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Are You an Artist?
The creative life is shrouded in mystery. Two new books try to discover what it takes. July 31, 2024 Louise Bourgeois loved to work, and she loved to talk. She especially loved to talk about her work. In the... Read more -
Imin Yeh Honors Everyday Objects with Mini Paper Sculptures
July 31, 2024 Paper and scissors are two of the most foundational elements of creativity. From the moment we have the motor skills... Read more -
William Kentridge’s video animation of historical figures on view at Moynihan Train Hall
July 31, 2024 A cast of historical figures is watching travelers as they bustle through the waiting area of Moynihan Train Hall. Created... Read more -
From Surrealist Painting to American Craft Furniture, See Inside John Moran’s Art and Design Summer Sale
Take a closer look at some of the sale's top lots ahead of the sale, taking place August 13, 2024. July 30, 2024 California’s John Moran Auctioneers and Appraisers is gearing up to present its sweeping Art and Design summer sale this August... Read more
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Playwright Lorraine Hansberry will join Bob Newhart with a statue at Navy Pier
July 30, 2024 Bob Newhart , immortalized in bronze since 2004 here, will be getting a new neighbor later this month when a... Read more -
'Embracing the ideals of the Olympics': LA artist's powerful sculpture takes centre stage at Paris 2024
We talk to Alison Saar about the creation of 'Salon'. July 29, 2024 The Olympics are an experience like no other, with those lucky enough to be in the French capital seeing how... Read more -
Alison Saar’s Paris Olympics Sculpture Offers a Peaceful ‘Gathering Space.’ See It Here
The artwork is meant to link Paris and Saar's hometown of Los Angeles, which is hosting the 2028 games. July 29, 2024 The opening of the Paris Olympics last week also marked the unveiling of a new public artwork by American artist... Read more -
Aruna D’Souza’s New Book Argues against Empathy
July 29, 2024 By Larissa Pham When terrible things happen in the world and people suffer, by what means is one moved to... Read more
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Today In Culture, Monday, July 29, 2024: Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture At Navy Pier | Taste Of Chicago Lineup | Broadway In Chicago Free Summer Concert
July 29, 2024 Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture Permanently Installed At Navy Pier “Alison Saar’s sculpture of playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be unveiled at Chicago’s... Read more -
Walking children through a garden of good and evil
Jamaica Kincaid’s new book presents history of colonialism, identity through plants that helped shape it July 29, 2024 In Jamaica Kincaid’s garden, surprises are common. This summer, a Canada lily bloomed by her front door, while dill, tomatillo,... Read more -
Poetry and Art in Conversation at Catharine Clark Gallery. Curated by Amy Trachtenberg
July 28, 2024 Catharine Clark Gallery presents an evening of poetry in dialogue with visual art. Beginning at 6:00 PM, guests can experience... Read more -
5 Fun Things to Do in San Antonio This Weekend
July 25, 2024 “Undercurrents” San Antonio native Vincent Valdez returns home with a reflective exhibit featuring “Siete Dias/Seven Days,” an installation of portraits... Read more
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Iconic Modern Artists Pelton, Calder, Nakashima, and Brecheret headline Moran's Art + Design sale!
