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Destigmatising discussions on race and family at Immigration Museum with Fam by Where are you from?
MELBOURNE.- A new exhibition now on view at the Immigration Museum from, Fam by Where are you from? (WAYF), aims to destigmatise and prioritise conversations about race and family. For many people of colour living in predominantly white communities, the question Where are you from? is a regular encounter. While this enquiry may be considered harmless, it can feel othering. WAYF is a project created by Melbourne curator and writer Sabina McKenna to celebrate, educate and raise awareness about the BIPOC (black and indigenous people of colour) identity through art and storytelling. As part of this ongoing project, Sabina brings Fam to Immigration Musem from 26 August. Consisting of 15 portraits and stories, the exhibition documents the experiences of mixed and multi-ethnic families in Australia to explore how they grapple with differences in perspective and lived experience. ... More

Barbershops of America: Then and Now - photographs and text by Rob Hammer, summer 2023
SAN DIEGO, CA.- For seven years and over 200,000 miles, photographer Rob Hammer and his dog Mojo traveled throughout all 50 states and photographed both long-standing older shops and their barbers, as well as up and coming new stores and the younger generation building on the traditional trade. Barbershops of America: Then and Now provides a glimpse into the people and physical spaces that foster community, storytelling, and connection. Originally published in 2018, this re-release emphasizes that these images preserve in many cases the memories of shops that did not survive the impacts of Covid, or the emergence of the corporate chain store barbershop since Hammer began the project in 2012. This loss left a civic deficit that has impacted local small-town economies, as well as the intrinsic value that long-standing community gathering spaces provide. ... More

Harrison Tenzer joins UTA to lead New York Fine Arts
BEVERLY HILLS, CA AND NEW YORK, NY.- Harrison Tenzer has joined leading global talent, entertainment, sports and advisory company UTA as senior director of UTA Fine Arts and UTA Artist Space. He will be based in New York City and report to Arthur Lewis, Partner & Creative Director of UTA Fine Arts and UTA Artist Space. Tenzers hiring is the next step in the long-term expansion strategy for UTA Fine Arts, which includes enhanced geographical and client service capabilities. I have long admired Arthurs bold approach and Im excited to join his talented team, said Tenzer. UTAs artist-first mentality and embrace of innovation feels like the perfect culture fit for me. My aim is to tap into the extensive network of departments under the UTA umbrella to help artists realize their grandest ambitions. Bringing Harrison on board ... More

He tracks elusive Amazon tribes, but only from the shadows
PIRIPKURA INDIGENOUS TERRITORY.- Jair Candor had been searching the Amazon rainforest for three days when he heard their voices. He had spent a decade documenting their tracks, but that day back in 2011 was his first time seeing them: a family of nine, trekking through the forest nude with children on their backs and arrows taller than him. For years, logging companies had said this isolated Indigenous group was a myth. But now Candor, hidden behind slim trees, was recording the first-ever video of them. When he was done, he cursed the loggers and dared them to say the tribe didnt exist, his colleague Claiton Gabriel Silva said. Candors eyes were wet with tears. Candor, 63, is perhaps the most accomplished tracer of isolated tribes in Brazil, one of a waning number hired by the Brazilian government to explore some of the most untouched ... More

A filmmaker honored Bella Abzug. Her daughter says he took advantage.
NEW YORK, NY.- A documentary film that opened in New York last week was meant to be a loving paean to Bella Abzug, the feminist icon who represented the city in Congress during the 1970s, with interviews from a parade of prominent women, from Hillary Rodham Clinton to Barbra Streisand, who call her an inspiration to their own careers. But in recent weeks, a bitter public dispute between Abzugs daughter Liz Abzug and filmmaker Jeff L. Lieberman has complicated what was supposed to be a celebration of the congresswomans life and legacy. Liz Abzug has accused Lieberman of cutting her out of the project after agreeing to make her an executive producer in exchange for access to private archival material and interviews with prominent friends and associates of her mother, who died in 1998. The films producers say they did not cut Liz ... More

