Click to enlarge Photo by Shannon Greer Chris Freeman in a private public gallery in Hudson How many gallery owners in the Hudson Valley have built their gallery with their own hands?Read More →
Click to enlarge CP Photo: Jared Wickerham Zeal Eva, Natiq Jalil and Crystal Noel Jalil, founders of The Colored Section The journey of an artist is inspiring to watch. But for black artists, the journey can be fraught with dead ends, missed opportunities and outright discrimination. WhileRead More →
By Mark Faverman Both of these exhibits are examples of the artist as a 21st century shaman – a prophetic and creative force. Interrogative Design: Selected Works by Krzysztof Wodiczko at the Druker Design Gallery, Harvard University, through February 20. In collaboration with Krzysztof Wodiczko: Portrait at the Harvard ArtRead More →
Click to enlarge Soldier of Love, Taha Clayton, oil on linen, 2021, 84″ x 75″ Like the Renaissance masters before him (see Jan Van Eyck, Giovanni Bellini, Bronzino, etc.), Taha Clayton enjoys the challengeRead More →
I lay here for you, by Tracey Emin PIC: Alan Pollock Morris/Jupiter Artland RSA New Contemporaries 2022, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, February 26 to April 3, 2022 Leaving art school and starting to make your way as an artist has always been difficult, but it has rarely been more difficultRead More →
With museums and galleries officially reopening across San Diego — fingers crossed — 2022 looks set to be a full calendar year of programming and exhibits. There is certainly a high profile reopening in the new year, but however grand it is, it will be the art on display thatRead More →
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Whatever 2022 brings, there will be great art – and, fingers crossed, it will be safely accessible in galleries, museums and public spaces across the country. Travelers may need to think twice before attending the Venice Biennale, where Vancouver artist Stan Douglas will unveil new works in the Canada PavilionRead More →
1. Rembrandt at the Crawford The reopening of art galleries across the country this summer has been a welcome relief for those long bored of watching Portrait Artist of the Year on TV. One of the most popular exhibitions was Rembrandt in Print, which opened at the Crawford Art GalleryRead More →
I will remember 2021 as a year of reopenings and looking back. On the former, not only have many museums and galleries reopened after closing for months during the pandemic, but one institution in Balboa Park has unveiled its large, redesigned space. We also lost a local legend just beforeRead More →
Curator Max Fields stands in front of Baseera Khan’s ‘Receive and Give’ tapestry at FotoFest ‘In Place of an Index’ at Silver Street Studios, featuring new works by 12 artists who are or are currently living in Texas, Wednesday, September 1 2021, in Houston. The exhibit, which opens Sept. 2,Read More →
1. “Contemporary Printing: 20 Years at Highpoint Publishing.” This year, the Minneapolis Institute of Art purchased the complete archive of work from the Highpoint Center for Printmaking, a mainstay of the Minnesota art scene. Mia’s groundbreaking exhibition featured 175 of the 310 published prints and multiples that joined a collectionRead More →
M+, one of the world’s largest museums devoted exclusively to modern Asian visual arts, opened in Hong Kong last month. The inverted T-shaped facility, whose name means “museum plus”, would have cost well over $760 million. The 700,000 square foot building, designed by world-renowned Swiss architecture firm Herzog & deRead More →
December 10, 2021 Visual Art, a digital signage producer, and Finnish retail company Kesko, have signed a long-term agreement on a software solution that will be used to create and publish content for approximately 15,000 digital screens in grocery stores around the world. group K, according to a company pressRead More →
Meanwhile, the sale of works of art from public collections has continued, a lingering impact of the pandemic given the looser disposal rules approved by the Association of Art Museum Directors in the spring. 2020. And, in case anyone has forgotten, when 2021 began, the United States was in theRead More →
Museums are important, but what happens outside the museum probably matters much more. Art for the people, by the people, where the people are, is the Guiding force of now. The fourth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennale, “The Available City”, recognized this by dispersing its interventions throughout the city,Read More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Dan Schwalm © 2021 Pennfirst Maya Lin’s “Decoding the Tree of Life” in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital Pavilion More than 15,000 Burlington-made blown glass globes areRead More →
Click to enlarge Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #12, James Casebere, 2011 At first glance, the bright palette and plastic foliage of by James Casebere Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #12, suggestsRead More →
Bob Dylan is known around the world for his music and lyrics, but the Nobel Prize winner in Literature has also been producing visual art for decades. As reported by a number of outlets, the Philip Frost Art Museum in Miami has just opened (November 30, 2021) Retrospectrum, a comprehensiveRead More →
Focusing on a rarely seen side of one of America’s most indelible artists of all kinds, “Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum” will be the biggest and broadest survey of Dylan’s visual oeuvre ever presented in the United States during of its opening in Miami this week. After a first edition two yearsRead More →
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At a luncheon today in the Sapphire Ballroom at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, the Audain Award for the most distinguished artists of the British Columbia was awarded to James Hart. Hart is a hereditary chief of the Eagle Clan ofRead More →
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At a luncheon today in the Sapphire Ballroom at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, the Audain Award for the most distinguished artists of the British Columbia was awarded to James Hart. Hart is a hereditary chief of the Eagle Clan ofRead More →
For much of her life, Elizabeth Mayeux said she had been prejudiced against the visual arts. “No offense meant – just because I can’t see it,” said the 44-year-old, who has been blind since birth. “I thought it was irrelevant.” Now she may be experiencing a change of heart. MayeuxRead More →