July 25, 2024 LOS ANGELES , July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, August 13, 2024 , at 10:00am PDT , John Moran... Read more -
Lorraine Hansberry Sculpture To Be Permanently Installed At Chicago's Navy Pier
Alison Saar's sculpture of prolific playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be unveiled at Chicago's Navy Pier as a part of the Lorraine Hansberry Initiative. July 25, 2024 Alison Saar's sculpture of prolific playwright Lorraine Hansberry will be unveiled at Chicago's Navy Pier as a part of the... Read more -
Lorraine Hansberry Statue Finds a Permanent Home at Chicago's Navy Pier
The work is part of The Lillys' Lorraine Hansberry Initiative honoring the Raisin in the Sun playwright. July 25, 2024 The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative's Lorraine Hansberry statue, which has been on a nationwide tour since 2022, has found a permanent... Read more -
‘True North’: di Rosa seeks artwork submissions for biennial show
The show features works by artists from Sonoma, Napa, Marin and Solano counties July 25, 2024 Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Arts announces an open call for “True North” , a biennial juried exhibition of artwork... Read more
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Artists Who Refuse to Collaborate or License Their Work
Diving into the world of artists who steadfastly valued creative autonomy over commercial success, this article uncovers the motivations and principles driving their uncompromising dedication to creative integrity. July 23, 2024 Be it prolific luxury collaborations with the likes of Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton or Keith Haring and various high... Read more -
Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present to Open at the New York Public Library
The new exhibition explores the critical juncture of prints and textiles through historic and contemporary works July 23, 2024 On September 7, 2024, Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present will open its doors... Read more -
SF art stays true to roots, setting scene apart
July 23, 2024 By Max Blue San Francisco is an often inhospitable city for visual artists to live and work. It’s also birthed... Read more -
Texas-Connected Artists Among Trellis Art Fund Inaugural Grant Recipients
July 22, 2024 The Trellis Art Fund, a New York-based private foundation that supports artists, has named 12 artists as part of its... Read more
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The Art of the Whale: A Visual Voyage
In the hallowed halls of the Peabody Essex Museum, "Draw Me Ishmael" presents a compelling argument for Herman Melville's Moby Dick as America's most illustrated novel. July 22, 2024 In the hallowed halls of the Peabody Essex Museum , “Draw Me Ishmael” presents a compelling argument for Herman Melville’s... Read more -
Trash-talking art and other must-see Seattle shows in August 2024
July 22, 2024 By Gayle Clemans Staff Picks August is a time of reflection for many of us as we savor the last... Read more -
ArtSEA: What does America look like? Ask Seattle artists
Plus, timely trash talking and Seattle’s biggest visual arts party July 18, 2024 Sometimes art exhibits seem uncannily timed. Take the new array of oil paintings at Kirkland Arts Center, in which American... Read more -
Hauser & Wirth’s Beautiful Italian Summer
The gallery may not have a formal location in Italy, but some of their best artists are taking over beautiful historical spaces and engaging with the country's cultural heritage. July 18, 2024 Art is always on in Italy, though those unfamiliar with the Italian art scene may not have contemporary art front... Read more
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Nine artists from around the world share insights about surf culture and community
July 18, 2024 For many on the Central Coast, the ocean is a way of life and it’s hard to picture living anywhere... Read more -
Pierneef’s former home and studio is host venue for Strauss & Co’s debut Pretoria auction
Strauss & Co is pleased to share details of its first-ever auction in Pretoria, a two-part live sale of collectable ceramics and modern and contemporary art to be held at the former home of cherished landscape painter J.H. Pierneef. Due to be held on Sund July 18, 2024 Strauss & Co is pleased to share details of its first-ever auction in Pretoria, a two-part live sale of collectable... Read more -
Lovely, Dark and Deep: PW Talks with Julie Heffernan
Painter Heffernan’s graphic memoir debut, Babe in the Woods (Algonquin, Sept.), follows her winding path through fear and memory after taking the wrong turn on a hike July 12, 2024 Nature plays so many different roles in the book—terrifying, healing, disorienting. How did you go about conveying parallels between nature... Read more -
Expo Chicago’s first outing under Frieze draws bustling crowds and engaged buyers
The art publishing and presenting titan implemented layout changes to buoy smaller galleries July 12, 2024 Wrapping up its VIP preview on Thursday (11 April), the 11th annual Expo Chicago notched a first day comparable to... Read more
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An Artist Stitches Stories of Family Separation at the Bolinas Museum
July 2, 2024 Max Blue Jul 2 Family separation comes in many forms. Some, more obvious than others. Separation caused by immigration policies... Read more -
'M is for Water' collaborative artist exhibition opens at di Rosa Center
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art presents an exhibition featuring the works of a diverse group of artists June 27, 2024 EMMA MOLLOY INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 27, 2024 Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is presenting a group exhibition featuring... Read more -
San Francisco Art Book Fair Is Back in July With Its Seventh Edition
