ITHACA, NY — Ithaca’s cooperative State of the Art Gallery (SoAG)recently hosted an informal public discussion featuring members Ileen Kaplan and David Watkins. The occasion was their two-person exhibition “Double Vision,” which was on display through May 1. Something of a rarity during the pandemic gallery-going era, the event attracted […]
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Sophisticated artifacts of a long-gone Middle American civilization, at the Dallas Museum of Art
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Most of us are at least vaguely aware of elaborate Aztec, Mayan and Incan civilizations predating — and tragically doomed by — European explorers. Far less known are bygone civilizations in the eastern half of what became the United States. One former center is just a four-hour drive northeast of […]
Denver Art Museum’s “Malinche” reconsiders Mexico’s great betrayal
DENVER — Though he may be renowned for lobbing vulgar insults, the barb that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva directed at Supervisor Hilda Solis in July 2020 left even longtime observers stunned. Solís had made comments critical of systemic racism by police toward people of color. “Are you trying,” Villanueva […]
Met Gala 2022: Best Red Carpet Moments
On the first Monday in May, art and fashion enthusiasts alike ascended the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s stairs to celebrate fashion’s biggest night, the Met Gala. This year’s gala theme, Gilded Glamour, provided ample fodder for creative interpretation as well as endless opportunities for fashion statements. The theme is a […]
Czech arts collector, patron Meda Mladkova dies at 102
PRAGUE – Meda Mladkova, a Czech arts collector, patron and historian who was an impassioned promoter of Frantisek Kupka and supported artists in communist Czechoslovakia while she was in exile behind the Iron Curtain, has died. She was 102. The Kampa Museum, a modern arts gallery that Mladkova created in […]
Art and nature collide at Artosphere festival
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts: MUSIC: Artosphere festival The Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts + Nature Festival returns, full bore, to Northwest Arkansas, with outdoor performances, orchestral concerts and chamber music performances, starting with a show by Trout Fishing in America, 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Botanical Garden of the […]
Opry NextStage celebrates a ‘vibrant, diverse future’ in country music
Ninety-seven years into its history and the Grand Ole Opry — via its groundbreaking NextStage program — is three years into ensuring that country music’s future continues to expand the idea that the genre is accessible enough to be enjoyed by all. “The Opry is trying to offer country music credibility to bold […]
Your guide to the May art walk
May’s First Friday events include a wide variety of delights. This First Friday will showcase a variety of artwork from a new lowrider art exhibition ‘Desert Rider’ at Phoenix Art Museum, ‘Eden’ at New City Studio which features mediums like watercolor paintings and floral designs and works by Brazilian visual artist […]
Native American art exhibit in Massillon is both provocative, subtle
MASSILLON – Entering the main gallery of the Massillon Museum, visitors likely will be struck by a large, vivid image of Chief Wahoo that is clearly visible from across the room. The rendering of an authentic Native American is juxtaposed with the former logo of the Cleveland Indians professional baseball team (renamed the Cleveland Guardians last year). Long […]
Lakewood Art Supply offers new hub for local artists
LAKEWOOD, Ohio – When a family of artists moved to Lakewood a year ago, they sought out a locally owned art supply store and couldn’t find very many. Shortly after, Galadriel Olson started a joke: that they would open that kind of shop themselves. “We’re a family of artists and […]