Aziz Isham to lead Museum of the Moving Image
NEW YORK, NY.- As the Museum of the Moving Image begins the early stages of redesigning its core exhibition to entice visitors back into its futuristic building in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, its trustees have tapped a nonprofit executive to lead the way. On Thursday, the museum announced that Aziz Isham would become its next director, filling the shoes of Carl Goodman, who recently left after nearly 12 years in the role. Isham, who does not have museum experience, has worked as a film producer and helped start the television program at BRIC, an arts organization in Brooklyn. Isham will begin at the museum in October after leaving his current job as executive director of the arts nonprofit Twenty Summers. I cant think of a more relevant New York institution and a better place to make sense of the present and figure out our future, Isham, ... More

Powerhouse unveils 1001 Remarkable Objects, major new exhibition led by Leo Schofield AM
SYDNEY.- Our vision for 1001 Remarkable Objects was a seemingly simple one: to create an exhibition celebrating the sheer scale, breadth and relevance of the Powerhouse Collection. But how to choose? We rejected the nomenclature of treasures or masterpieces and instead determined all choices must be in some way remarkable whether by virtue of rarity, visual appeal, social history or an ability to invoke wonder. The result is a cornucopia of eras, styles, form, function, size and colour, to stoke memories that so many have of this iconic institution and signal the beginning of a new phase in its marvellous existence, said Curatorium Chair Leo Schofield AM. Leo Schofield AM has a long association with Powerhouse, as a former member of the Board of Trustees and a significant donor. He has worked in collaboration with advisors Ronan ... More

Olivia Rodrigo, pop's brightest new hope, just may be a rock star
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Olivia Rodrigo, the bearer of perhaps the most famous drivers license in Los Angeles, piloted her black Range Rover to Westwood on a scorching late July afternoon. Six weeks remained before the release of her second album, Guts, and she was racked with anxiety about finding a spot for her SUV. (Parking in LA is a hellscape, she later proclaimed.) The car was her dream purchase, her favorite place to listen to music and yes, she feels guilty about the gas. She kept the stereo off as she circled her destination with increasing despair. A woman crossing a narrow street hustled out of Rodrigos path as she let out a Sorry!, unaware that the apologetic 20-year-old behind the wheel was the youngest artist to debut atop Billboards Hot 100 chart. When Rodrigo awoke on a January 2021 morning to news that her first single, ... More

&pound10m improvement works at the Barber Institute to begin this autumn
BIRMINGHAM.- The first phase of a Â£10 million essential building improvement programme begins at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham this autumn with the refurbishment of its exhibition gallery. The refit of the Lady Barber Gallery will include the installation of new walls, floors, glass doors and state-of-the-art lighting. The air-handling system will also be completely replaced. The work is the first instalment of a two-part scheme funded entirely by the University of Birmingham, which owns the Barbers building. The project has been prompted by the need to replace old air-handling and heating systems and install new building hardware. The refurbishment will provide an enhanced experience that befits a national arts institution and meets the expectations of 21st-century visitors. The Lady Barber Gallery, along with ... More

Jaimie Branch adds to a brilliant legacy with Fly or Die's final LP
NEW YORK, NY.- Jaimie Branch was a real one. Thats the consensus among anyone who really knew her, and its what the record shows. The Guardian once quoted her as saying that playing the trumpet is like singing your soul, and somehow her music backs that up completely. A year ago this week, Branch died unexpectedly, at 39; the tragedy took the air out of creative music communities in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, Chicago and well beyond. Branch hadnt released her first LP as a bandleader until 2017, but she had made up for lost time. With her two groups Fly or Die, an unorthodox trumpet-cello-bass-drums quartet, and Anteloper, an analog-synth-splashed duo with drummer Jason Nazary she put out five albums in as many years. Its an uncommonly good and unruly set of records: Each is devilishly fun but also musically ... More