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Culture | The Guardian US Jan 25, 2025

Theaster Gates: ‘I’m an artist. It’s my job to wake things up’ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/25/theaster-gates-1965-malcolm-in-winter-white-cube-bermondsey-interview-im-an-artist-its-my-job-to-wake-things-up-malcolm-x-chicago #TheasterGates #Regeneration #Artanddesign #Communities #Chicago #Culture #Society #London #Cities #USnews #Race #Art

Theaster Gates: ‘I’m an artist. It’s my job to wake things up’

In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again

The Guardian

The Japan Times May 24, 2024

Three ongoing exhibitions showcasing work by Theaster Gates, Aliou Diack and Serge Mouangue highlight commonality between Japanese, African American and African aesthetics. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/05/24/art/contemporary-african-art-scene/ #culture #art #theastergates #alioudiack #sergemouangue

Contemporary Afro-Japanese shows broaden Tokyo's art scene

Three ongoing exhibitions showcasing work by Theaster Gates, Aliou Diack and Serge Mouangue highlight commonality between Japanese, African American and African aesthetics.

The Japan Times

The Japan Times Apr 27, 2024

The largest solo show ever of a Black artist in Japan is an absorbing history lesson that draws a line between Chicago and Aichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/04/27/art/theaster-gates-afro-mingei/ #culture #art #theastergates #folkart

Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo

The largest solo show ever of a Black artist in Japan is an absorbing history lesson that draws a line between Chicago and Aichi.

The Japan Times

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toiida🌻Apr 5, 2024

Theaster Gates, “Papaw”, 2021, wood fired stoneware, 55 × 29.8 × 22.3 cm ★ USA ★ https://urbanomnibus.net/2014/05/the-queer-urbanism-of-theaster-gates/ #TheasterGates #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #queerart #Papaw #stoneware #BLT #GES2 #artstars #2020s

Когда затухшая война была переведена в разряд войны-войны, одна из скульптур Тистера Гейтса ездила как заводная по рельсовому кругу в доме культуры и роскоши путинского дружочка Леонида Михельсона.

The Queer Urbanism of Theaster Gates - Urban Omnibus

Theaster Gates, this year’s Lewis Mumford lecturer on urbanism at City College, presents in a way similar to how his buildings perform: poetically and whimsically. His style of oratory — composed as an organic chain of animated anecdotes — allows his ideas to wash over and engage the audience emotionally without ever being didactic. With […]

Urban Omnibus

Indigo Oct 10, 2023

Inside Theaster Gates’ Mega-Archive of Black Radical Imagination:

"Speaking from his Chicago studio, interdisciplinary artist Theaster Gates talks to Elise By Olsen. "The renowned American artist and professor – is speaking from his studio in Chicago, surrounded by his pertinently organised personal archives."

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