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"I really, truly, and cheesily love the experience of being amazed at what other people can see and the insights that they can bring that other people in the room would never in a million years have thought about,"

A selection of work from artist Yeon Yeoin's latest solo exhibition with DIA contemporary. Born and based in Seoul, Yeon majored in Psychology and Creative Visual Arts at Sogang University. Her work is an exploration of emotion through surreal imagery. Using a wide range of techniques, from pen and ink to digital painting, Yeon creates a unique world inspired by her personal experiences and filled with original characters that reflect difficult-to-define emotional states.

There's lots to look forward to this year, beginning day one (Oct. 8th), when the event kicks off with Art Clash, a vibrant competition featuring six Bay Area artists from the Graffiti Camp for Girls, the Illuminaries, the great Leon Kennedy, and more. Watch with cocktails and bites as they produce new work live, and pick up a little something at the pop-up gallery before you go.

Tom Fruin, the artist behind the colorful water tower sculptures in Brooklyn, collaborated with local fragrance house Joya to create a multi-sensory installation called All Access Pass. Find Fruin's new 12-foot rooftop tower atop Joya's waterfront space at 499 Van Brunt Street, Building 4A. It's on view through October 12. While you can see the water tower day or night, the studio is open on Thursdays from 12-6pm; Fridays-Sundays from 12-7pm; and by appointment on Monday-Wednesday.

Fitting, then, that the opening production should be a requiem. Less a drama than a mass, it is a eulogy to those killed in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, the single biggest terrorist loss of life on UK territory. The powerful act one closing song has just three words: Let us remember. The nearest parallel to this sentiment-laden music-theatre piece by Frances Poet and Ricky Ross is Come from Away.

Most often associated with Mexico, the piñata's origins may actually trace back to China. By the 14th century, the celebratory tradition of breaking open a container filled with treats had arrived in Europe. Then, Spanish colonists and missionaries imported the custom to Mexico during the 16th century, although a similar practice was already in use within Indigenous Mayan and Aztec communities in observation of special events. Today, piñatas are an integral element of cartonería, the Mexican craft of papier-mâché.

New York's Museum of Modern Art is making history - this time in Seoul. In a groundbreaking cultural exchange, MoMA has opened its first-ever dedicated bookstore outside of the United States, solidifying the South Korean capital's reputation as one of the world's most exciting art cities. This venture, two decades in the making, is the result of MoMA's ongoing collaboration with Hyundai Card, a partnership that has transformed into a cultural bridge between New York and Seoul.

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"I had no words at that time other than the ones of making," artist Alisa Golden told KQED. "I always feel a kind of catharsis, both within the process and after I am finished with the project." Golden and many other artists have used visual mediums to convey the eerie, dangerous beauty of that day. KQED compiled images of their work and thoughts below.

Most famously, there are the Calders, grandfather, father, and son-all, confusingly, named Alexander-whose sculpted work has ornamented the city for more than a century. The elder Calder made the statue of William Penn that crowns City Hall, a monument that caps the city's skyline-with a long-enforced rule that no building could rise above Billy Penn's hat-but is distinguished, too, for radiating the benevolent dignity of a man of peace rather than the anxious arrogance of a warrior.

Irish actor Denise Gough is one of the most acclaimed stage performers of her generation, most famously for her monumental breakthrough role as a recovering addict in Duncan Macmillan's People, Places and Things. The role propelled her to screen success, most notably with Tony Gilroy's Andor, in which her role as a cold-blooded, ultimately out of her depth imperial intelligence officer brought her to global notice.

At just shy of 200 years old, Henrik Ibsen feels like a writer for the moment - full of passionate intensity, yet just as fiery in his skepticism and self-critique as in his moral conviction; grand and unsparing and perverse; equipped with an internal Geiger counter for sanctimony and bullshit. And while A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler tend to come around often enough in the contemporary theater,

A very rarely seen painting by the British artist Walter Sickert, which was once owned by the Hollywood "gangster" actor Edward G. Robinson, is going on sale in London on 26 September. Ennui (1913) is one of five Sickert oils of the same name that were made in in the 1910s-each depicting a pub landlord with his wife. Three of the works are held by British galleries.

The hit musical Dreamgirls will return to Broadway with a global search to find its new stars. The show originated in New York in 1981 and played until 1985, winning six Tony awards as well as two Grammys. The song And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going was also a No 1 hit on the R&B chart. The revival is set to start in the fall of 2026 and will be directed by the five-time Tony nominee Camille A Brown.

In May, the World Arts West Dance lost a $60,000 National Endowment of the Arts grant, part of the millions of dollars of funding cut from the NEA that forms part of the generational assault on the endowment summed up by the Cato Institute in April: "The NEA's modest grant budget substitutes individuals' preferences for those of committees, crowding out private provision, politicizing art, and violating freedom of conscience."

HoloSculpture integrates AI, display technology, and sound HoloSculpture is an interactive artwork developed by Turbulence Lab and Hamza Kırbaş that integrates artificial intelligence, anamorphic display technology, and within a single physical object. Conceived as both a sculptural form and a digital interface, the project explores how AI can be embodied in a tangible medium. The piece incorporates a 4D anamorphic display, which generates a sense of depth and spatial presence, and a studio-grade sound system that enhances audiovisual interaction.

The sculpture that we have here in Dolores Park is pretty chill, like, 'Oh, I did it. Everything is over,'

From his own childhood, Hargrave said, he has a lot of experience to draw on to relate to Scar's feeling of being "second best," and being "the villain" doesn't trouble him too much. Each night he and actors playing Zazu and Rafiki gather before the show, go through their makeup and puppetry sessions, and help each other get into their roles. "It's ritualistic that drops you right into character," Hargrave said.

