Art museums are often seen as a reflection of the society/community in which they exist. This interdependence has many aspects. If it is a collecting museum, the values of the community in which the institution resides can be informed and reinforced by the objects the museum chooses to collect. MaintainingRead More →
By day, Matthew Martelli is the water facilities administrator for the Revere Water and Sewer Department. But when he returns home, he becomes award-winning artist and oil painter Matthew Martelli. Residents and historians can view Martelli’s latest creation at Revere City Hall: a stunning oil painting of Abraham Lincoln, 16thRead More →
by James Kroner Twilight half-life (SF) depicts a rainy city street just before dark. Gray tones dominate the oil painting on panel. The colored spots represent the light produced by humans: emitted by a bus, cars, street lamps and street signals. Our view is from the middle of the street.Read More →
Book cover of Walter Anderson: The Extraordinary Life and Art of the Islander OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi – A southern Mississippi art store is shipping artwork across the United States and as far away as Canada and Germany after a print by Walter Anderson was featured on the HGTV show Hometown.Read More →
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (AP) – A southern Mississippi art store ships artwork across the United States and to Canada and Germany after a Walter Anderson print was featured in the HGTV show “Hometown”. Hosts Erin and Ben Napier are helping homeowners renovate historic properties, the Sun Herald has reported. TheyRead More →
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (AP) – A southern Mississippi art store ships artwork across the United States and to Canada and Germany after a Walter Anderson print was featured in the HGTV show “Hometown”. Hosts Erin and Ben Napier are helping homeowners renovate historic properties, the Sun Herald has reported. TheyRead More →
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (AP) — A southern Mississippi art store is shipping artwork across the United States and as far away as Canada and Germany after a print by Walter Anderson was featured in the HGTV show “Hometown”. Show hosts Erin and Ben Napier are helping owners renovate historic properties,Read More →
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (AP) – A southern Mississippi art store ships artwork across the United States and to Canada and Germany after a Walter Anderson print was featured in the HGTV show “Hometown”. Hosts Erin and Ben Napier help owners renovate historic properties, The Sun Herald reported. They brought aRead More →
If I ever find myself thinking about paper or printed art, my mind hardly ever wanders off to ghosts. However, as I browsed through Stelo’s group exhibit, “Coalesce,” I couldn’t get the ghosts out of my mind. On each piece of the show hangs the ubiquitous and disturbing spirit ofRead More →
Gillian Wear, Self-portrait at three years old2004. Photo: © Gillian Wearing In the early 1990s, conceptual artist Gillian Wearing began to make a name for herself creating guerrilla-style faith-based performances with volunteers she recruited from the streets or from newspaper advertisements. At the time, she was in her twenties andRead More →
“Ladders” In the center of the room, there are seven ladders positioned vertically. These ladders belonged to people seeking entry into the United States. Written by Timarea Kimbrough, Writer A graduate of Austin College, Scott Nicol exhibits his art at the Dennis Gallery of the Forster Art Complex. His workRead More →
“Ladders” In the center of the room, seven ladders are placed upright. These ladders belonged to people seeking to enter the United States. Written by Timarea Kimbrough, Writer Alumnus of Austin College, Scott Nicol exhibits his art at the Dennis Gallery of the Forster Art Complex. His work compiles imagesRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Erin Jenkins / BMAC From left to right: “Our unfinished business”, “88” and “Taser” William ransomexposure could make you sneeze. “Keep Up / Hold Up”, on display at Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, has two unexpected olfactory elements: pine tar and burnt wood. Their nose-ticklingRead More →
“I like to tell people that I live in a world of color and light and band-aid,” Sheila Beckham told The Oconee Enterprise during a tour of her business, Idle Hour Glass Art in Watkinsville. Beckham’s passion for glass began in his childhood church in Lithonia. She sat on theRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Liza Voll Kirsten Reynolds’ “Overflow” With “Unbound, “at Burlington BCA Center, curator Heather Ferrell has created a remarkably cohesive exhibition of abstract works by Rachel gross, Rob hitzig and Kirsten reynolds. The three artists work in painted wood and reject the rectangular frame, this traditionalRead More →
You haven’t known San Francisco until you’ve hurtled down its crowded streets in a Filipino tricycle while rocking Earth, Wind and Fire at the top of your lungs. This scenario took place on a recent Thursday afternoon at SoMa, when I joined the artist Michael arcega and filmmaker Paolo AsuncionRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Cobi Moules “Untitled (Rocky Coast of Maine)” by Cobi Moules The pandemic has forced the Shelburne Museum close last fall, but reopened in June with an appropriate celebratory display. “New England Now: People” features positive portrayals of all kinds of humans. Ten artists created theseRead More →
The multinational American business magazine Fortune has teamed up with graphic artist pplpleasr, who has worked with DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols such as Uniswap, SushiSwap and Pickle Finance for an NFT (non-fungible tokens) version. (Source: finance.yahoo)Fortune’s August September 2021 issue titled “Crypto vs. Wall Street” goes on sale as aRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of the Highland Center for the Arts “Chelsea Series # 4” (1978) This story has been updated to reflect the cancellation of several upcoming exhibitions due to COVID-19 restrictions. Paul Gruhler, a Craftsbury painter who turns 80 in September, only wanted to catalog his work. ARead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Bundy Modern “Sunday Morning (Colorado)” by Adolf Dehn The summer exhibition at Modern Bundy in Waitsfield combines the work of two very different deceased artists: Adolf Dehn (1895-1968) and Virginia Dehn (1922-2005). The two were married but very distant from each other and their careersRead More →
