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Inside The Expanded Speed Art Museum
March 9, 2016
A couple weeks before its grand reopening, while the final touches were still being put on a three-year renovation and expansion project, the Speed Art Museum felt very much like an active construction site. Caution tape blocked flooring that was not ready for shoes, the new chandelier in the atrium […] Click here to view […]
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Gallery: The variety of art is exciting
March 7, 2016
A small sampling of the beautiful artwork on display at the many galleries around the Annapolis area in March. "The brilliance of art… is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality." – Robert Genn, Canadian painter I […] Click here to view original web […]
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It’s wall to wall art at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Albert Barnes began collecting art in 1911, sending artist William Glackens to Paris with $20,000. Glackens, a high school friend of Barnes, returned with 33 paintings and works on paper, including van Gogh’s “The Postman,” Picasso’s “Young Woman Holding a Cigarette,” a Cezanne and a Renoir. A little over […] Click here to […]
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Houston’s Gite Gallery Offers Just-Acquired Afro-Cuban Art
February 24, 2016
Art from the new Afro-Cuban art collection at The Gite Gallery. Lloyd Gite is an adventurer and a risk-taker. His previous career as a television journalist took him all over the world, but it was stops in Africa that caused him to fall in love with the country and […] Click here to view original […]
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How A Former Trader Turns Luxury Villas Into Free Art Education
Launch Gallery The Ani Art Academy Waichulis sits atop a steep hill in Bear Creek Village, Pennsylvania. A cluster of maple and oak line the driveway, giving way to a pair of traditional taupe-sided bungalows at the crest — one residence, one studio. Cars are parked three deep. Entering the […] Click here to view […]
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The Dallas Art Fair 2016 Exhibitor List Boasts 39 New Galleries
February 23, 2016
Photo: Dallas Art Fair. The eighth annual Dallas Art Fair will return this year from April 14–17 with an abundance of good art, glamorous parties, and major spending . Everything’s bigger in Texas, after all. This year’s roster includes 95 galleries from 17 different countries and boasts 39 new participants , […] Click here to […]
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Brookside Art Annual – 2016
January 31, 2016
Make sure to mark your calendars for the Brookside Art Annual, coming up in just a few short months, April 29 – May 1, 2016. This great show, which takes place in Brookside, a charming neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, has been going strong for 31 years. One of the best fairs in the nation, […]
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Boca Raton Fine Art Show comes to Sanborn Square this weekend
January 23, 2016
This folk art by jeweler Kristin Holeman is an example of the original, homemade artwork on display this weekend at the Boca Raton Fine Art Show at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Highway. (Kristin Holeman/Courtesy) Class and quality are the goals of the Boca Raton Fine Art Show at Sanborn Square this weekend. “Our focus […]
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Artistic touch showcased at exhibit
A mixed-media piece by Levi Howe of Columbus is one of the entries in the annual Ernestine Quick Memorial Art Exhibit and Competition in the Columbus Art Gallery. COLUMBUS — The skills of area artists are on display and up for judging at an annual event. The 51 entries in the Ernestine Quick Memorial Art […]
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Rockingham doctor-turned-artist to have art featured in New York City
Matthew Peake’s art, featured in a show in New York City in February, is an… (Submitted photo) ROCKINGHAM >> When Matthew Peake returned home to Minneapolis from college at the end of his sophomore year, he told his mother and father he wanted to be an artist rather than a doctor. Needless to say, that […]
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Drawing on the art of promotional creativity
January 21, 2016
(Photo: Jeremy Wheeler) A gallery setting is unfamiliar territory for most of the artists featured in the Ann Arbor Art Center’s new show, “GIG: The Art of Michigan Music,” although many are professionals with decades of experience. The show, which runs through Jan. 30, spotlights art made for Michigan bands by Michigan artists. That includes […]
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Nicollet Mall’s Instinct Art Gallery is closing
Instinct Art Gallery on Nicollet Mall is closing its doors. The art gallery opened in September 2013 near Target in downtown Minneapolis and will close this March. John Schuerman, Instinct’s director, said the gallery is facing financial troubles from a lack of sales. Its last exhibition will be “Unfiltered,” which pairs work from international illustrator […]
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In Chelsea, a Trio of Galleries Bring Cuba Stateside
Photo This season, several exhibitions in New York feature the work of Cuban artists. Clockwise from left: Luis Martínez Pedro’s painting “Aguas territoriales (Territorial Waters),” 1963, on view at David Zwirner; a detail of Diana Fonseca Quiñones’s “Puente (English version),” 2015, on view at Sean Kelly; a still from Coco Fusco’s film “La confesión,” 2015, […]
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Stop Giving New York Transplants All The Credit For Detroit’s Art Scene
Carlos Osorio /Associated Press Artist Tyree Guyton arranges the shoes in his 2011 Detroit installation “Street Folk.” Guyton is most known for the Heidelberg Project, a permanent public art park he began building 30 years ago, transforming vacant houses with colorful painted dots and found objects. While a former New York arts venue heralded for […]
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Politics on display at Golden art center starting Saturday
January 19, 2016
Golden-based fiber artist an quilter Regina Benson created this piece, “Corporate Transparency,” for an exhibition opening Jan. 23 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. (Photo courtesy of the Foothills Art Center) While plenty of politics is on display at the Colorado Capitol, with the legislative session entering its second week, a more aesthetic version […]
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