The season 1 finale of Strange Customs brings Sasha Sagan to an extraordinary Chicago exhibition for a conversation with artist Dario Robleto. Situated at the intersection of art and science, the show also has its inspiration and roots in Sasha’s own family.
We’ll also hear from Harvard art historian Dr. Jennifer Roberts about the ways art and science share a mission to extend our vision beyond the horizon.
Anthony Pinn sits down with visual artist ANGELBERT METOYER to talk about acts of creation and destruction, Afrofuturism, and gardening the subconscious in deep time.
Anthony Pinn talks with critically-acclaimed artist JAMAL CYRUS about his process, his values, and the place and purpose of art in our culture.
Reading Time: 5 minutes When art history instructor Erika López Prater wanted to show a painting of Muhammad in her class at Hamline University last semester, she took every precaution. It was a 14th-century work by a Muslim for a Muslim audience honoring the last prophet of Islam. She repeatedly warned students that she would show the picture, both […]
Host Anthony Pinn sat down with Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. ANTHONY PINN: It seems to me that part of your work as a curator is forcing the recognition and the visibility of those who have been marginalized and rendered invisible. VALERIE CASSEL OLIVER: […]
Reading Time: 9 minutes What began as a practical solution to a problem in my Chicago neighborhood became a public act of meaning-making and a secular memorial.
Reading Time: 7 minutes Last night, I was just thinking about how social media has made it so much easier and simpler for those with passions to connect with each other and share what they’re doing. It wasn’t like that when I was younger, that’s for sure. Today, Lord Snow Presides over one of the very best aspects of modern life: how the internet allows a labor of love to be shared so much more easily and widely than ever before.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Famous people, like Jesus, greatly help ideas go viral. That’s why it’s important to note that I’d never heard nontheist artist Bjork sing until last week.
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is a guest piece from Douglas Balmain (who has previously contributed a piece). This is slightly leftfield but no less interesting. Check it out – thanks hugely to him for contributing (let me know if anyone else wishes to): The Task Of The Revolutionist Creator Combating The Censorship Of Societal and Social Influence There […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes For people who are unfamiliar with The Satanic Temple ‘Hail Satan?’ does a great job of capturing the mood and spirit of those early events. Those of us who have been following TST since they first made news will appreciate that the narrative is spot-on and highlights the group’s biggest news making campaigns.
