How a Christchurch couple achieved an easy lifestyle
It’s impossible to ignore the views from Tara and Daryl Hewitt’s Christchurch home. Perched on a sloping section in the seaside suburb of Redcliffs, the open-plan living room overlooks green hills and tumbling rooftops to the ocean beyond. “When you cross the bridge [to Redcliffs] and you see the ocean, it’s like a vacation,” says […]
Giacometti exhibition brings artist’s work to Ireland for first time in 30 years
The first Irish exhibition in over 30 years of the work of the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti is due to come to the National Gallery of Ireland next month. ver the past decade, prices for works by the late artist have exceeded 100 million euros, making him the most expensive sculptor of all time. In […]
#PUSSYVERSE an exhibition protesting the gender pay gap in the art world.
We run this mother “We can revolutionize everything, but only if we think so and if we unite. Like an army. SaveArtSpace and Pussy Riot have announced their upcoming #PUSSYVERSE exhibition, a public art exhibition of 10 works by female and LGBTQ+ artists that will be featured on billboards in 9 US states. The exhibition […]
Opening of Winners Showcase at Mills Pond Gallery
It’s time to honor the best of the best. The Smithtown Township Arts Council Winners Showcase Fine Art Exhibition opens Saturday, March 5 at Mills Pond Gallery in St. James. The exhibition features winning artists from the 2021 competition Members Showcase (Kyle Blumenthal, Donna Corvi, Margaret Minardi) A sense of place (Gia Horton Schifano) and […]
With $2 million to spend, should you buy a George Condo Head or an enchanting Marc Chagall? We asked an art consultant to choose
Should a single painting by Damien Hirst cost more than an entire Old Masters sale? Why is Adrian Ghenie’s auction record higher than Frida Kahlo’s? The strange, fickle, and largely subjective nature of art appraisal is one of the industry’s most enduring conundrums and sources of complaint. To analyze what lies behind some of the […]
Collectors have an ethical responsibility to keep the art market fair. Here are 8 key rules to hold them accountable
Over the centuries, collectors have played a positive role in supporting artists and artistic ecosystems. At the same time, we have also all heard – and often personally witnessed – horror stories about unethical collectors. You know those. The collector on the board of a museum who hears about an exhibition that is not yet […]
New portraits of McDonald on display for YC’s ‘About Face’ art exhibit
Jerome J. Michael McDonald’s Artist (Photo by Ron Chilston) Artist J. Michael McDonald hosts his own show at Yavapai College. A resident of Jerome for 27 years, McDonald has turned to portraiture during the COVID-19 shutdowns, trying to capture the effects of unique circumstances on the human face. Her new exhibit, “About Face,” opens Feb. […]
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Whangārei Hundertwasser Art Center: “There are little surprises everywhere”
Pam Tothill from Prosper Northland Trust at the official opening of the Hundertwasser Art Center Whangarei Town Basin If you’re wondering why there’s a blue tile in the middle of all the green and red tiles in Whangārei’s Hundertwasser Art Center, that was the tiler’s decision. After a nearly 30-year journey, the world’s last authentic […]
Artist Larry Blissett paints raw, expressionist portraits using vivid colors
(Courtesy of Blue Rain Gallery) Viewers have called Larry Blissett everything from “the Chicano Basquiat” to “a watered-down Picasso.” The Santa Fe artist and former entrepreneur pokes fun at labels and ignores any criticism, saying, “Some people don’t think these are works of art, but I don’t care. ” Blissett’s work is available at the […]
More types of blue | The Art Institute of Chicago
Through Janice Katz, Clara Granzotto, Craig Leeand Richard Gessert This lack covers a wide range of historical periods, languages and geographical locations. It’s intriguing, no doubt. But despite this scarcity of words, it’s hard not to notice the incredible variety of shades of blue in the manufactured world, especially after reading the first collection of […]
New works, new artists highlight spaces in Greater Victoria – Vancouver Island Free Daily
February brings a host of new and old art and artists to the galleries of Greater Victoria. The West End Gallery continually receives exciting new works from its stable of Canadian artists. Many of these internationally sought after and collected artists are inspired by the beauty that surrounds them. Filled with light, color and just […]
Painter Hana Yilma Godine uses Ethiopian textiles to construct fantastical compositions of resting women
