Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Wednesday, March 31. NEED-TO-READ Berlin’s Flashy New Museum Is a Climate Nightmare – “The Museum of the 20th Century is a climate killer,” says conservation scientist Stefan Simon of the major museum project planned for ...
Maybe quarantining and being homebound is a first for many amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but for Rora Blue, this is just a small glimpse into her everyday life. In her new contemporary art series, “Sweet Dreams,” the 24-year-old disabled artist brings awareness to everyday ableist microaggressions. Her photography pieces delicately blend everyday objects associated with illness with colorful sticker-like words. I’ve followed the California-based ...
COURTESY PHOTOThis painting by Elaine de Koonig (1919-1989) is named “Red Bison/Blue Horse.” The piece is an example of post-war era art that will be discussed during the Collector’s Series event Thursday. SANTA BARBARA — Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara will host its second installment of the virtual Collector’s Series Thursday. The series was started to give a behind-the-scenes look into the multifaceted ...
Wintertide will not only 'brighten spirits,' but will also provide support to local artists who have lost opportunities to show their work due to the pandemic, says executive director NEWS RELEASE MACLAREN ART CENTRE ************************* Barrie buildings are soon to become art canvases as part of an intimate new outdoor public art project Wintertide. An initiative of the MacLaren Art Centre, this three-part series ...
Courtesy image The Cheyenne Civic Center will host a film series celebrating curiosity, creativity, and imagination, beginning with Pixar!Some Pixar favorites started as nothing more than sketches on a napkin and have since made Pixar one of our favorite storytellers.With this series, the Cheyenne Civic Center hopes to reignite the promise of infinite possibility and encourage adults and kids alike to find the magic ...
Art — whether it be an 18th-century, finely detailed oil painting, a modern-day screen-printed piece or a functional ceramic vessel — is always communicating.That was one of the messages presented to an audience of art enthusiasts by Brother Christopher Schaefer, an Order of Saint Benedict monk leading “When Art Tells You What to Think,” the first in an ongoing series of art history lectures ...
Gay Bechtelheimer lectures on the Hudson River School art movement on Thursday at the South Arkansas Arts Center. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times) Local artist and art teacher Gay Bechtelheimer hosted on Thursday evening the first of three art lectures the South Arkansas Arts Center will offer for 2021. “An Hour for the Arts” spring lectures are an entertaining dive into three historically important art movements and ...
The Mandalorian Collection presented by the Thomas Kinkade Studios is a series of Limited Edition Art that captures iconic scenes from each chapter of the Disney+ Star Wars live-action series. Each work of art brings beloved characters and stories to life with the luminous techniques the artists of the Thomas Kinkade Studios are known for. This historic collection marks the first set of paintings published by the ...
