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The Human Instamatic: Martin Wong’s Visionary Paintings of New York Continue to Intrigue

Martin Wong, one of the most distinct documentarians of New York City, loved underdogs. In his art, he portrayed loud people hanging in dank stairwells, graffiti artists who worked in the dark, and men who lost, especially those who had lost big, with years of their lives in the state prison system. At a 1984 exhibition at New York’s Semaphore Gallery, he displayed an artist statement scrawled on cardboard. In it, he wrote: “Taking down to street level this time, I wanted to focus in close on some of the endless layers of conflict that has us all bound together… Always locked in, always locked out, winners and losers all…”

Detroit Institute of Arts Faces Backlash Over Newly Unveiled Police Mural

A mural unveiled last week at the police department of Detroit suburb Sterling Heights caused a backlash among artists and social activists frustrated with numerous killings of Black persons by the police over the last year. The Detroit Institute of the Arts, which played role in the mural’s creation, posted images of the painting on social media last week. On social media, artists and activists accused the DIA of being “pro-cop.” The museum said that the mural—an enlarged vinyl version of a 2018 painting—had been created with the “input” of the city’s community.

Legacy Russell Named Executive Director of the Kitchen

Storied New York arts nonprofit the Kitchen has appointed Legacy Russell executive director and chief curator. Russell, who since 2018 has served as associate curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem, will take up her new post in September, succeeding Tim Griffin, who led the organization for a decade. She will be the first Black woman to head the Kitchen, a bastion for experimental music and performance art, in the half century since it was established.

France is sending a second Statue of Liberty to the US

New Yorkers have a surprise gift to look forward to for this Independence Day: a second Statue of Liberty sent by France. This new bronze statue, nicknamed the "little sister," is one-sixteenth the size of the world-famous one that stands on Liberty Island. On Monday, during a special ceremony, the smaller sibling was lifted and loaded into a special container at the National Museum of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in central Paris, where it has been installed since 2011 in the museum's garden. It will be erected on Ellis Island, just across the water from the original, from July 1 to July 5.

Artist of the Month: BASH ORIGINALS

Sebastian Ferreira is an artist/painter based out of Edgewater, NJ. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he grew up in Miami, FL with a passion for writing and lettering. He always took pride in his penmanship until he discovered graffiti in the streets. His artwork is currently an amalgamation of pop, abstract, and calligraphy. “I like to write my stories into my pieces, My portraits have a very morose and melancholic vibe to them.” He is heavily influenced by greats like Warhol, Kline, Retna, Soulages, Francoise Nielly, Cy Twombly, and more obscurely, Lester Johnson.

Acrylic, ink on canvas “Pablo”
36 x 48 in
91 x 122 cm

Oil, ink, spray on canvas
48 x 60 in
122 x 152 cm

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