How America came to love football – what you should listen, read and see this week

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The Conversation

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Margaret Landis, Assistant Professor of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University·Jun 18, 2026

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Caught by the River

Out of Whack

Out of Whack, an exhibition of photographs by Frank Watson, opens at Joseph Wales Studios, Margate on 3rd July. The exhibition will predominately show work from two projects, one about the Thames Estuary and the other the Kent Coast. More broadly Frank Watson’s photographic work considers the English landscape in its many shapes and forms; […]

Diva Harris·Jun 20, 2026

Hyperallergic

10 Contemporary Artists Reckoning With Fatherhood

Immigrant dads, absent dads, flawed dads, fellow artist dads, adopted dads — these artworks explore all that a father figure can be.

Greta Rainbow·Jun 19, 2026

Hyperallergic

Rosalie Favell and the Search for Herself

“I came out as a lesbian before I came out as an Indigenous woman,” the Métis artist told Hyperallergic.

Rhea Nayyar·Jun 19, 2026

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Ceramics Now

Chryssa Kotoula

Chryssa Kotoula Chryssa Kotoula (b.1995, Larissa, Greece) is an artist, designer based in Athens. She is a graduate of the Sculpture, Glass and Ceramics Department of LUCA School of Arts, Ghent and the School of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She has also studied and worked in the fields of […]

Ceramics Now·Jun 19, 2026

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Artforum

Teresita Fernández Installation Will Grace The Reopening Of The Menil’s Fresco Building In Houston

New York–based artist Teresita Fernández has been revealed as the first artist in a new commissions program for the reopening of the Menil Collection’s Fresco Building in late 2027. The historic structure, which has been closed since 2018, will be repurposed for semi-permanent, site-specific commissions. The reopening will coincide with the fortieth anniversary of inauguration […]

Mika Lee·Jun 18, 2026