Get Ready for an Art Glut
Art dealers, blue chip collectors, artists, art press, art hangers-on and lots of people decked out in totally bizarre outfits have all descended on Manhattan for the annual extravaganza of …
David Charles
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Joyce Lomax
Every ceramic artist begins with inspiration, sometimes that inspiration is directly in the field in which the artist works, other times it is seemingly unrelated, but deeply inspired. From early …
Eunice LaFate
Eunice LaFate was born on the island of Jamaica. Her creative vision finds its origin in the colors and tones of the island’s people, landscapes, and culture. While her homeland …
Contemporary art shines at New York’s Armory Show
New York’s annual Armory Show, the biggest window on contemporary art in the United States, has opened with hopes of injecting energy and cash into the city’s recession-hit art scene. …
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Time was up for Israeli burglar’s widow
Nili Shamrat of Tarzana was caught after she sold clocks back to the Jerusalem museum that her late husband, Na’aman Diller, stole them from in 1983, investigators said. When prolific …
Islamic gallery opens at Detroit art museum
By Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Writer DETROIT — In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a …
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Art Biennial Ikebana Show
There might still be snow on the ground outside, but flowers are blooming in Alexandria at the Art League. The Torpedo Factory gallery is hosting its biennial ikebana show, in …
A call for equal rights at Manifest Equality’s pop-up art gallery
A battery of fluorescent lights blazes in an emptied retail space on Vine Street in Hollywood. Once home to the discount emporium Big Lots!, the cavernous building has been gutted …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Buying Art as an Investment – What to buy, what to sell, and will it make me rich
By Lisa Kocian | March 19, 2006 As vice president and director of American and European painting and prints for Boston-based auction house Skinner Inc. and an appraiser on PBS’s …
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Paul R. Jones, art collector and Bessemer native, dies at 81
Paul R. Jones, art collector and Bessemer native, dies at 81 By Michael Huebner — The Birmingham News January 28, 2010, 1:45PM Paul R. Jones’ mission to showcase African-American artist …
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Swann’s auction of African-American fine art
NEW YORK—Earlier this month, the biggest auction houses proved they were back on their game, posting strong numbers in London. Now their smaller brethren are proving that they can notch …
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