The SDGs through Arts initiative, launched by ZeeArts Gallery in collaboration with the UN-UAE, has seen enthusiastic participation from art collectors and philanthropists at its auction. The project, curated by Zaahirah Muthy, has successfully completed editions in various locations including Dubai, Mauritius, Seychelles, Bangladesh, Iraq, Comoros, Lebanon, Reunion, Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Oman, The Netherlands, Rodrigues Island, Madagascar and India.
https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2025/07/09/sdgs-through-arts-india-celebrates-creativity-sustainability-in-bengaluruMotomachi High School in Hiroshima has been collaborating with hibakusha (atom bomb survivors) for nearly two decades to create artworks based on their testimonies. Recently, the school showcased 15 new paintings, including pieces depicting soldiers writhing in pain and a girl surrounded by flames. Hironaka, an atom bomb survivor, praised one of the paintings, saying it accurately captured her feelings at the time, describing it as "an unforgettable page of my life".
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/hiroshima-teens-relay-atom-bomb-horror-with-art-211204Layer is a platform that enables families to explore the world of digital arts through various mediums, including code-based and ultra-resolution pieces. Founded by artists who specialize in moving macro photography of chemical reactions and paint and ink art, Layer offers a unique opportunity for collectors to engage with groundbreaking artists in a new format. By partnering with exhibiting artists, Layer aims to make digital art more accessible to a broader audience, potentially helping to legitimize it among those who may be skeptical about its value.
https://observer.com/2025/07/arts-interview-angelo-sotiracopoulos-layer-digital-art-display/The Tate Modern in London is set to host a major exhibition featuring Australian Indigenous artist Emily Kam Kngwarray's work for six months, starting this week. The exhibition, organized with the National Gallery of Australia, will showcase over 70 works, including early batiks and her final paintings. A recently uncovered letter reveals that the Tate initially turned down an offer to show Australian Indigenous art in 1996, citing a lack of interest in adding Indigenous artists to its collection, despite acquiring works by other non-Indigenous artists from similar regions.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/britain-celebrates-emily-after-hidden-letter-reveals-it-turned-down-indigenous-art-20250705-p5mcru.htmlAdesman reimagines domestic life scenes in art, challenging traditional views that saw them as mere decoration or passivity. Instead, she portrays intimate moments, power struggles, and resistance on decorative surfaces like chinoiserie and stained glass, revealing complex emotions and dynamics at play.
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/under-the-rose-marisa-adesman-anat-ebgi-nyc/The BlackStar film festival, now in its 13th year, has grown from a one-day microfestival to a four-day event showcasing works by Black, Brown, and Indigenous artists. The festival features speakers such as Meg Onli, Saidiya Hartman, and Rachael Abigail Holder, alongside Charles Burnett, whose tender film "Killer of Sheep" will be screened during the event. Burnett, 81, will also speak about his work, which Holmes credits as a key part of the festival's mission to provide a platform for genre-defying artists.
https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/blackstar-projects-film-festival-maori-karmael-holmes/Gerhard Richter's auction record stands at £30.4m for his large-scale abstract painting Abstraktes Bild (1986), sold at Sotheby’s London in 2015. The Fondation Louis Vuitton has hosted several blockbuster exhibitions, including one dedicated to Richter, which is part of a string of monographic shows on key figures of 20th- and 21st-century art. Richter recently curated the "Gerhard Richter: Panorama" exhibition at Tate Modern, marking his 90th birthday with a show in Dresden featuring works from his personal collection and museum loans, including portraits of his wife and children.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/a-blockbuster-gerhard-richter-retrospective-co-organised-by-nicholas-serota-is-coming-to-parisThe Tate Modern in London is hosting several exhibitions that highlight the experiences and stories of Indigenous artists. Emily Kam Kngwarray's work at the Tate Modern, alongside Duane Linklater, Ethel (Trapper) Linklater, Tobias Linklater, and Grey Plumes' exhibition at Camden Art Centre, shares a narrative component emphasizing community perspectives. Meanwhile, Santiago Yahuarcani: the Beginning of Knowledge at The Whitworth in Manchester explores Indigenous art, building on shared histories of abstraction and survival.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/08/as-a-emily-kam-kngwarray-survey-opens-at-tate-modern-this-week-contemporary-indigenous-artists-are-finally-taking-centre-stage-in-the-ukVisitors to In America's website can engage with various content, including listening to closed-captioned songs on the Music Player page, watching music video clips on the News, Comments & Videos page, and reading script or sheet music on Script and Sheet Music pages. Additionally, users can access song lead-ins and lyrics on the Lead-Ins & Lyrics page, and contribute to a live theater production of In America by visiting the Contributions page.
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