Click to enlarge How do you find your way to the human soul? Some say you can access it by eye, others might need a map. Red Hook-based painter Daniel Baxter draws on both in his unique portraits of moving people on cards. Click to enlarge Read More →
Click to enlarge CP Photo: Amanda Waltz Mattress Factory Monterey Annex The Mattress Factory is known for opening up opportunities for established and emerging artists. Now the north side museum launched a new international open call for artist residencies and solo exhibitions. And this time, with theRead More →
Arts and crafts from over 50 artisans are still available at the Sawtooth School for Visual Art physical store in Winston-Salem and online. Calligraphy on handmade paper by Joyce Teta photo by Amy Badgett Beck The online store is always open and the school store is open six days aRead More →
Virtual Open HouseOn November 8, meet the professors of the program and take a 360° online tour of our spaces. The open house will start at 9am (CST). The event is free; registration is mandatory. Plus, get your copy of Otherthe official publication of the MFA in Visual Art (MFA-VA)Read More →
Boity Thulo (Photo: Gallo) The book In Good Company, by local artist Marc-Gregory, features 32 prolific South Africans who achieved extraordinary greatness. Personalities featured in the book include Ayanda Thabethe, Pearl Thusi, J’Something, Gert-Johan Coetzee, Maps Maponyane and Minnie Dlamini-Jones. In Good Company, the exhibition, is now open in SandtonRead More →
Click to enlarge Pamela Polston ©️ Seven days Heidi Broner with a painting in progress Heidi Broner almost didn’t become an artist. Blame it on the teenage rebellion. Growing up onRead More →
Polymer isn’t the only “hot” trend in paper money. Artists claim ecological benefits by keeping clutter out of landfills in countries where money has become trash. In Venezuela and Zimbabwe, artists have started cottage industries turning worthless paper bills into works of art. The latest is the work of ZimbabweanRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Chris Dissinger “Absence” at the European and American Gallery, Fleming Museum In the European and American Gallery of the Fleming Art Museum, a white sheet of paperRead More →
We all make mistakes. Corn Benjamin Jose knew he had screwed up when he heard the phrase “from hell to breakfast”. “Every time we messed up in the workshop, my friend’s dad said you messed up the hell out of breakfast,” Jose said. Jose uses this phrase to describeRead More →
Inscape, Morehead State University’s juried literary and visual arts journal, is now accepting submissions in three categories for its 2022 edition. Competitions are held for the best cover design, visual art and writing for the inside of the publication. The deadline for submitting work is January 21, 2022. Prizes areRead More →
Click to enlarge Installation view of ‘Tasting Room’ at the newly opened Barns Art Center in Hopewell Junction. “I didn’t want to build another fine art island,” says Tara Dalbow, curator and gallery director of the all-new Barns Art Center at Hopewell Junction. “When I was organizing this, I thoughtRead More →
Enter The resonant surface at the Irvine’s Institute and Museum of California Art, one has the impression of entering an exotic world, perhaps from another time. The viewer first sees a film, The soul of the cypress by Dudley Murphy, with Debussy’s impressionist composition “Prelude to the Afternoon of aRead More →
News September 23, 2021Inscape, Morehead State University’s juried literary and visual arts journal, is now accepting submissions in three categories for its 2022 edition. Competitions are held for the best cover design, visual art and writing for the inside of the publication. The deadline for submitting workRead More →
Flux by Jessa Gilber is currently on display at the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. (Contributed) Altered State by Meagan Oxford is one of three exhibitions presented at the Revelstoke Visual Art Center in September. (Contributed) Sandra Flood’s “Inspired by Degas” collection explores movement and the human form for the dancersRead More →
By blogger and guest artist Melanie Kehoss. This year marks the fourth Arlington Visual Arts Studio Tour (AVAST). On September 25 and 26, 48 artists open their studios to art lovers so they can see inside the artistic process and studios, most of which are rarely open to the public.Read More →
A page from the ‘Big Hero 101’ comic book by Open Door artist JD Hirst, whose works are featured in the exhibition at the Carnegie Gallery. Credit: Courtesy of JD Hirst Vivid colors, intricate narratives and detailed drawings characterize “THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL”, the latest art exhibition toRead More →
The visual arts festival has started again. Did you miss your invitation? No sweating. The party continues. Art museums and art groups across the region are once again exhibiting in the real world – and not just virtually. They started this spring and plan to keep it going for asRead More →
With a donation of $1 million, Louisville Visual Art will launch a new program to increase access to visual fine art in public spaces. The new funds, donated by the artist Claire Hirn, will contribute to the launch of the program of conservation and purchase of works of art. ThisRead More →
Pittview, Paul Roden Downtown Paul Rodon is a former Nashvillian who now lives and operates his art studio in the heart of the Rust Belt revival in Andy Warhol’s hometown of Pittsburgh. Roden draws and paints, and he spent years as an engraver with a characteristic style heavily influenced byRead More →
LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Louisville Visual Art (LVA) is thrilled to announce a new program to support from Louisville artists, curators and organizations by placing original works of art in accessible spaces in local non-profit and civic buildings. Curate Purchase Inspire (CPI) is a tremendous opportunity toRead More →
Some of the most ambitious local programming derailed by the pandemic was originally planned in conjunction with the Feminist Art Coalition. The brainchild of BAMPFA curator Apsara DiQuinzio, this consortium grew out of the 2016 presidential election and the 2017 Women’s March, ultimately involving more than 100 arts organizations acrossRead More →
LAWRENCE – For Benjamin Rosenthal, “queering” the gallery for his new solo exhibition at studios inc. involves more than a sense of the body through designs of phallus-like shapes and incorporating strips of Calvin Klein underwear. It’s in the way he mixes the art forms of drawing, painting, sculpture andRead More →
“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 →