Ruth Wolf expresses consternation and concern about what’s going on in the world today. She is worried “about the safety and the direction of our country.” She asks what role can and does art play and answers that art is an act of resistance. Her exhortation at the end is a call to make art, “Inhale courage, exhale art.” We agree.
Read MoreJanyce Denise Glasper bids a fond farewell to Artblog. The artist and writer has been part of the Artblog team for eight years, and in that time has written 22 reviews and features that have expanded enormously our coverage of Black women artists and creatives.
Read MoreWe are delighted to provide you with Sarah Kaizar’s ‘AT feed,’ a humorous look at today’s climate change media postings online. Made with the magic assistance of AI, Sarah requests ChatGPT to write one article from many headlines she feeds it. The resulting article, is it an AI hallucination? Is it for real? Who and what do we trust? These and other questions are raised by the project, which will run bi-weekly on Artblog. Send your feedback to us at editor@theartblog.org.
Read MoreArtblog is delighted to present our first piece of fiction – historical fiction! The work of Clayton Campbell, ”The Red Ghost of Eastern State,’ interweaves true historical characters with fictional ones and tells a story relevant to today.
Read MoreKatie Dillon Low attends the rally for workers on May 1 (May Day) and reports on the crowd, the speeches, and says the speeches were great but Bernie’s was not the greatest. The greatest was…
Read MoreMatthew Rose takes a trip through art history, focusing on art’s (and the human) obsession with the end of times, the apocalypse, armageddon, and the like. In this long-form essay, Rose asks many questions for you to ponder along the way.
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