Art on Paper Exhibitions
Modern Spirit: The Art of George Morrison at the Plains Art Museum
“George Morrison’s importance to our understanding of twentieth-century Native American art is unparalleled,” says Kristin Makholm, executive director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art. “This first, comprehensive retrospective of his work will reveal how visions of identity and place play an essential role in assessing American art of the 20th century and beyond.” The…
Read MorePicasso and Chicago at The Art Institute of Chicago
The “Picasso and Chicago” exhibit marks the special hundred-year relationship of Pablo Picasso with the city of Chicago and features more than 250 works selected from the The Art Institute of Chicago’s own exceptional holdings and from private collections throughout city. Representing Picasso’s innovations in nearly every media—paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and ceramics—the works not only tell the story of Picasso’s…
Read MoreCollectors make a difference
The South Dakota Art Museum has received an extensive, growing donation of valuable fine art prints that offer visitors an encyclopedic collection of printmaking from the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The collection includes impressive examples of pop, op, abstract, color field and photo-realist art. The donation comes from Neil C. Cockerline, a former preservation services director and senior conservator with the Midwest Art Conservation Center in…
Read MoreLines Etched with the Weight of Life: Georges Rouault’s Miserere at The Snite Museum of Art
In response to the ravages of World War I, French artist Georges Rouault (1871–1958) produced a portfolio of drawings, which were reproduced as heliogravures, a process combining engraving and photography. Dissatisfied with the results of the reproductions, the artist continued to modify the plates using a variety of printmaking techniques in un-conventional ways. What he…
Read MoreINK MIAMI
On our trip to Art Basel Miami we planned to attend some of the satellite shows surrounding the convention center. The first one on our list was INK MIAMI because one of our customers, Graphicstudio, was an exhibitor and we wanted to stop by and say hello. It was well worth the trip. INK MIAMI is…
Read More50 for Arkansas The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel were avid collectors of contemporary art and were well known throughout the New York art scene. Their world-class art collection began in a one-bedroom New York apartment while they lived on Dorothy’s income as a librarian and dedicated Herb’s income as a postal worker to the acquisition of art. Their collection…
Read MoreUlysses suite by Robert Motherwell
“I thought you might enjoy seeing the attached photo. It is the entire Ulysses suite by Robert Motherwell in your frames: very beautiful, a perfect complement to the works. Motherwell was commissioned to do this suite of prints to complement a beautiful hand-printed text of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Thanks,” Jerald Motherwell counted Irish author, James Joyce, as…
Read More“From Alice to Zeus: The Art of John Rocco” at the Orlando Museum of Art
John Rocco is an award winning author and illustrator of children's picture books. The show will include examples of the cover art Rocco created for the bestselling Percy Jackson series and the Kane Chronicles as well as a selection of illustrations from his popular children’s books Blackout, Moonpowder, Wolf! Wolf! and Fu Finds the Way. This…
Read MoreThe Art of Oleg Vassiliev at The Museum of Russian Art
The Art of Oleg Vassiliev surveys the career of one of the most important unofficial Soviet artists. This exhibition is the third in the series of remarkable one-man shows under the umbrella title Discovering Russian 20th Century Masters. The exhibition of Vassiliev’s works on paper includes the exciting House with the Mezzanine series, seven children’s books illustrated by…
Read MoreSpring is in the air
“Hybrid Romance” by Los Angeles artist Lawrence T. Yun is his latest watercolor series and can be seen at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Los Angeles thru 5/6/12 . “The paintings are meant to be aesthetically pleasing,” said Yun, “yet the deliberate awkwardness of the structured subject matter conveys subtle messages that trigger the audience to question the imagery.” Born in…
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