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The sacred Qaiqab tree on the Sakiya site. Beneath this tree is a shrine to an ancient spirit.

Turner Prize Nominated Artist Collective Cooking Sections Dedicates Prize to Sakiya

December 3, 2021
Press

Gloria Sutton

ACT Affiliate Gloria Sutton Awarded an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant

December 2, 2021
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Nida Sinnokrot, Jonah’s Whale, 2014.
Steel, gypsum, Styrofoam, carpet, vinyl, conduit, aluminum, foam, fabric, 1200 × 480 × 240 cm. Photo: Chris Franken.

Office Hours: Nida Sinnokrot for Art & Education

November 23, 2021
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Gili Tal, Spaces for Reflection (The Whole World at Your Fingertips, Fog), 2019. Inkjet print on paper, 16 1/2 × 23 2/5 inches. Courtesy the artist, Jenny’s, and Galerie Buchholz.

Judith Barry and Renée Green in Group Show, Exhibition as Image

November 18, 2021
Exhibition

Azra Aksamija, Co-habitants, Prototype, 2019. Photo: Dino Rowan

MIT Future Heritage Lab Wins 2 Global Holcim 2021 Awards

November 17, 2021
Awards

Details: Philippine Pavilion’s Structures of Mutual Support Exhibition curated by Sudarshan V. Khadka Jr. and Alexander Eriksson Furunes and GK Enchanted Farm Community

Mutualism in Art and Architecture

November 16, 2021
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Suneil Sanzgiri

Suneil Sanzgiri (SMACT ’17) Named One of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 Faces of Film 2021

November 12, 2021
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Majid Al-Kanaan undertook a project to combat the visual and existential monotony of life at the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. Using clay and stones from camp terrain, he built a colonnade of decorative arches in front of his shed. Image courtesy of Azra Akšamija

Design to Live: Everyday Inventions from a Refugee Camp

November 2, 2021
Publication

Reina Suyeon Mun

Reina Suyeon Mun Published in SEISMA Magazine

November 1, 2021
Publication

Renée Green, Berlin Story, 2001.

Inevitable Distances: Renée Green’s survey at KW and daadgalerie in Berlin

October 25, 2021
Exhibition

Azra Aksamija. Photo: Herman Seidl, 2012.

Azra Akšamija | HART Public Lecture at Rice University

October 22, 2021
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Cover of Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network, edited by Howie Chen, published by Primary Information, 2021. Image courtesy of Primary Information. [A large black G over a green background. On the left, “Asian American Arts Network” appears in white vertical text over a black background.]

Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network (1990–2001)

October 21, 2021
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