Legoland Discovery Center Bay Area is getting into the Halloween spirit Sept. 25-Oct. 31 with a family-friendly Monster Party. Visitors to the attraction, located at the Great Mall in Milpitas, can create a pumpkin to add to the Monster Garden, make a magical potion, go on a Lego Monster Rocker scavenger hunt in Miniland and take a scary selfie with a Lego witch. Those who complete all the activities get to "brick-or-treat" throughout the center. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/bayarea.

Legoland Discovery Center Bay Area is getting into the Halloween spirit Sept. 25-Oct. 31 with a family-friendly Monster Party. Visitors to the attraction, located at the Great Mall in Milpitas, can create a pumpkin to add to the Monster Garden, make a magical potion, go on a Lego Monster Rocker scavenger hunt in Miniland and take a scary selfie with a Lego witch. Those who complete all the activities get to brick-or-treat throughout the center. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.legolanddiscoverycenter.com/bayarea.

London's National Gallery is to build a major new extension, featuring nearly as much space as the present Sainsbury Wing. The project will cost around £400m, of which £375m has already been quietly raised behind the scenes-an astonishing achievement. The pledges revealed today include two donations of £150m each. Gabriele Finaldi, the gallery director, told The Art Newspaper that these both represent "the largest-ever known cash donations to any cultural institution, not just in Britain, but globally".

Although the official end date had previously been set for Oct. 19, to coincide with the end of Billy Porter's run as the Emcee, his recent illness forced producers to move the closing up to Sept. 21. Last week, it was announced that the $24 million Broadway revival of Cabaret, which transformed the August Wilson Theatre into an immersive nightclub at enormous cost, will close earlier than expected after months of disappointing grosses and apparently at a total loss.

Show from 8:15-10:30pm with one intermission All-Ages are welcome $3 off each ticket when you use the code earlybird21 at checkout. Offer ends August 31st. Promo Codes are not applicable at the door. Codes are not case sensitive, but must be typed as one word. The newest creation from Lost Church Artistic Director, Brett Cline. If the Disney Haunted Mansion Ride was a variety show.. this would be it!! From Comedy to Music to Dance to the Bizarre, a curated showcase of the Bay Area's finest performing artists.

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A mysterious baroque music faded in on darkness at Northwest Portland's When the lights rose, dancer and choreographer BodyVox Dance Center. Carlyn Hudson lay on her back downstage right, donning a sheer, bulbous, chiffon top, complete with a stand-up frill collar. As she began to move, three dancers joined her, one by one. They switched places, following one another's staccato movements, until all stood regally on stage.

Louis Icart (18881950) was a renowned French artist known for his graceful and sensual portrayals of women, often infused with the elegance and flair of the Art Deco era. Starting as a fashion illustrator in Paris, he gained international acclaim in the 1920s and '30s for his etchings and aquatints featuring stylish women in lavish, whimsical settings. Though his popularity waned after the Art Deco period, his work has seen a strong revival and is now prized by collectors worldwide.

Residential tower blocks made of prefabricated concrete slabs were built in many parts of the world during the second half of the 20th century, but this type of building was particularly popular in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), where it became known as the "Plattenbau."

Clutch The Pearls is a curious cabaret of sorts. It's vaudeville. It's drag. It's burlesque. It's a special time in the Mission, and you are wanted there. Hosted by Churro Nomi. Clutch The Pearls: Drag Cabaret Night Every first Sunday | 7 pm to 10 pm Make Out Room, 3225 22nd St & Mission, San Francisco $5-$10 sliding scale donation - Updated 6/26/19 - Event info last checked via website

From a distance, it looks like Melbourne sprouted a mountain range overnight. Up close, the rocks aren't rocks at all - they're air. With the Australian debut of Iwagumi Air Scape, art and technology studio ENESS turned Prahran Square into a larger-than-life rock garden you can squeeze through, touch, and hear come alive with sound. Although Melbourne-based, ENESS founder and artist Nimrod Weis drew inspiration from Japanese culture in creating Iwagumi Air Scape.

Focusing on this difference, the artist has, since 2016, continued a practice of dynamically forming characters using springs, strings, bands, and chains, and is now working with "needles." In Japanese, the same character 針 is used for both the hand of a clock and a sewing needle, as both are sharp, linear objects. The act of using them is also expressed with the same word sasu: one "points" to time and "pierces" fabric.

Earlier this year, we took a tour of the V&A East Storehouse, the Victoria and Albert Museum's vast new complex in East London. This week, it opens the David Bowie Centre, a space dedicated to the music icon. It is the permanent repository of thousands of items from Bowie's archive, which are on display and also available for personal study. Ben Luke explores the displays at the centre with the curator, Madeleine Haddon.

Inside the main hall of a former turbine factory in Hungary, Spanish artist has introduced MATRIZ, a large-scale installation composed of a three-dimensional grid of suspended black rectangular elements. The suspended sculpture organizes the void through a rigorous geometric structure. Floating corridors and vertical alignments emerge from the composition, defining pathways without enclosing them. By suspending the grid in equilibrium, SpY introduces a system that establishes order while remaining immaterial and functionless.

Candle-lit circular corridors dotted with quirky props, distressed plaster walls and surely the most stylish bar in London add to the very special atmosphere of its 195-seater auditorium raked so that every sight line is unimpeded, and a smaller studio space. Taken together, all this creates the perfect setting for veteran dancer/choreographer Russell Maliphant's latest strand of work: small-scale, intense, intimate.