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Caroline Woolard & Pedro Reyes Work with Refugee Communities, New Jack Whitten Exhibition in Baltimore & More
A look at this week’s art news, including Caroline Woolard and Pedro Reyes’ recent contributions to the Cincinnati nonprofit Wave Pool, whose Welcome Editions project invites artists to design a limited edition art object and work with local refugee and immigrant women to fabricate the pieces.
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New Art21 Magazine Issue: “Rights of Passage”
Today the Art21 Magazine launched its Spring 2018 issue, “Rights of Passage,” which reflects on the importance of access to culture, and the power of art and artists to expand access to healthcare, education, and more.
Jack Whitten
“That’s what my work is about…seeing the facets of happiness and sadness all in one place.”
Raúl de Nieves
“The most toxic combination in the world is…the certainty of being right and a monopoly of power.”
William Kentridge
“The most important part is the process. It is the actual living and doing and making.”
Barbara Kasten
“Art isn’t a material, it’s not a medium—it’s not a certain product. It is the choices I’ve been able to make.”
Liz Magor
“Drawing is like practicing the piano, because the first ones that I do often don’t come out so I have to practice.”
Joan Jonas
“Beauty is just kind of an accident. Beauty is just a happenstance. Beauty is the remainders of being a painter.”
Kara Walker
“The studio is a sacred place that you come to do some bigger reflection and thinking.”
El Anatsui
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