June 27, 2024 Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF boasts 145 exhibitors from around the world, more in-depth programming, and an expanded... Read more -
Artists Manifest Connection at The Contemporary Jewish Museum
June 26, 2024 The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM), whose ultramodern blue steel superstructure- fused with a 19th century power plant- has become... Read more
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June 27 Vallejo/ Vacaville Arts and Entertainment Source: At the di Rosa Center, exploring the ecology of mind and language
'M is for Water,' through Oct. 6, explores 'the relationship between human consciousness and language,' says curator Isabelle Sorelle June 26, 2024 By RICHARD BAMMER | rbammer@thereporter.com | Vacaville Reporter UPDATED: June 26, 2024 at 1:51 p.m. It is much more than... Read more -
Forty Funny Females at The Church
June 19, 2024 By Mark Segal June 19, 2024 The world could use a few more laughs these days, and The Church is... Read more -
The Church Is Here To Prove That Women Artists Are Funny, Too
June 17, 2024 18 Photos Frankie Kadir Vaughanon Jun 17, 2024 Opening at The Church in Sag Harbor this past weekend, 'Are You... Read more -
Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images
June 10, 2024 June 10, 2024 Stephanie Syjuco After/Images June 1-September 8, 2024 Add to Calendar Opening reception: June 14, 7:30-9pm Frye Art... Read more
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David Medalla: Portrait of the Artist as a Filipino
June 8, 2024 BY LAKÁN ANGELO RAGAZA Jun 08, 2024 UCLA’s Hammer Museum unveils a landmark exhibit of art-world renegade David Medalla. Among... Read more -
ARTSEA: A 'Phantom Flag' drained of its color at the Frye
Plus, five festivals to check out this weekend, and the final show at a beloved gallery. June 6, 2024 June 6, 2024 by Jas Keimig In the entry rotunda of the Frye Art Museum , visitors are currently greeted... Read more -
Kimball Art Center's newest exhibition opens Friday
June 6, 2024 News NEWS | Jun 6, 2024 Park Record Staff On Friday, June 7, Kimball Art Center will open its newest... Read more -
San Francisco Jewish Museum Has a Blank Space for Dissenting Artists
A museum's unusual tactic in a contretemps with protesters brings visibility to their walkout. June 6, 2024 By Marc Tracy June 6, 2024 This winter, a guest curator selected nearly 70 artworks to include in the California... Read more
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House of Illusions
June 4, 2024 On the floor near the entrance to the Catharine Clark Gallery, dozens of multicolored crayons line up below a bank... Read more -
No Joke: The Church Promises Summer of Art & Thoughtful Laughter in Sag Harbor
May 7, 2024 By Oliver Peterson 05/07/202 The Church in Sag Harbor has swiftly grown a reputation as one of the East End’s... Read more -
Public art project in Pittsburgh features internationally renowned artists
May 2, 2024 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A newly commissioned public art project by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust was created by internationally renowned artists... Read more -
10 Older Asian American Artists to Celebrate This AAPI Heritage Month
May 1, 2024 The fight for visibility—rightfully recognizing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for their contributions to art history—goes back generations. For as... Read more
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How our art is making an impact overseas
Filipino artworks featured in Hong Kong May 1, 2024 BY POCH EULALIA May 1, 2024 06:10 AM During Hong Kong Arts Month in March, two of the largest events... Read more -
Stephanie Syjuco: Upending the Archive
May 1, 2024 Stephanie Syjuco teaches in the Art Practice department at the University of California, Berkeley. She often posts on Instagram about... Read more -
Oakland artist Stephanie Syjuco tackles big themes in S.F. show
San Francisco Chronicle April 29, 2024 Stephanie Syjuco has been busier than ever. The Filipino American artist has been working on commissions and exhibitions across the... Read more -
Exploring Pittsburgh’s Legacy of Steel
At the Carnegie Museum of Art, an installation by the artist Marie Watt celebrates the region’s industrial history with I-beams and glass. April 27, 2024 If there is one word that defines Pittsburgh, it is steel. Steel is in Pittsburgh’s DNA. It’s embedded in the... Read more
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Cardinal Canvas: Exploring the stunning final chapter of ‘Day Jobs’
April 26, 2024 In “Cardinal Canvas,” Adam Golomb spotlights art on and around the University, exploring and reviewing artwork that students may otherwise... Read more -
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s public art installation features kites crashed in trees
April 26, 2024 Many of us remember on a windy day going to the park to fly a kite. We also might recall... Read more -
Jesus on a fighter jet: South Beach art show explores how religion justifies war
April 24, 2024 Al Farrow gets his bones and guns second hand. The San Francisco-based artist puts his engineering background to good use... Read more -
Marie Watt Creates Care Through Collage
At the core, all of Watt’s work shows a devotion to care and closeness, a desire to make tangible the layers of relations that bind and make us. April 24, 2024 Marie Watt’s current exhibition at Print Center New York requires slowness. Storywork is the first show to focus on... Read more
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Imagining Worlds After Climate Disaster, Julie Heffernan Melds Chaos and the Sublime
April 23, 2024 Julie Heffernan likens her paintings to “advent calendars gone haywire.” Working in oil on canvas, the Brooklyn-based artist renders vast... Read more -
What’s Up With the Kites on Liberty and Penn Avenues?
