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Visual Art

Ceramic artwork for sale at Holiday Sale (Photo by Edie Raines | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

‘Tis the Season to Visit the Holiday Art Sale

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor December 15, 2022

  Just two doors down from the glossy, modern and elegant Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building, students may wander upon a dark remnant of brutalist architecture constituting the University of...

(Courtesy Visual AIDS)

Day With(out) Art 2022 Commemorated at the UMFA for World AIDS Day

By Arlo Marler December 8, 2022

  HIV and AIDS is known by most. Yet, a heavy stigma still surrounds the condition, despite it not being the death sentence it once was. Even more stigmatized are the people associated stereotypically...

(Graphic by Brenda Payan Medina | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Banksy Reappears in War-Torn Ukraine

By Andre Montoya, Arts Writer November 23, 2022

  On a shattered concrete wall of a heavily shelled apartment building, graffiti of a young gymnast balances on a few hunks of concrete. This is one of seven new murals from graffiti artist...

(Courtesy of thinkof-us.org)

What Being a Foster Kid Feels Like: Away from Home Digital Youth Museum

By Zach Anderson, Arts Writer November 21, 2022

  Recently, I stumbled upon foster care activists and research center “Think of Us,” more specifically, a digital art museum they’ve hosted on their website for years now. In this scroll-down...

A street performer wearing a flower outfit and multi-colored LED lights from ILLUMINATE Creative Art + Tech Festival on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022.

ILLUMINATE Creative Arts + Tech Festival Lights up the Night

By Andre Montoya, Arts Writer November 19, 2022

  In the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, a first-of-its-kind festival featuring an emphasis on light as an art form brightened up the night sky. Organized by the Utah Arts Alliance, ILLUMINATE...

Vincent Van Goghs Sunflowers (Courtesy Van Gogh Museum)

What is Worth More: Art, Life or Performative Activism

By Edie Raines, Copy Editor October 26, 2022

  On Oct. 14, two young environmental activists entered London’s National Gallery and threw cans of tomato soup pointblank onto Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” before super gluing their...

Hailey Malin Tattoos Client (Courtesy of @desertmousetattoo on Instagram)

Two Tattoo Artists on the Importance of Tattoos as Self-Expression

By Andre Montoya, Arts Writer October 18, 2022

  According to a study done by psychologist Luzelle Naudé, the majority of college-aged adults have positive opinions about tattoos, especially when, “[they have] personal meaning or [are] a...

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Changes to Museums Look to Improve Transparency and Inclusivity

By Megan Fisher, Arts Writer October 6, 2022

  Big changes are coming to the world of museums that will hopefully usher in a feeling of greater transparency. The American Alliance of Museums, or AAM, has announced that by Nov. 15 all institutions...

Cosplayers gather in front of the stairs at FanX 2022. (Courtesy @fanxsaltlake on Twitter)

FanX Fails to Find Their University Audience

By Audrey Hall, Arts Writer September 27, 2022

  FanX, Utah’s very own Comic-Con, has been a part of our state’s culture since 2013. With an estimated attendance of 125,000, FanX is one of the largest comic conventions in the United States....

Detail from inside Will Wilsons AIR Lab in UMFAs Air exhibition (Courtesy UMFA)

‘Air’ at the UMFA with Curator Whitney Tassie and Artist Will Wilson

By Nicoline West, Arts Writer September 15, 2022

  In 1968, artist Willoughby Sharp unveiled "Air Art" — an exhibit exploring the possibilities of air and the dematerialization of the physical art piece. 54 years later, a new exhibit at the...