“Sweet Discord”, a new exhibition at MINT Gallery, brings together works by emerging artists in the gallery 8th Annual Juried Show. In partnership with the BWVA organizationor black women in the visual arts, MINT brings together a diverse collection united by the themes of lightness and darkness. Lauren Jackson HarrisRead More →
Click to enlarge The first small dick posted on @412dickrescue Penis art may have strong associations with middle school and high school whiteboards, but a local artist is putting a new spin on the art form through the @412dickrescue Instagram account. The account’s first post, titled “Where’sRead More →
Rock and roll, blues, garage folk, and perhaps something like country-infused barn punk might be among the descriptors one would find when reflecting on Jack White’s varied genre tendencies as a musician. In other words, he’s largely polyphonic, whether he’s playing in bands, cutting tracks on his own, or producingRead More →
Click to enlarge “Subliminal Horizons”, curated by Alvin Hall. Installation view of the Alexander Gray Associates Germantown gallery. Courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates, New York. The first thing you notice when you come acrossRead More →
Click to enlarge CP Photo: Kaycee Orwig Brigette and Christine Bethea, owners of Argyle Studio in Oakland Although they are related, Christine and Brigette Bethea are very different. Christine worked in creative fields, including writing for the fashion, radio and television industries, before embarking on a careerRead More →
ART OFFERS Notable artists represented at the July auction include Brooklyn-based artist KAWS, who has become known for his work in art and popular culture that has attracted many markets. KAWS’ URGE wallet, consisting of color serigraphs on Saunders Waterford paper (lot 20; estimate: $40,000-60,000), will be on offer. theRead More →
What is the sound of three plants vibrating? Behind the brick facade of a roofless brick building in Newburgh, an installation by Martin Roth seeks to find out. Martin Roth (1977-2019) was an installation artist whose work often incorporated living organisms into pieces that unfolded narratives through poetic interpretations ofRead More →
Green City Solutions, an environmental consultancy, and Visual Art, a builder of digital communication displays, have teamed up to improve air quality in cities, while garnering media attention, according to a Press release. The companies created the CityBreeze, with a wall of energizing green moss on one side and aRead More →
During the last hour of each day in June, the massive screens that usually flash with advertisements above Yonge-Dundas Square are taken over by visual arts students who worked in sound studios and editing rooms on the same block as the downtown meeting point. Instead, in one video, passers-by seeRead More →
Focusing on the female spirit and strength, a new art exhibit titled “Fem-Fusion: Visual Art + the Written Word” had its grand opening Saturday at the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania’s Art Center. With artwork and writings of various types on display, the gallery walls were adorned with the workRead More →
Coming to town for PHmuseum Days 2021? Here is a list of cultural institutions to visit while enjoying the first edition of our international photography festival. Bologna © Courtesy Felix M Dorn/Unsplash After the summer, the city of Bologna will host the PHmuseum Days, our first international photo festival headquarteredRead More →
Sorina Susnea stood in the gallery at Glynn Visual Art on St. Simons Island, surrounded by pieces from her latest exhibition. One wall was filled with his paintings, shades of blue, white, gray and black. The swirls of shapes, similar to wormholes, gave the whole space a sense of movement.Read More →
Emotional AI is not far off given the nascent developments in the field. Artificial intelligence has already made its mark in our lives. The adoption of disruptive technologies has redefined industries and their operations. However, the fear that hangs over the AI, rooted in its ability to take over theRead More →
On a blustery Tuesday morning earlier this month, nine University of Houston students and their professor, Jose L. Contreras-Vidal, ventured into “Color Field,” a sprawling on-campus maze of large-scale sculptures of seven contemporary artists. The exhibit spans from Wilhelmina’s Grove in the Arts District to the areas surrounding the EzekielRead More →
The University of Iowa Main Library Gallery recently unveiled its new exhibit, The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a collection of more than 75,000 artistic works. The exhibition highlights selected pieces that bring new and intriguing meaning to poetry and form an intersection between literature and the visualRead More →
While some galleries reopened with physical distancing measures over the summer, museums did not start announcing their reopenings until news last month that along with bowling alleys, museums could resume operations, with some restrictions, in counties cleared for Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s ‘Safe Start’ reopening plan. While some,Read More →
This obviously cannot be compared to the live experience of a museum or gallery. But with many such venues closed by the pandemic, a home computer can be a welcome way to watch the visual arts. The following is an overview showcasing sites to see exhibits that were scheduled toRead More →
Future visual arts students who dream of becoming rich and famous should understand that achieving this goal as an artist or designer is difficult because many people working in art and design fields earn modest salaries. Compensation statistics from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS, show that manyRead More →
“Bearded Woman”, Pablo Picasso Shortly after World War II, Pablo Picasso and his lover Françoise Gilot made their first visit to Vallauris, France, a small coastal town known for its pottery. The 65-year-old master painter had then only tried his hand at pottery, firing a few vases with sculptors likeRead More →