The kites haven’t been lost to the trees — they’re part of a public art commission called “A Sudden Gust of Wind.” April 23, 2024 I f you find yourself Downtown on Liberty or Penn Avenues between Sixth and Ninth streets, look up! A new... Read more -
Baring it all: Breasts take center stage at this major exhibition
April 22, 2024 What is one of the earliest and enduring subjects in art and media — as well as one of the... Read more -
Marie Watt I-Beam Quilts At Carnegie Museum Of Art In Pittsburgh
April 22, 2024 Installation view of 'Marie Watt: LAND STITCHES WATER SKY,' Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh ... [+] CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART... Read more
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In "Spirit in the Land" at PAMM, Art Is the Key to Climate Crisis
PAMM's latest exhibition, "Spirit in the Land," examines humanity's relationship with our planet through cultural practices. April 19, 2024 Few museums in the world are as emblematic of their city's relationship to nature as the Pérez Art Museum Miami... Read more -
AMOCA announces 2024-25 artists in residence
April 18, 2024 The American Museum of Ceramic Art, 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona, has announced its artists in residence for 2024-2025. They... Read more -
Installation at the Carnegie Museum of Art explores new dimensions in steel
April 18, 2024 This is WESA Arts, a weekly newsletter by Bill O'Driscoll providing in-depth reporting about the Pittsburgh area art scene. Pittsburgh... Read more -
Expo Chicago 2024 Proves City Is Strong Player On Global Art Stage
April 17, 2024 In its first year as part of the Frieze network—which also acquired the Armory Show in 2023—Expo Chicago managed to... Read more
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$525,000 Mary Abbott painting leads reported sales at EXPO Chicago 2024
April 16, 2024 EXPO Chicago , newly under Frieze ownership, wrapped up its vibrant 11th edition on Sunday, having welcomed over 35,000 visitors... Read more -
'Japanese Prints in Transition' - classics and contemporaries at the Legion of Honor
April 16, 2024 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839—1892) 'Fujiwara no Yasumasa Playing a Flute by Moonlight,' 1883 (partial view; courtesy FAMSF) The lavish new exhibit,... Read more -
This Week at LACMA
April 14, 2024 Vincent Valdez’s oil painting on a 1953 Good Humor ice cream truck portrays the forced removal of a predominantly Mexican... Read more -
Inside the Museum: Interview with Masami teraoka
April 12, 2024 For this week's installment of Inside the Museum, we take a break from our regular format to bring you an... Read more
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What’s the big deal with breasts, ask artists at the Venice Biennale
‘Breasts’ is set to open at ACP Palazzo Franchetti for the duration of the Venice Art Biennale 2024 April 4, 2024 Breasts have endlessly captivated artists – from the Old Masters to Cindy Sherman , Richard Dupont to Marcel Duchamp .... Read more -
Al Farrow “Loaded” Exhibition Opening
March 27, 2024 MIAMI BEACH, FL (March 27, 2024) – VISU Contemporary is proud to announce the opening of its new exhibition “Loaded”... Read more -
David O’Doherty: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The much-loved musical comedian shares what makes him laugh, including Sean Lock, football mascots looking solemn and an Irish donkey derby from 1994 March 20, 2024 I’ve been thinking about this way too much. See, if I were to pick the funniest things on the internet... Read more -
The Power of Making People of Color Invisible
Stephanie Syjuco Empowers the Oppressed with Just a Finger March 13, 2024 By CHARLES MUDEDE My appreciation for Stephanie Syjuco’s impressive and influential body of work—the latest of which, After/Images, will be... Read more
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Leading and Following: Amy Trachtenberg and Jeffrey Miller in Conversation
March 12, 2024 When Amy Trachtenberg and Jeffrey Miller met more than four decades ago, the young artist and landscape architect were living... Read more -
Inside the Museum: Japanese Ceramics and American Gothic
July 17, 2023 by Rowan Johnson SOU Class of 2025, Creative Writing Japanese Ceramics The earliest Japanese ceramic, or Yakimono, recorded comes from... Read more -
Inside the Museum: Taxidermy, Rawhide, and Japanese Watercolor
July 17, 2020 Taxidermy The practice of preserving animals after their death goes back to the ancient Egyptians. They would place stuffed animal... Read more
