International Cultural Celebration At The Parrish

The eclectic cultural complexion that is the modern East End is too rich and diverse to possibly represent in a single event, nonetheless, the Parrish Art Museum, in cooperation with …

International quilt show features local artists, quilts from inauguration

Inspiration, stitch by stitch. “The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama” explores the historic election of a black president with quilts from a wide range …

Anatomy of an art exposition

Cooperation and persistence made a Phila. festival possible despite tough times.By Robert J. Brand. The opening of Philagrafika 2010 put Philadelphia at the center of the art world. With more …

The divine art of the Kingdom of Ife

Harmonious and humane, the sculptures of this lost African city have a greatness that any civilisation would recognise. In his television series Civilisation, the great Kenneth Clark speaks of Raphael. …

Richard Wyatt’s reunion with his youthful art at UCLA Fowler Museum

An exhibition allows the muralist to reconnect with a work he helped make at age 14. All it took was one look.The artists behind a vibrant mural depicting community protection …

Legs and Lenses

Legs and Lenses A PHOTO PARTY CELEBRATING YOU!!!!!! Mike Pierce Photography will be hosting “LEGS and LENSES”. On March 5th, you are invited to come to Glamourville Studios and enjoy …

Gee’s Bend Quilts & Beyond

The Flint Institute of Arts is definitely a diamond in the rough. Although Flint has a reputation for a number of things, both positive and negative, the FIA is a …

October Gallery Webinars-Art Seminars

Conversation on Art #302 Collecting African American ArtA lively discussion on why the esthetic value of a work of art should be acollector’s primary motivation for acquiring art work. Monday, …

Sculptor Brings African American History to Life on Grand Scale

Ed Dwight’s ‘monumental’ works fill critical gap Even as a child, Ed Dwight had a gift for art. But he set that talent aside to focus on careers that included …

Sotheby’s moves to 4Q profit on reduced expenses

Sotheby’s said that fourth-quarter net income was the second highest in its history due to an increase in the commission that it charges on auction sales and a cost-cutting drive. …

‘American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915’ @ LACMA

What is an American? Today, as the 20th century — the so-called “American Century” — recedes in memory, the question can seem immodest or even grandiose. If we don’t know …

5,200 Australians strip for art’s sake

There were all shapes and sizes – the large and the small, the young and the old, and even a heavily pregnant woman who had re-scheduled the birth of her …

Modern art collector Ernst Beyeler dies

By Eliane EngelerAssociated Press Sunday, February 28, 2010 Ernst Beyeler, 88, whose early eye for undervalued Picassos and Impressionists helped him assemble one of Europe’s most famous art collections, died …

New attention for Harlem Renaissance artist with Greensboro roots

No grand monument marks the spot in Maplewood Cemetery where Malvin Gray Johnson’s family laid him to rest 75 years ago.There’s no marker at all. Yet somewhere beneath this grassy …

Fruitful hands Designs by Carole Carson

I first laid eyes on this pensive gentleman in a civil rights newspaper from the sixties called The Southern Courier. http://www.southerncourier.org/ I was captured by his eyes because I felt …