YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK
Fresh on the heels and current run of KAWS’s beautiful show, Yorkshire Sculpture Park just opened another stunning show by Not Vital, the first major UK show of the Swiss and China and Rio de Janeiro and Niger-based artist.
NEON SCULPTURES BY MERYL PATAKY
Meryl Pataky is an alchemist of many mediums; she applies her passion for bending neon to an ever-progressive range of materials to create sculptures that relate to her concept of universal connectedness. From silver and copper to neon, iron and carbon, Meryl’s work utilizes its own materiality to make a statement about the material of […]
Cultural Sensibility
A major exhibition opens at Tate Modern, creating a conversation between the dangers of domesticity and the depths of identity in today’s world.
Art in the Mountains – “Premier Destination Workshops!” Since 1983
Art in the Mountains has 10-15 fine art painting classes each year, including studio and plein air classes. Our instructors are internationally known and published artists who enjoy sharing their knowledge and techniques in their workshops. We offer instruction in most media and genres. Art workshops include daily demonstrations, unique curriculum and one-on-one support. Class sizes […]
Tala Madani at Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Painter Tala Madani’s show in St. Louis provided a concise primer on her work, featuring her hallmark subject: men, nude or almost so, perhaps Middle Eastern and probably middle-aged, in situations both abject and humorous. The small exhibition drew from a single body of work by the Iranian-born artist, one depicting individual protagonists against black […]
Arab Art in Tehran
A major fault line hugs the coast of the Persian Gulf, where the Arabian plate grinds up against Eurasia. The historic rivalry between Iran and the Arab nations across the Gulf underwrites today’s increasingly tense jostling for territory, religious influence, and geopolitical dominance. New fissures have emerged in the proxy wars currently playing out in […]
THE BITTERSWEET DREAMS OF DAVID CUNNINGHAM
This article inaugurates the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation/Art in America Arts Writing Fellowships, a joint project designed to foster art and culture writing in cities throughout the U.S. Here, Kevin Killian reflects on the San Francisco art scene. I met the late David Cunningham while straphanging on the 27 Bryant bus that runs west from […]
What It Means to Be Original
It’s something that has crossed all of our minds when we come up with a new idea, sometimes even stopping us dead in our tracks. It’s that little voice, saying, “It has already been done.” Upon hearing this voice, I go from the natural high of excitement at the possibilities of a project to a […]
