Bisa Butler’s Vibrant Quilted Portraits Share Extraordinary Stories of Black Americans
Detail of “If I Ruled The World, Imagine That #2” (2022), cotton, silk, wool, metallic brocade, and velvet, quilted and appliquéd, 102 x 51 inches. All images © Bisa Butler, shared with permission “I find myself drawn to photographs that…
Kate MccGwire On Discerning Duality, Connecting with Nature, and Making Art in the Belly of a Dutch Barge
Inside glass vitrines redolent of cabinets of curiosities or Victorian-era natural history collections, Kate MccGwire’s “creatures” appear locked in an intense, writhing struggle. Known for sculptures and installations that incorporate thousands of bird feathers into serpentine bodies and gushing spills,…
A Prison Art Community On the Power of an Annual Exhibition in Michigan to Support More Than 700 Incarcerated Artists
For touting freedom as a foundational right, the United States cultivates a system of control. The nation incarcerates more people per capita than any other country, and even after COVID-19-related releases, the population totaled about 1.9 million people in 2022,…
A Prison Art Community On the Power of an Annual Exhibition in Michigan to Support More Than 700 Incarcerated Artists
For touting freedom as a foundational right, the United States cultivates a system of control. The nation incarcerates more people per capita than any other country, and even after COVID-19-related releases, the population totaled about 1.9 million people in 2022,…
Jessica Oreck of the Office of Collecting & Design On Her Enormous Museum of Miniatures
Among the grand exuberance of Las Vegas, the Office of Collecting & Design is a haven for the minute, the small objects that have been broken, separated from their partners, or grown obsolete and somehow found their way into the hands of…
Jessica Oreck of the Office of Collecting & Design On Her Enormous Museum of Miniatures
Among the grand exuberance of Las Vegas, the Office of Collecting & Design is a haven for the minute, the small objects that have been broken, separated from their partners, or grown obsolete and somehow found their way into the hands of…
Jessica Oreck of the Office of Collecting & Design On Her Enormous Museum of Miniatures
Among the grand exuberance of Las Vegas, the Office of Collecting & Design is a haven for the minute, the small objects that have been broken, separated from their partners, or grown obsolete and somehow found their way into the hands of…
Rael San Fratello Navigates the Boundaries of 3D Printing, Architecture, and the Impact of Division
Virginia San Fratello and Ronald Rael of the eponymous studio Rael San Fratello (previously) foster a practice that’s difficult to categorize. The pair pursue projects that transcend the boundaries of design, art, technology, and craft: they continually address the implications…
Rael San Fratello Navigates the Boundaries of 3D Printing, Architecture, and the Impact of Division
Virginia San Fratello and Ronald Rael of the eponymous studio Rael San Fratello (previously) foster a practice that’s difficult to categorize. The pair pursue projects that transcend the boundaries of design, art, technology, and craft: they continually address the implications…
Rael San Fratello Navigates the Boundaries of 3D Printing, Architecture, and the Impact of Division
Virginia San Fratello and Ronald Rael of the eponymous studio Rael San Fratello (previously) foster a practice that’s difficult to categorize. The pair pursue projects that transcend the boundaries of design, art, technology, and craft: they continually address the implications…