Laurie Frick: Walking, Eating, Sleeping
Laurie Frick opens an exhibit at the Marfa Contemporary Gallery “Walking, Eating, Sleeping” and it takes an obsessive, quantitative look at daily life, drawing on Frick’s background in engineering and technology.The artwork of Laurie Frick explores the intersection of technology and creativity as the artist herself adopts a daily regimen of self-tracking that measures her…
Read MoreAudubon and the Art of Birds
The Bell Museum will debut Audubon and the Art of Birds, an exhibition that explores the human fascination with birds, and showcases one of the museum’s most valuable treasures: a double-elephant folio edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. The rare collection of hand-colored engravings was donated to the Bell Museum in 1928. John James Audubon (1785-1851) is…
Read MoreKenneth Josephson at Stephen Daiter Gallery in Chicago
Kenneth Josephson has been a tireless pioneer of conceptual art photography since the late 1950s. He is the product of a rigorous education that began with the inspiration of the visionary Minor White at the Rochester Institute of Technology and culminating with his graduate studies under the renown teaching team of Harry Callahan and Aaron…
Read MoreObjects of Desire Michael Beck at Paul Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco
Objects of Desire by Michael Beck opens the fall season at the Paul Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco. Though not necessarily depictions of items coveted by the masses, they are a curious group of subjects— sailboats, cars, trucks, amusement park rides, and dolls—all antique toys, desired at certain ages and in certain eras. Beck’s explores…
Read MoreModern 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 MoreStephen Magsig at George Billis Gallery
“When I think about the conventions of painting — a tradition I respect immensely — I notice that my concern has always been with the interplay of light and structure,” says artist Stephen Magsig. “Light, since it defines everything, is what my work is about — how light changes things, how it inflects the…
Read MoreFatima Ronquillo “Private Revolution”
On Saturday, April 6th, Wally Workman Gallery opens Private Revolution, a solo show by Fatima Ronquillo. Her fourth show with the gallery, Private Revolution is a celebration of the various private revolutions that her imagined personages launch: rebellions against indifferent beloveds, oppressive thoughts, and real or perceived injuries. There is a context for the ongoing…
Read MoreEdward Curtis photos & Metropolitan frames travel around the world
Cardozo Fine Art has created the most extensive exhibition program of Curtis photography in history. These exhibitions and Metropolitan frames have been seen in over forty countries and on every continent but Antarctica. It is estimated that through his books, exhibitions, lectures, and former gallery, Cardozo has brought Curtis to well over 10 million people world-wide. Metropolitan first…
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 More101st CAA Book and Trade Show in New York City
We are delighted to have a booth at the College Art Association Book and Trade Fair this year in New York City. We have been a member of the CAA for many years and always look forward to talking with the participants of the show. If you or any or your colleagues are going to the show,…
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