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 [...]
Female Artists Strip Rape of Its ‘Heroic’ Underpinnings
Link to the original article on NY Times. By Jillian Steinhauer October 16, 2018 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Sculpture Magazine Review of Politicizing Space
New York: “Politicizing Space” – Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal [...]
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, [...]
Murder She Said
Murder She Said – Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Richard VineAnya & Andrew Shiva Gallery [...]
Review for Exhibition Woman: Mother, Daughter, Wife, Friend …
Αρχική OΜΟΓEΝΕΙΑ Εντονη ελληνική παρουσία σε έκθεση στην President’s Gallery στο Jay College Εντονη ελληνική [...]
Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4
Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 29-Feb. 4 New York Times / January 28, 2016 [...]
Art Book Depicting Murder Inc. Is No Steal
Art Book Depicting Murder Inc. Is No Steal Book on Jewish Gangsters of Murder Inc. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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/ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]