‘Miki Kratsman: People I Met’ at USF Contemporary Art Museum
photo courtesy of Will Lytch Miki Kratsman: People I Met installed at USF Contemporary Art Museum, 2018.

‘Miki Kratsman: People I Met’ at USF Contemporary Art Museum

People I Met is a conceptual mixed-media piece documenting Miki Kratsman's attempt to use Facebook to identify 9,000 Palestinians he took photographs of during his 30 years as a photojournalist for the Israeli newspapers Hadashot and Haaretz. The installation features 2,000 printed portraits hung individually…

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Exhibition at the MFA St. Pete explores the intimate history of self-portraiture
Yasumasa Morimura, An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo (Collar of Thorns), 2001, dye diffusion thermal transfer print, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection, © Yasumasa Morimura, Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.

Exhibition at the MFA St. Pete explores the intimate history of self-portraiture

Though the term selfie is now a ubiquitous part of our vernacular, the act of taking a photo of one’s self is not usually viewed as the creative process of an artist. “This is Not a Selfie: Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas…

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Sarasota Museum of Art set to open in fall 2019

Sarasota will soon be adding another museum to its already extensive selection of artistic and cultural institutions. However, this museum, with a focus on contemporary art and a commitment to community engagement, is determined to develop a new institutional model that will reflect the diversity…

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From New York to Paris : the Museum of Modern Art celebrates its history with a Parisian exhibition co-organized with the Foundation Louis Vuitton
(Photos courtesy of Audrey Warne) Le faux miroir, an oil on canvas piece from 1928, by Belgian painter and surrealist René Magritte.

From New York to Paris : the Museum of Modern Art celebrates its history with a Parisian exhibition co-organized with the Foundation Louis Vuitton

SUBMISSION by Audrey Warne The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris have co-organized an exhibition entitled “Être moderne : le MoMA à Paris” (which translates to “Being Modern : the MoMA in Paris”) which showcases over…

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La « race » in France : France’s attempts to deal with immigration must first overcome the nation’s inability to talk about race
Graffiti outside of the Jardin de Tuileries promoting the French exit from the EU.

La « race » in France : France’s attempts to deal with immigration must first overcome the nation’s inability to talk about race

SUBMISSION by Audrey Warne     The recent surge in terrorism and violence in France has contributed to a pervasive sentiment of racism and fear of the Other which has become only too evident in the nation’s capital. The tendency for those who live in…

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Dealing with the aftermath of attentats in France
Signs across Paris display warnings of criminal or terrorist movement. (Photos by Audrey Warne)

Dealing with the aftermath of attentats in France

SUBMISSION BY AUDREY WARNE Two women, ages 17 and 20, were stabbed repeatedly by a man at Saint-Charles Station on October 1. Both women died from their wounds while the attacker was shot and killed by police. The attack was the second to take place…

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Thousands protest French president’s proposed labor law
La Confédération générale du travail (CGT), France's largest public sector labor union, was one of the major organizing forces for the September 12 protests.

Thousands protest French president’s proposed labor law

A protest against French President Emmanuel Macron’s attempted reform of the French Code du Travail (labor laws) halted traffic, closed down metro stations and led hundreds of riot police to take to the streets of Paris. The Parisian manifestation was a part of a larger…

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