Recent Press and Reviews

“Blood and Tears: Portrayals of Gwangju’s Democratic Struggle” at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery

https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/at-anya-andrew-shiva-gallery/5544      

Blood and Tears is a striking exhibition of plight, protest.

Blood and Tears is a striking exhibition of plight, protest

Blood and Tears: Portrayals of Gwangju’s Democratic Struggle

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 https://brooklynrail.org/events/2022/10/18/blood-and-tears-portrayals-of-gwangjus-democratic-struggle/   Curator Soojung Hyun joins Rail contributor Robert C. Morgan Read More »

Female Artists Strip Rape of Its ‘Heroic’ Underpinnings

Link to the original article on NY Times. By Jillian Steinhauer October 16, 2018   Read More »

How Contemporary Female Artists Are Grappling with Sexual Violence in Their Work

Link: https://hyperallergic.com/453292/july-26-2018-art-movements-podcast/ Hyperallergic Weekly Podcast “Art Movements” July 27, 2018 By Hrag Vartanian Curator Monika Read More »

NPR review of the Ode to the Sea

Link:https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/565506357/current-and-former-guantanamo-bay-detainees-create-ode-to-the-sea-art-exhibit Current And Former Guantanamo Bay Detainees Create ‘Ode To The Sea’ Art Exhibit November Read More »

Review by PRI the World

Link: https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-12-20/art-made-guant-namo-bay-detainees The art made by Guantánamo Bay detainees PRI’s The World PRI’s The World December Read More »

BBC -Ode to the Sea

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05qbd9t Ode to the Sea – a prisoner’s view from Guantanamo Bay ‘Ode to the Read More »

What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo review by The Nation

Link: https://www.thenation.com/article/what-we-can-learn-from-art-painted-inside-guantanamo/ What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo A New York exhibition gives Read More »

‘I can get my soul out of prison’: the art made by Guantánamo detainees by The Guardian

Valerie Hopkins in New York Link to original article  Mon 2 Oct 2017 02.15 EDT Read More »

The Guantanamo art that makes Washington nervous by Al Zazeera

Link: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/guantanamo-art-washington-nervous-171221144547342.html by M Neelika Jayawardane 26 Dec 2017 “Untitled (Alan Kurdi)” [Courtesy of Muhammad Ansi/John Read More »

After years of letting captives own their artwork, Pentagon calls it U.S. property. And may burn it. by Miami Herald

The prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, put its stamp of approval for release on the Read More »

New York gallery shows prisoner art from Guantanamo Bay by Deutsche Welle

Link: http://www.dw.com/en/new-york-gallery-shows-prisoner-art-from-guantanamo-bay/a-41990510 A prison cell at Guantanamo may not be the most inspiring place for an Read More »

Critiquing the Artwork of Guantanamo Prisoners – The Opposition w/ Jordan Klepper

Citizen Journalist Niccole Thurman enlists the help of famed art critic Jerry Saltz to get Read More »

The Art of the Guantanamo Detainees by PBS News

Link to watch: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-art-of-the-guantanamo-bay-detainees#audio Nov. 20th, 2017, 6:20pm Transcript of the Interview: A new exhibit in Read More »

Art from behind the walls of Guantanamo by CBS News Sunday Morning

Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/art-from-behind-the-walls-of-guantanamo/ CBS NEWS //January 21, 2018, 9:29 AM On Display in New York: art from Read More »

The Disarming Paintings Made by Guantánamo Detainees review by The New Yorker

Link: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-disarming-paintings-made-by-guantanamo-detainees By Alexandra SchwartzDecember 13, 2017 “Untitled (Oasis).”Art work by Muhammad Ansi Djamel Ameziane arrived Read More »

Art, Freed From Guantánamo by New York Times

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/opinion/art-freed-guantanamo.html?_r=0 By THE EDITORIAL BOARDDEC. 3, 2017 A painting by Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah al Ansi, Read More »

Sculpture Magazine Review of Politicizing Space

New York: “Politicizing Space” – Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Read More »

Review for “Politicizing Space” by Installation magazine

Link: http://installationmag.com/politicizing-space/   Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery present the works of Allan McCollum, Andrew Ross, Read More »

Murder She Said

Murder She Said – Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Richard VineAnya & Andrew Shiva Gallery Read More »

Review for Exhibition Woman: Mother, Daughter, Wife, Friend …

Αρχική OΜΟΓEΝΕΙΑ Εντονη ελληνική παρουσία σε έκθεση στην President’s Gallery στο Jay College Εντονη ελληνική Read More »

Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4

Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 New York Times / January 28, 2016 Read More »

Art Book Depicting Murder Inc. Is No Steal

Art Book Depicting Murder Inc. Is No Steal Book on Jewish Gangsters of Murder Inc. Read More »

Virtual Reality Gallery Exhibition Recreates What ISIS Destroyed

Virtual Reality Gallery Exhibition Recreates What ISIS Destroyed By Vida Weisblum  http://observer.com/2016/01/virtual-reality-exhibit-recreates-what-isis-destroyed/ Observer Culture / January Read More »

Curator’s Close-Up: Thalia Vrachopoulos

Curator’s Close-Up: Thalia Vrachopoulos by Lilia Ziamou http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lilia-ziamou/curators-closeup-thalia-v_b_8172996.html Huffington Post / September 22,2015 Thalia Vrachopoulos Read More »

In Acts of Resistance, Artists and Scholars Digitally Reconstruct the Past

In Acts of Resistance, Artists and Scholars Digitally Reconstruct the Past by Claire Voon http://hyperallergic.com/270503/in-acts-of-resistance-artists-digitally-reconstruct-the-destroyed-past/ Read More »

Professor Contributes To Exhibit Showcasing Efforts By Artists And Scholars To Resist Destruction Of Art And Antiquities By ISIS

Professor Contributes To Exhibit Showcasing Efforts By Artists And Scholars To Resist Destruction Of Art Read More »

Modes of Defiance: Latin American Art, 1970 to the Present

Modes of Defiance: Latin American Art, 1970 to the Present http://ifacontemporary.org/modes-of-defiance-latin-american-art-1970-to-the-present/   IFA Contemporary / SEPTEMBER Read More »

World’s Military Budget Tops All Others As Women Call for Peace

World’s Military Budget Tops All Others As Women Call for Peace By Teri Verite   Read More »

“Assenting Voices”

“Assenting Voices” by  Jason Farago http://artforum.com/index.php?pn=picks&id=49606&view=print ArtForum / November 20, 2014–January 23, 2015 With the massive Read More »

Assenting Voices: Agitprop Art in North Korea

Assenting Voices: Agitprop Art in North Korea by Mary Hrbacek http://culturecatch.com/art/assenting-voices-korean-art CultureCatch / December 23, 2014 Read More »

North Korean Agitprop: CUNY Exhibition Offers Glimpse into Secretive Society

North Korean Agitprop: CUNY Exhibition Offers Glimpse into Secretive Society by Mike Newton https://www.indypendent.org/2014/12/16/north-korean-agitprop-cuny-exhibition-offers-glimpse-secretive-society The Read More »