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Gate, by Maxim Demin
Many artists work with different paints or printmaking materials, but the background Maxim Demin brings to art making—he also does icon restoration—expands his level of experimentation to forms, fo...
Grandfather, by Fouad Agbaria
Known for art that blends cultural history, landscape, and pattern work, Fouad Agbaria offers Palestinian narratives often left untold in the media....
Lamentations 8:46–18:19, by Michael C. Gibson
It is usually late at night when Michael C. Gibson creates his works of art....
Christ of the Tears, by Tempio Industriale
The evening after protests in Turin, Italy, Tempio Industriale—artist Valerio Perino—gathers tear gas canisters from the city streets....
In All Seasons, by Lanecia Rouse Tinsley
Lanecia Rouse Tinsley, a multidisciplinary artist in Houston, Texas, is director for justice and the arts at projectCURATE and cofounder of the ImagiNoir Group, a think tank of Black activists, cre...
Untitled, by Kreg Yingst
Kreg Yingst’s diverse contemporary and historical interests converge in his work with block printing....
Solidarity Is Always in Season, by Ricardo Levins Morales
Ricardo Levins Morales is an organizer, workshop leader, and social justice strategist....
African-American Women of the Civil Rights Movement, by Pamela Chatterton-Purdy
In her speech accepting the nomination for vice president, Kamala Harris honored past generations of civil rights activists and a new generation standing on their shoulders....
Refugees Welcome | I See My Neighbors | Everyone Is Welcome Here, by Micah Bazant
Signs of welcome, hope, and refuge—that’s what Jewish trans artist Micah Bazant creates: posters and images for public spaces that make a claim on them as welcoming....
Stokely Carmichael and Michelle Obama, by Panhandle Slim
If you live in Savannah, Georgia, you know Panhandle Slim. His signature work appears on billboards and on schools, in homes, barbershops, and community centers....
Ella Baker, Pauli Murray, Wendell Berry, Bryan Stevenson, by Robert Shetterly
Robert Shetterly never planned to paint portraits....
Boiling Point and John Lewis, by Basil Watson
The human form “capture[s] the energy, motivation and spirit that are reflected in every aspect of the subject,” says Basil Watson, a Jamaican artist now based in Georgia....
Our Lady of Ferguson, by Mark Doox
Recently, faith leaders have been carrying prints of Mark Doox’s Our Lady of Ferguson to protests in cities across the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Breonna Ta...
Believe They Are Worthy Too, by aung.robo.arts / Anastasio Wrobel
“Genderqueer and non-conformist are two of my roots,” writes Ansastasio Wrobel (known in the art world as aung robo) in their recent artist statement....
Hospital break room art collection, by various artists
For those who work in health care, the COVID-19 crisis is taking quite a toll. Many nurses are short not only on medical supplies but on sustaining hope....
Back Window and Welcome Home, by Leslie Williams
Artist and color theorist Josef Albers influenced generations of artists. Among them is Leslie Williams. She describes the impact of his thought as the beginning of “a love affair with color . . ....
Treasure (A View of My House from Above), by Matthew Whitney
Matthew Whitney recounts four brief, daily practices from a spiritual teacher of his: chant, meditation, simple work, and simple activities....
Holy Family, by Nabil Anani
A founding member of the League of Palestinian Artists, Nabil Anani has helped cultivate the contemporary arts movement in the Palestinian territories....
No more of it in one place than another (Eight shades of blue at the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo de Guzmán) and Model for a String of Dreams, by Cherith Lundin
Artists like Cherith Lundin help you look at space and light differently. You begin to notice, for example, how light falls on white to create shades of pinky gray....