Artists Tuan Nguyen and John Early discuss parenthood, displacement and the many permutations of painting leading up to Nguyen’s solo exhibition at fort gondo in St. Louis.
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Over nine people came to the opening of “We,” Free Paarking’s exhibition of work by Chicago-based artist Sam Lipp. In fact, exactly ten people showed up—a higher-than-expected turnout for an opening that was held from 4:00 to 7:45 a.m.
Before Christmas, I boarded a train that carried me to verdant, Edenic New Orleans, where I soon found myself at..
An extension of an on-going series of programs in St. Louis about the problems of art criticism, “Meditations in an Emergency” offers artists in the community an opportunity to have ekphrastic poems written about their artwork.
St. Louis-based artists Gina Alvarez and Robert Goetz teamed up to open Yellow Bear Projects, a print shop and gallery space that offers classes, studio rentals, and collaborations throughout the area.
New critical voices should be emerging as we understand that there are no gatekeepers and no gate to keep. In a time where so much art criticism is provisional, under- or unpaid, how can we best cultivate new critical voices and new platforms?
BANK Projects is an artist-run space based in St. Louis operating out of a former bank in the city’s active Cherokee Street neighborhood.
fort gondo exercised a fairly rigorous open-door policy (literally) for the majority of its past – meaning, there have been countless organizers and semi-responsible parties involved. At the end of the day, fort gondo is Galen Gondolfi’s home – now shared by his wife, Jessica Baran, and their four dogs.