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_Brat_ album cover, 2024, Asylum, Atlantic and Warner UK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Louise Irpino

How Charli XCX’s “Brat” Became the Soundtrack o...

Charli XCX's album "Brat" became the soundtrack of Summer 2024 with bold hyperpop, clever marketing, and a "brat" persona embraced by fans.

Voguing at Masquerade Ball, 2016, S Pakhrin from DC, USA, CC BY 2.0 _https_creativecommons.org_licenses_by_2.0_, via Wikimedia Commons

Louise Irpino

The History of Voguing

Voguing is an expressive dance style rooted in 1960s Harlem's ballroom scene, blending fashion, art, and BIPOC and LGBTQ+ cultures, popularized by Madonna.

He Chengyao, Kiss, 2003 via HKW Archives

Jesslyn Low

He Chengyao

He Chengyao, a Chinese performance artist, explores mental illness, mother-daughter bonds, and personal history through provocative, deeply personal art.

500 Days of Summer

Lily Frye

500 Days of Blue

"500 Days of Summer" intricately uses shades of blue, symbolizing calmness, stability, and sorrow, ultimately leading to heartbreak.

Installation view of Kjartansson’s Take Me Here by the Dishwasher: Memorial for a Marriage. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/ Getty Images, courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine New York and i8 gallery Reykjavik

Taylor Hunt

Performance Art

Performance art stands out as a dynamic and boundary-pushing medium. Explore these five provocative examples and their ability to challenge and inspire.

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu via The Allure of the Matter.org

Louise Irpino

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu

Discover the works of Chinese conceptual artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, as well as the controversies surrounding their use of unconventional materials.

Candyman

Jesslyn Low

Paintings in Horror Films

Are you a lover of art? How about horror movies? Those who find themselves at this intersection will be happy to know that there are many films that combine these...

Yoko Ono via MoMA

Emma Segrest

Performance Art and Performing Arts: An Analysis

Performance art and performing arts may seem like interchangeable terms, but key differences distinguish the two and provide different outcomes from each medium.

L'Âge d’Or

Emma Segrest

Four Artists Who Experimented with Filmmaking

Whether you are looking to learn more about your favorite artist or searching for your next date-night movie, we cover four artists who experimented with films that will leave you...

Human Measure by Cassils Still Frame

Jesslyn Low

Dance, Visual Arts, and Activism

Art forms such as pop art, conceptual art, and performance art were gaining popularity. Among some of these art forms traction for artists to utilize dance in their works began...