government email account. The missives declared that these organizations’ missions were no longer in line with new governmental arts priorities, which included helping to “foster AI competency”, “empower houses of worship” and “make America healthy again”.