In Hail We Now Sing Joy, at Milwaukee Art Museum, new paintings and sculptures from Chicago-born artist Rashid Johnson are on display. The exhibition features 14 large-scale works, filling the museum’s entire feature exhibition space. Johnson uses his signature materials of white ceramic tile, red oak flooring, shea butter, black soap and wax to examine themes of race, history, yearning and anxiety and investigates the relationship between art, society and personal identity. Hail We Now Sing Joy is on view through September 17.
(24 July, 2017)

In Interwoven: Art Meets Nature at Highfield Hall & Gardens on Cape Cod, more than 45 works of 21 diverse fiber artists working in weaving, felting, tapestry, basketry, handmade paper, quilting, silk painting, wire work and book arts will be on display. The exhibition examines how fiber art pushes traditional boundaries while exploring each artist’s connection through nature. On view through September 6, the exhibition includes the work of acclaimed artists such as Ashley Blalock, Jan Hopkins, Lanny Bergner, Mary Edna Fraser, Sharon McCartney, Mariko Kusumoto and Michelle Sirois-Silver. A solo show by Dominique Ehrmann titled Once Upon a Quilt will complement.
(24 July, 2017)

The work of Kadir Nelson graces the cover of The New Yorker’s July 3, 2017, issue, with a cover story by Françoise Mouly. Nelson’s work appears in galleries and museums nationwide, including the Muskegon Museum of Art, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the International Olympic Committee and the US House of representatives. This is Nelson’s second New Yorker cover. In December 2014, Nelson’s painting of the late Nelson Mandela was featured on the magazine’s cover.
(24 July, 2017)

With a headline that wouldn’t look out of place in a tabloid newspaper, and a storyline that could have been lifted directly from your favourite soap opera, RSPB Scotland has discovered a male sea eagle that defi nitely wants to have his cake and eat it. The bird in question - an eight-year-old male known as Turquoise Z - has been caught travelling between two nests on Scotland’s east coast. The unusual behaviour has seen the feathered polygamist not only raising a chick in Fife with his regular partner, Turquoise 1, with whom he has been breeding since 2013, but also raising a chick with a younger bird (Red Z) at a site in Angus. RSPB Scotland admits that this ‘has been seen on the west coast of Scotland on a handful of occasions, but these nests were just a few miles apart and the demands of providing enough food for both nests always resulted in failure.’ What makes Turquoise Z’s endeavours most impressive is that he is not only visiting two nests that are 28 miles apart, but he is taking shifts incubating at both sites, as well as providing food for both females and feeding himself - and his philandering ways appear to be paying off . According to RSPB Scotland, ‘Both sea eagle chicks have now taken their fi rst fl ight from the nests and will soon be hunting for themselves. They have been fi tted with wing tags and satellite transmitters so that their movements can be followed over the coming months as they leave their parents’ territories and start to explore Scotland.’
(26 September, 2017)

The prest igious Black+White Photographer of the Year 2018 competition is now open for entries. The competition, which is run by Black+White Photography magazine, in association with Fujifi lm, is looking for the best in contemporary black & white photography. There are three categories to enter and images can be taken on any kind of camera, from a smartphone to vintage wet plate, and everything digital or analogue in between. The categories are: • The World Of People (from formal portraits and st reet photography to photojournalism). • The World Around Us (landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes and wildlife). • The Creative World (let your imagination roam, from st ill-life to abst ract , using old processes to smartphone fi lters; whatever you think fi ts). As well as the chance to be named Black+White Photographer of The Year, each of three category winners will walk away with a Fujifi lm camera: an X-Pro2 plus three lenses, an X100F or an X-T20 plus lens for fi rst , second and third placed photographers resp ect ively. Entry cost s Ј10 for up to fi ve images and the competition closes at midnight on 30 Oct ober 2017. For full competition details visit bpoty.com.
(26 September, 2017)