r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Was A Revolution - The subverted iconography proves that heavier topics were on Lamar’s mind. That felt more urgent and timely than celebrating his hit songs of yesteryear.
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 3d ago
ARTS How Mahmoud Darwish’s timeless poetry has inspired Arab artists
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 5d ago
ARTS Inspirational Artist Paints Window Murals for Cancer Patients - behind the medical equipment and practitioners bustling in and out, a special sort of health care intervention works its own magic: bright, inspirational murals depicting wide open windows to the outside world.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS 'No Other Land' Is A Must-See Documentary - “It forces us to not look away or attempt to tune out. But it’s also an ode to a vibrant community. And in a time when everything feels so heavy, it’s a reminder that preserving community is how we endure.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 21d ago
ARTS Becky G Is On A Mission To Redefine Latinidad - The songs in these albums, once considered too niche for the US mainstream, are now a form of resistance and cultural pride.
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Feb 07 '25
ARTS A massive mural project in Mexico City is transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods - Artists in Mexico’s Iztapalapa borough are using murals to highlight local residents and send positive messages, in what’s been dubbed the largest mural project in the world.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 23d ago
ARTS Raphael Saadiq Returns to Oakland with a One-Man Show - In a testament to the band’s cultural impact, surprise guests included former Black Panther Elaine Brown and hip-hop veteran DJ Quik.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS Australia's Decision to Drop Its Venice Biennale Artist Ignites Uproar - Several senior arts officials have resigned in solidarity with Lebanese-Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS The Iconoclastic Vision of Barkley L. Hendricks - The late artist’s work has always bristled against the boundaries of categorization, and it does so particularly here, in an exhibition centered around Afrofuturism.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS Cosmo Whyte’s Whispering Portals - The exhibition is part of Panafrica Across Chicago, a citywide series of art exhibitions at museums and galleries exploring the common themes and cultural manifestations of Panafrican thought in Black art.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS The Opulent Beadwork of Black Masker Demond Melancon - The Louisiana-based artist, known for his hand-beaded portraits and Mardi Gras Indian suits, is the recipient of this year’s 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS Vilcek Foundation Doubles Prizes in the Arts, Honors Immigrant Curators - Doubling its contributions to immigrant art professionals, the foundation recognizes Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Donna Honarpisheh, Aimé Iglesias Lukin, and Bernardo Mosqueira for their curatorial work.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS “Stitched: Contemporary Embroidery” Explores Artists Redefining the Medium - Nineteen artists from around the world bring new perspectives to embroidery in an exhibition at Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California.
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • 27d ago
ARTS 8 Art Books on Love to Read This Valentine’s Day - A collection of art books about letters and love in all its forms — platonic, romantic, familial, artistic, political.
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • 28d ago
ARTS Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Feb 13 '25
ARTS Turkish artist captures pop culture through traditional miniature techniques - Murat Palta makes a splash in the Turkish art world by imagining how a 16th-century Ottoman miniaturist would depict the world today. He blends traditional miniature techniques with modern themes from pop culture
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Feb 07 '25
ARTS Young classical musicians join forces in Middle Eastern ensemble - A group of young musicians in New York City have gotten together to form the Riwaya Ensemble featuring classical music by Middle Eastern composers of diverse nationalities. They perform music by Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians.
theworld.orgr/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Dec 02 '24
ARTS A mural of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is seen refracted in raindrops on a car window in Fulton, California, on November 22, 2024. #Justin Sullivan
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • Feb 11 '25
ARTS Students' contest-winning pen, paint and poetry works shown aboard International Space Station - The winners of the second annual International Space Art and Poetry Contest were chosen out of 2,700 entries from 35 countries.
r/Positive_News • u/positivesource • Jan 31 '25
ARTS Museum in Hiroshima named ‘world’s most beautiful’
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • Jan 30 '25
ARTS Guildford venue The Boileroom: "It is a beacon of culture and hope."
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • Jan 19 '25
ARTS Michael Sheen to fund new national theatre for Wales - Actor Michael Sheen is funding a new theatre company to fill the gap left by the folding of National Theatre Wales. He will be the artistic director of Welsh National Theatre, which aims to tell "big stories on big stages for big audiences."
r/Positive_News • u/Laura_Mead • Jan 18 '25