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Happy Hour w/ David Heo

December 22, 2020

David Heo in his studio in Chicago, image taken by Kristie Kahns (@kristiekahns)

David Heo is the definitive embodiment of booked and busy. A visual artist and all-around cool guy based in Chicago, David is likely painting at this very moment a...

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: BEATRIZ CORTEZ

September 29, 2020

Beatriz Cortez & Kang Seung Lee, Queer Correspondence, 2020, Cell Project Space. Image submitted by Sam Reynolds from London, UK. / Image taken from cellprojects.org

Our next artist does not need any introductions. From her recent participatio...

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WE LIKE YOUR STORY - TELL IT! KAREEM ON COMICS ART

September 24, 2020

In his down time, Kareem uses photoshop to re-work iconic comic book illustrations with luxury brand logos - one in particular is the Daredevil's 'Born Again' cover in which the subjects are repurposed into a status symbolistic manner - wearing Christian Dior. For many like myself, comic b...

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: PETER PAID

June 22, 2020

*Paid, Sheepshead Bay Lay Up*, 1985, Image courtesy of the Artist

IN CONVERSATION WITH BROOKLYN-BASED ARTIST PETER PAID

Get to know the art master who went from doing graffiti on subway trains, to opening up his own sign shop and exhibiting his work in various places including New York'...

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Young Creative Marlee Katz Puts Art Currently On

May 12, 2020

Art Currently speaks to young creative Marlee Katz who puts us on to artists we should be paying attention to including paintings by Oli Epp and/or Nicasio Fernandez - a new wave of imaginative, and bright art speaking to everyday life in a "funky way" as Ka...

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Artist Spotlight: Daniela Gomez Paz

May 5, 2020

For our first artist spotlight, art currently speaks to artist Daniela Gomez Paz whose canvas made from repurposed materials like mesh cloths, plastic, paper and much more, connects spirituality, ancestry, and self-consciousne...

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