What the Art World Can Learn From Women’s Basketball
"I met LaToya through the Gordon Parks Foundation in 2023, the year that I was honored at their gala. In my remarks, I talked about how I was motivated to follow Parks’s example in using art and storytelling to bring visibility to the WNBA. That resonated with LaToya because she is a former basketball player and has always wanted to tell their stories. When we met, we quickly discovered our shared passion for basketball and uplifting women athletes." —Clara Wu Tsai, New York Liberty Owner
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The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II
New York Times Style Magazine By Thessaly La Force, Zoë Lescaze, Nancy Hass and M.H. Miller Three artists, a curator and a writer came together to discuss the pieces that have not only best reflected the era, but have made an impact. On a recent afternoon, the artists Dread Scott, Catherine Opie and Shirin Neshat, […]
Citizenship: A Practice of Society at MCA Denver through Feb. 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) Oct. 2, 2020–Feb. 14, 2021 Responding to urgent social issues and the current political climate, more than 30 artists are presenting works dating from 2016 to present. Citizenship: A Practice of Society is a survey of politically engaged art made since 2016. In response to political events and […]
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2020 showcase — Artist and Editor Talks
The Photographers’ Gallery Wednesday, September 30 at 6:30pm Discover the work of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2020 winners in two live streamed conversations. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards celebrate outstanding contributions to photography and moving image publishing. This hour-and-a-half event will feature a conversation with the Chicago-based artist LaToya Ruby Frazier, whose eponymous book LaToya Ruby […]
2020 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award
Gladstone Gallery LaToya Ruby Frazier has won the 2020 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award for her eponymous book published by Mousse Publishing and Mudam Luxembourg, which coincided with a solo exhibition at Mudam in 2019. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards have been the UK’s leading prizes for books on photography and the moving image since 1985. On […]
On working with Dignity
The Creative Independent From a conversation with Daniel Sharp Visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier on the value of photography, the billboards she made for the ENOUGH of Trump campaign, the collaborative process of photographing Breonna Taylor’s family, and why art is intrinsically political. Two pieces you made for the Enough of Trump Campaign will go […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier wins the Kraszna-Krausz Photobook Award
British Journal of Photography By: Marigold Warner The American photographer’s eponymous book on poverty, racism, and the human cost of post-industrial decline wins the 35th annual award. LaToya Ruby Frazier is an artist, educator and activist who blends fine art and documentary, employing a participatory approach to storytelling to campaign for social justice. “I use […]
REAL WORK: How Realism in Art Communicates the Meaning of Work
Art in America By: Rachel Wetzler, Associate Editor The Realist movement begins in earnest with an image of work. Contemporary artists have adopted strikingly different approaches to contend with the instability of twenty-first-century economic life. Some have responded through a kind of abstraction of work itself, focusing instead on its evolving infrastructure: Liam Gillick’s generically […]
THE LIFE BREONNA TAYLOR LIVED, IN THE WORDS OF HER MOTHER
In a series of interviews, author Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to Tamika Palmer to paint a picture of a full, loving life taken too soon. Vanity Fair By Ta-Nehisi Coates Photography by LaToya Ruby Frazier A BEAUTIFUL LIFE by Ta-Nehisi Coates, photographs by LaToya Ruby Frazier Shortly after midnight March 13, strangers shot and killed Breonna […]
LaToya Ruby Frazier: What Is The Human Cost Of Toxic Water And Environmental Racism?
TED Radio Hour By NPR/TED Staff We need water to live. But with rising seas and so many lacking clean water — water is in crisis and so are we. In this TED Radio Hour, speakers explore ideas around restoring our relationship with water. Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Our Relationship With […]
Enough of Trump: Using Art to Get Out the Vote
LA Weekly By: Shana Nys Dambrot “We’ve reached crisis proportions. I had to do something.” This is globally renowned, Los Angeles-based artist Ed Ruscha, commenting on his participation in a newly launched arts-based initiative and print sale to benefit People for the American Way’s pre-election outreach. The collection is titled simply and clearly: ENOUGH of […]
CLOSE-UP: AMERICAN IDLE — Zack Hatfield on LaToya Ruby Frazier’s “The Last Cruze,” 2019
Artforum By: Zack Hatfield Frazier has always addressed the untenability of how things are with an art that pushes beyond the purview of representation, one that prioritizes the assembly of communities and archives over commodities. PEOPLE IN MOTION. This was General Motors’ slogan when Sherria and Jason Duncan were hired at the company’s factory on […]
Announcing the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows
The National Geographic Society’s nine new Storytelling Fellows will embark upon a year-long project to explore timely issues the world needs to hear using a variety of storytelling mediums. The National Geographic Society has announced the selection of the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows. Nominated for their dedication and commitment to shining a light on […]