A few years ago in my old borough of Queens, I came across an ornamental column in the middle of the rubbish on the sidewalk. Regret prompted me to back down and bring the plaster orphan home. He has since moved with me to Chicago, where, wearing a pothos, heRead More →
MONROVIA, CA – A new piece of public art honoring one of Monrovia’s unsung heroes will be on display soon after city council gave unanimous approval on Tuesday to spend $ 15,000 on its creation. Monrovia’s Art in Public Places’ Neighborhood Treasures program celebrates the city’s unsung heroes who haveRead More →
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to view art. Walking into a museum or gallery has taken on a different level of complexity in recent months. Fortunately, for those of you who are still hesitant about heading indoors to see art, there are several outdoor exhibitions being held inRead More →
Jerry Garcia Music Arts Partners With SuperRare And Carbon Offset Company Aerial For Historic First Mission-based Jerry Garcia Music Arts has partnered with fellow Environmentally Listening Aerial Platform to release Jerry Garcia’s rare digital artwork, “Gift,” on the Super rare Platform. The coin will be available as a non-fungible tokenRead More →
There is a spectacular contradiction at the heart of counterfeit art. Counterfeits, which claim to be paintings by timeless artists, hang in museums around the world; there are more of them than we know, all hidden from view. When a counterfeit case is discovered, it tends to be greeted withRead More →
It’s an interesting time for visual artists. Like everyone else, we struggle to find a familiarity and rhythm in our everyday world that too often seems “just out of reach” to us. However, unlike everyone else, artists struggle and continue to work and share their life experiences with the worldRead More →
I guess we take our art where we can get it now. Whether it’s the Short North hosting a virtual Gallery Hop, the Wexner Center stepping up its “Off Center” initiatives, or the Columbus Museum of Art featuring the hashtag #myCMAathomeinstitutions and arts advocates continue to adapt to the stay-at-homeRead More →
“Common Sense; Portland, Maine” by Sheila Pepe, with “Swiss Bramble” by Carrie Moyer in the background. Photos of Luc Demers Militant art often has a bad reputation. The term can conjure up images of direct and brutal political protest, the loud and angry rebellion against the establishment that dominated theRead More →
To the left : The Alley at Jas de Bouffan [The Avenue at the Jas de Bouffan], ch. 1890, by Paul Cézanne. Oil on canvas. (City of Geneva, Museums of Art and History, Geneva. Previous deposit of the Garengo Foundation) Second from the left: The sea at L’Estaque [The SeaRead More →
Lives are unraveling. Families, friendships and countries fall apart. An artist, however, can piece together the threads in a way that reveals them in a new light. That’s what happens in Emma Balder’s first show in Houston, which features works painted with recycled yarns disentangled from textiles she collects. NotRead More →
A detail of one of the items from the Banksy store in London (all author images for Hyperallergic) LONDON – Banksy has always had a complicated relationship with the art market. His unauthorized street works deliberately challenge the idea of art as a tradable commodity, but often still ends upRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Bigtown Gallery Piggy Bank by Liz Quackenbush In an article titled “Artistic getaways: four galleries worth seeing, “Art New England was recently named BigTown Gallery in Rochester, Vermont’s must-see gallery. The decidedly small town gallery, bordering the edge of the Green Mountain National Forest alongRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Galerie 77 “Worker Mandala” by B Amore Try inviting a dozen artist friends to submit a few pieces of their art and see what happens. It was so William T. Ramage made a first call to artists for the exhibition “70+: Gero-Transcendence” at Rutland’s 77Read More →
After 30 years in business, Golf Art is holding its first ever Half Up Inventory Sale – including items that have never been on sale – to free up space for a collection of thousands of vintage magazines that the shop owner recently purchased and started framing to sell. PersonalitiesRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Gerald Auten “Tokyo in Los Angeles” Graphite generally suggests pencil drawings consisting of strokes and lines, but in “Gerald Auten: Graphite Insomnia “, currently playing at White River Gallery in South Royalton, the artist uses powdered graphite or graphite pencil to construct pictures in aRead More →
After about two weeks of waiting, the sheath was removed on Friday from a new public sculpture at IKEA Burbank that had raised a few eyebrows before its unveiling. Under the blanket was a 16-foot-tall abstract sculpture of a vase named “Bobble,” created by Christian Moeller, a renowned artist andRead More →
Click to enlarge Courtesy of Craig Mooney “Serenade at Sunset” Craig MooneyThe large landscape paintings are a brilliant antidote to Vermont’s November skies and the leafless boughs of stick season. Many of the 21 oil paintings in his solo exhibition at the Vermont Supreme Court Gallery are reminiscent of longRead More →
Courtesy of Dian Parker Bunny Harvey’s “Verges” The pale yellow walls of the White River Gallery provide a bright backdrop for ‘Fully Involved: Bunny Harvey Paintings’, an exhibition of 17 works by the TunbridgeRead More →
Photo: K. Ignatiadis, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery Compared to good art, “it’s much harder to talk about great art,” said sculptor Charles Ray, of Robert Gober’s spooky work, the subject of a 40-year retrospective survey at MoMA, titled ” The Heart Is Not a Metaphor.” “IfRead More →
After seeing the exhibition of works by Albrecht Durer at the National Gallery of Art, I was happy to emerge into gray skies, a bit of drizzle and emptier streets than usual. This exhibition of drawings, watercolors and prints borrowed from Albertina Museum in Vienna, is so good and captivatingRead More →