Hana Yilma Godine paints women in their moments of intimacy: resting on the couch, at the hair salon, preparing for a wedding. The artist, who received his MFA from Boston University in 2020, studied with renowned Ethiopian artist Tadesse Mesfin in his hometown of Addis Ababa. The flattened perspective and elongated figures of her compositions […]
Experts offer tips for high-end home design for less
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up to date with the latest coronavirus news in New York Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian, Eva Mendes, Cher and more celebs took to British interior design guru to the stars Martyn Lawrence Bullard for his impeccable taste and attention to detail. The Los Angeles-based author and TV […]
Enhance the image of the plastic surgeon
Things An Art + Object auction. Image courtesy of Art + Object. Mark Amery welcomes the first adoption by an auction house of a copyright system requiring payment for the reproduction of works of art by visual artists. Images have become conversational currency online. Most of us forget about taking our phone out to a […]
Mississippi toasts the art of Andrew Bucci on his centennial
Mississippi Artist Andre BucciThe artist’s captivating and colorful contemporary art and his place in the state’s creative treasure chest and cultural history are at the center of Mississippi art events celebrating the centennial of his birth. Andrew Bucci received a Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2009. Courtesy Mississippi Arts Commission/Photo by James […]
Russian street artists enter the gallery space (PHOTOS)
These creative minds used to break the law by “decorating” public places with their graffiti, but the Russian Ruarts Foundation invited these provocative underground artists to be exhibited as legitimate members of the art world. 1.0331C. Fencing Street artist Zhenya, nicknamed 0331c, has had solo exhibitions in the past. One is called “Fence” and its […]
William Spenser Bagdatopoulos: the forgotten Greek-American artist
When does a Greek immigrant become American? When does this transformation really take place? And who ultimately determines this status? Returning these questions, when does the history of the Greeks in the Western Hemisphere admit someone as a fellow Greek? It is certain that a go-to choice for admission to Greek American Studies is once […]
Montgomery Artist Brings Wonderful Worlds To JCA – The Troy Messenger
Eclectic: derives ideas, style or tastes from a wide range of diverse sources. This is the definition of the work of Nathaniel Allen, artist exhibiting at the Johnson Center for the Arts. Allen describes his work as “exploring ideation” and, he might add, with following eyes and possessing spiritual clarity. Mmmm… .. Or, Allen might […]
Martis, Neckvatal, Knight and Reutenick Take Top Honors at Art Guild Fall Exhibition | Lifestyles
The Fall Art Show Audience Award winners were recognized at the Art Guild’s Fun and Wine Friday 3 December reception at the Art Center. The public and members of the Art Guild voted for their favorite works of art on display in the gallery throughout the month of November, with a total of 324 ballots […]
The work of artist Ramona selected for the Artist Alliance Biennale at Oceanside
“The Gods Who Feed Us†by artist Ramona Stacy Nixon is one of 61 works of art selected for the Artists Alliance Biennale 2022 at the Oceanside Museum of Art. Nixon’s work, a large 40-by-26-foot piece that combines wax bound on paper with hand-cut stencils and an overlay of pigments and gold leaf, is on […]
Beauty is North Artist Star: Denver’s Daniel Sprick to Exhibit in New York | Culture & Leisure
Daniel Sprick, one of Colorado’s most accomplished artists, recently returned from New York City, where he was preparing for a new exhibition – his first since 2016. Opening at the Gerald Peters Gallery on February 11, the Sprick exhibition “Interiors†will exhibit his ethereal, lifelike paintings from his 16th-floor apartment near City Park, most created […]
Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv brings contemporary art to an unlikely corner of Jerusalem
Beit Sapir, a minimalist industrial building in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul neighborhood, is either the strangest place for a contemporary art gallery or the best possible place for one. But even if the decision to open a branch of the famous Gordon Gallery of Tel Aviv in one of the less artistic corners of Jerusalem was […]
Helen Durant: “Lines are what I love” | Visual arts | Savannah News, Events, Restaurants, Music
Few works of art speak to me more than the passionate and gestural paintings of Helen Durant. Now in the early 1970s, fragile and graceful as a bird, delicately boned and softly spoken, Durant’s southern accent and distinguished appearance belies the daring and intensity she brings to her work. It was a teacher at her […]
