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What is art for Fran Lebowitz?

By Abel Cervantes

A few weeks ago Netflix released one of the most interesting series in recent months. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring writer Fran Lebowitz, Pretend It’s a City exposes in 7 chapters several of the most transcendent topics about one of the most emblematic places in the world through a question: is New York a city? From a critical and acute perspective—how could it be otherwise with Lebowitz as the main character—.Pretend It’s a City reaches one of its highest points in the second chapter, dedicated to cultural manifestations. Though from a scathing and lapidary perspective, the New York-based writer cleverly exposes some of the most common perspectives around the visual arts. I stop here to explore two of them:

February 11, 2021

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Artists, Featured Artist, Opinion, Trends in Art

Art, Science, and Gender Studies: Charlotte Jarvis and the Female Sperm

By Camila Durán

A couple of years ago the controversial artist Charlotte Jarvis unveiled In Posse, an art project that aims to create female sperm. The first questions around this project revolve around the essence of the disciplines: to what extent can we talk about contemporary art? Is it a scientific project? How does gender studies intervene?

February 4, 2021

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List, Trends in Art

3 visual arts phenomena to watch in 2021

By Sybaris

The news in recent weeks has been paradoxical: on the one hand, the media show the infested number of deaths caused by Covid around the world; on the other hand, they said that the vaccine has come to save us and we will soon return to the streets as normal. True or not, in all areas there have been changes that are irreversible. What are the disciplines or phenomena in which the visual arts have the possibility to innovate? We observe 3 aspects that seem fundamental to us.

January 31, 2021

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Art Techniques, Artists, Events, Trends in Art

Bhangra Lexicon or How to Paint with Light, Dance and Technology

Digital technology is more important now than ever. Not only beacause we are under an historical lockdown but because it offers a thousand of possibilities for creating new form of arts. In this specific context, digital technology let us enjoy art outside the museums and from our homes. It is the case of this exciting project in which painting, dance, music, photography and technology merge together. One more plus: it is available to watch online.

January 18, 2021

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Artists, News, Trends in Art

Acute Art: The App that Will Change the Art World

By Sybaris Collection

It is not new news: virtual reality has lived with “real-reality” for more than 20 years. However, as in no other period of time, artists who come from contemporary art collaborate with technology to create imaginary worlds. The question is: this relationship between art and technology, in what way does it affect reality?

January 14, 2021

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Featured Artist, List, Opinion, The Provocation Column, Trends in Art

7 artists to follow in 2021

By Regina De Con Cossío

A new year ahead, and with it a fresh and new access to explore artistic manifestos! Keen to research, follow and learn more of the contemporary art scene, let’s welcome this 2021 with an open-minded and free spirit to delve more into art. If you are looking where to commence this new journey, have at hand the names of this seven artists, for they combine smart narratives and strong critiques with a variety of techniques and sensibility.

December 30, 2020

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What is art for Fran Lebowitz?

Art, Science, and Gender Studies: Charlotte Jarvis and the Female Sperm

3 visual arts phenomena to watch in 2021

Bhangra Lexicon or How to Paint with Light, Dance and Technology

Acute Art: The App that Will Change the Art World

7 artists to follow in 2021

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