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Bwo Gallery Has Opened in Cameroon, Filling a Gap in the Contemporary Art Scene of Central Africa
On September 2, on a lively street in Bonapriso, an upscale neighborhood of Douala, Cameroon, an eager crowd gathered outside Bwo Art Gallery. The stylish throng had come to see the gallery’s inaugural show—by Cameroonian artist Sesse Elangwe—and Central Africa’s newest platform for contemporary art. The enthusiasm was just as palpable inside, where artists and […]
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Scottish Artist France-Lise McGurn Has Created a Vivid Tribute to Her Mother With a Joint Exhibition of Crochet and Paintings
Scottish artist France-Lise McGurn told me that, growing up, her family had a running joke—if you sat still for too long, their mother would crochet over you. “Matching Mother/Daughter Tattoos” a new exhibition at New York’s Margot Samel, offers a window into the artist’s relationship—as a daughter and a creator—with her mother Rita McGurn, a […]
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A Tribute to Hip-Hop Mogul Jay-Z, Featuring Works by Henry Taylor, Daniel Arsham, and More, Lands at the Brooklyn Public Library
For a major Jay-Z exhibition, the Brooklyn Public Library has—quite literally—taken pages out of the rapper’s songbook. The limestone facade of its central branch has been blanketed with some of the freshest lyrics penned by Jay-Z. There are couplets from “Justify My Thug” and “Things That U Do,” and verses from “Sweet” and “Hovi Baby,” […]
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A New Show in Frankfurt Surveys How Famous Artists Explored the Power and Peril of Plastic. See the Works Here
Plastic was once seen as a major advancement for humanity thanks to its low-cost versatility—now, it feels like our undoing. Even as disturbing headlines warn us that plastic is now in our water, our air, and our bodies, we remain locked in an uncomfortable reliance on this potentially toxic, manmade material. We may fantasize about […]
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An Illuminating New Show Celebrates the Life and Art of Brigid Berlin, Daughter of High Society and Friend of Andy Warhol
Brigid Berlin was a debutante, a rebel, an artist, a muse. She is not a familiar name to many, even today, but in the downtown demimonde of the 1960s and ‘70s, Berlin became a cult figure, famed as Andy Warhol’s rollicking Factory sidekick, his muse, and the star of his 1966 experimental film Chelsea Girls. […]