Rare allegorical painting from the 17th century English school banned from export in the hope that it would be saved for the nation
The double portrait of the English school, circa 1650, whose export from the United Kingdom has been temporarily blocked. Laura chester Dec 14 2021 The image was sold on 23 June at the Trevanion auction house in Shropshire for a hammer price of £ 220,000 (front page, ATG No 2499). After the sale, the current […]
New York artist Suzanne Scott explores relationships, death, and more in Tribeca exhibit
Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across New York Local artist Suzanne Scott takes a close look at death and relationships while paying homage to her late friend at a new show in Tribeca. The exhibit, titled “Boy, That […]
Artworks from junta-controlled Myanmar to be auctioned in New York this week
The contraband works of more than a dozen Burmese dissident artists are to be auctioned off in New York City, with the proceeds providing humanitarian aid to pro-democracy protesters in the Southeast Asian county controlled by the junta. The auction, which will be held December 9-11 at the Jane Lombard Gallery in lower Manhattan, will […]
Window Wonderland opens this weekend
“We are delighted to make Window Wonderland bigger and better than last year’s very successful event,” noted Carol Jolly, Executive Director, The Junction BIA. “To celebrate our opening weekend, we are delighted to offer a performance of that of Toronto award-winning dance-theater company, CORPUS. The Sheep (The Sheep) is a funny and heartwarming group of […]
Influential critic dies at 82 – ARTnews.com
Dave Hickey, an art critic whose polarizing writings have been worshiped, has died. Daniel Oppenheimer, who this year published a biography of Hickey titled Far from being respectable: Dave Hickey and his art, reported in Texas monthly that Hickey died at age 82 last month. Although Hickey has written cultural reviews for decades, it wasn’t […]
Parkash Purb: Artist Donates 3 Works of Art for Holy City: The Tribune India
Deepkamal Kaur Tribune press service Sultanpur Lodhi, November 18 As worshipers begin to converge on the holy city of Guru Nanak for the 552nd Parkash Purb celebrations, there is something new and amazing to watch. The site is the Guru Nanak Art Gallery in Nirmal Kutiya, the dera of environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal. Right at […]
Sotheby’s auction brings in $ 676 million
20 November 2021 WHEN SOTHEBY’S lifted the hammer at the biggest art auction of the season on November 15, the sellers, Harry and Linda Macklowe, did not arrive together to watch the proceedings from the low-key skybox above the dining room. auction, as those who have a collection often do. The couple can hardly stand […]
Newcastle Art Gallery could close in January for more than two years for long-awaited expansion | Newcastle Herald
news, news-advice, The Newcastle Art Gallery could close for up to two and a half years in January for its long-planned expansion if the council secures a $ 10 million federal grant. In a project update provided to councilors on Tuesday evening, council staff said the expansion project was on track to begin early next […]
Galleries: The artist brings the rain inside for a show at the Tramway
While Scotland is no stranger to rain, most of us – the skylights that leak out to the side (and I’m speaking for myself here) – tend to only experience it outdoors. All of that changes next week with the evocative solo exhibition by Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang at the Glasgow Tram, in which the […]
Amanda Poss at Hillsborough Community College
Artists play a key role in shaping communities and our choices about where we choose to live, work, play and stay. But do we fully appreciate the role of curators, the designers working behind the scenes to display works of art in local museums? Here is the second of five stories about local curators who […]
“The Art of Banksy” in Chicago
While his true identity remains a mystery, the graffiti artist known only by the mononym Banksy has gained international fame. Little is known about the artist, except for speculation regarding his birthplace (Bristol, England) and his penchant for social commentary that manifests through his art. Songs like “Save or Delete”, “Rage, The Flower Thrower” and […]
Cartoonist Michael Gallagher will be featured at the “Roam in Jerome” event on November 6th
One Two Many by Michael Gallagher, acrylic canvas, 18×24. (House of Joy / Courtesy) Michael Gallagher comes from a long family line of renowned cartoonists and he will be featured at the “Roam in Jerome” event at the House of Joy Gallery and Arcade on Saturday, November 6, according to a press release. The House […]
