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Ruth Foundation for the Arts Awards Four Texas Organizations $150,000 Grants
The Ruth Foundation for the Arts (Ruth Arts) has announced its round of 2025–2028 Core Grant Recipients, including...
Paper Sculptures at Seden’s Workshop
Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist Seden Lai specializes in using paper as a primary medium for her sculptural...
On View: American Flag Paintings by Gary Erbe
Seeing these American flag paintings will be an educational experience for some, controversial for others, and an...
What a Standoff with a Black Bear Taught Me about Life in Northern Alberta
Working as a fire tower lookout meant regularly confronting wildlife The post What a Standoff with a Black Bear...
Weekly Quiz: Strategic Romance, Buying “Canadian,” and AI Pricing
How closely have you been reading our online stories this week? Take The Walrus Weekly Quiz to find out—released...
Et Tu, South Africa?
Christina Sharpe and Rinaldo Walcott lambast the country's culture minister for canceling a show about Palestinian...
Graciela Iturbide: Photography as Witness
C/O Berlin presents the work of Graciela Iturbide, a photographer who spend decades sensitively capturing the life...
Yu Nishimura at Crèvecoeur, rive droite and Crèvecoeur, rive gauche
December 12, 2025 – February 7, 2026
John Wilson’s Relentlessly Humane Vision of Black Life
He portrayed the gamut of the Black experience, making visible a sense of deep isolation as well as pride, family,...
Five Art and Museum Events for MLK Day in NYC
Special collection tours at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a live reading of one of King's...
40 Years On, DC Artists Revisit Don Miller's MLK Mural
Since 1986, the 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has served as a visual portal into...