New conceptual spaces like Peel and Attic 506 are creating conditions vital to the survival of artists—and they’re not waiting for outside help.
George Jenne
Pleiades Arts’ Annual “Truth to Power” Exhibit Valiantly Grapples with the Digital Divide
Culturally, it couldn’t be a better time for an activist exhibit meant to bring people together in dialogue with the art and one another. But practically, it couldn’t be worse.
Ben Bridgers Is Vermeer with a “Thrasher” Subscription in “Back Burner”
Combining skate culture and old-master painting, Bridgers’s exhibit is on view at Craven Allen Gallery, one of the first local galleries to reopen after COVID-19.
Painter Noah Saterstrom Raises the Dead at Horse & Buggy Press
On the walls of the Durham letterpress studio and gallery, forty-eight portraits of departed greats stare back with longing and restless energy.
Instead of Nixing the Retro-Screening Scene, the Death of Film Has Helped It Prosper
The Carolina Theatre has expanded its Retro Series offerings, and its ticket sales, since digital cinema took over.