Works of art during Japanese rule laid the foundation for Taiwanese identity
By Ken Wang, CNA Editor-in-Chief Walking the streets of Dadaocheng (大稻埕), one of Taipei’s premier international shopping districts, one sees streams of cheerful shoppers, vibrant merchandise and colorful signboards and one can easily imagine the hustle and bustle of the city. region at the beginning of the 20th century. Dadaocheng embraced international trade early on […]
Panel to address mental health during COVID, and more
Art / Place, a non-profit artist gallery located at 70 Sanford Street in Fairfield, is hosting a reception for its members’ exhibit, celebrating the organization’s 40th anniversary from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on November 7. The members’ exhibit includes works of art in various sizes and began on October 27. Art / Place offers […]
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery – Buffalo Rising
Author: Jen Swan For this month’s spotlight, I had the opportunity to visit two organizations that focus on inclusiveness in the arts to speak with artists about their projects. The talented artists of Starlight Studio and Art Gallery and the dazzling cast, staff and writers of Unique Theater Company both create captivating works that you […]
Shop for cute, artist-designed caps – and this affordable art fundraiser – to support Melbourne’s Blindside Gallery
Now more than ever, small acts of kindness can have a big impact. “It’s good to give someone a hat. It’s also nice to call someone, give them a compliment or eat a delicious meal, â€according to award-winning Sydney artist Jason Phu. With other artists Sanja Pahoki (a Melburnian doing “art on existential anxiety [that’s] […]
Jasmine Roth reveals a beautiful decorating idea that you are sure to overlook
Jasmin roth, host of the show “Help! I destroyed my house, â€knows that many homeowners will opt for DIY to save money on renovations. Yet at the end of the day, these efforts often end up being a bigger puzzle than they are worth. In the Season 2 episode “Worth the Peace of Mind”, Roth […]
Saturday 16 October 2021 – La Minute Monocle
1.There are stories in the UK newspapers of shortages in everything from fresh vegetables to butchers (but before you think that’s good news for Miss Piggy, it isn’t: they will be slaughtered and disposed of, if no sharp man or woman is found). Yet, over breakfast at the Fischer restaurant this week, my art friend […]
LARC receives grant from Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation for art workshops
TORRINGTON – LARC received a grant from the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation to fund an art workshop at the Five Points Center for the Visual Arts. Twelve people from LARC’s Day Support Option (DSO) attend a weekly hour-long class at the new Five Points Arts Center on University Drive in Torrington. Classes are taught by […]
Nicole Storm – Brooklyn Rail
In sight White columnsAugust 28 – October 16, 2021new York Nicole Storm’s first solo show in New York City is an exuberant installation of heavily crafted surfaces that combines abstract painting in color and calligraphic line art. Occupying half of the White Columns gallery, the exhibition presents a multicolored collection of mixed two-dimensional and sculptural […]
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SculptureTucson hosts premier performance by renowned artist Rotraut in Arizona
TUCSON, Arizona (KOLD News 13) – World-renowned artist Rotraut will host his first comprehensive historical exhibition in Arizona, thanks to SculptureTucson. SculptureTucson is a local nonprofit organization committed to beautifying the local landscapes of Tucson with the development of sculptures, public works of art, and even workshops and resources for budding artists and collectors. From […]
Georgetown celebrates the arts program that uplifts the colors and moods of fall at Book Hill
With the onset of fall, splashes of color were spotted along Wisconsin Avenue, but artistic in nature and not arboreal. As part of a pilot public art program, Georgetown Celebrates the Arts enlivens the Main Street corridor with 43 public art pieces printed on ‘kake mono’ banners and ground installations along Book Hill between Volta […]
MoMA and the Mexican moment in New York
Art movements rarely conform to national borders; nor are they the result of artists’ efforts alone. Transnational networks of individuals and institutions often play an essential role in the research, interpretation and defense of radically new works of art. This was never more the case than during the “Mexican moment†of the twentieth century, a […]