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Restoring Rembrandt’s Night Watch — in full public view
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The forgotten art dealer who paved the way for Picasso
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Two Fredonia students earn awards for artwork in fall senior show
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> Two students at the State University of New York at Fredonia earned awards for their artwork in a recent exhibition. Mackenzie White, a Ceramics major from Binghamton, received the President’s Award and Li Seagren, a Drawing & Painting major, from Chongqing, China, earned the Marion Art Gallery Award. These awards were…
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Portfolio: Ten artworks we wish we’d had room for in 2024
Almost without exception, articles featuring the work of visual artists require our editors to make choices about which art to bring to readers and which art to leave on the proverbial cutting room floor. We always wish we had more room. Below are 10 images we wish we could have included in the articles that…
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West Chicago artist’s murals lend downtown a dash of vibrant color
<!– West Chicago artist’s murals lend downtown a dash of vibrant color –> A local artist has enlivened West Chicago’s historic downtown with splashes of color. As part of a project coordinated by the city, Giovanni Arellano created a series of seven murals featuring vividly rendered nature scenes that started going up in the downtown…
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Food photographer Andrew Burkle ’09 believes it’s important to give back to current students
When Andrew Burkle (BSVC ’09) came to Ohio University from Kent, Ohio, he was an undecided major who couldn’t see what was in his future. Now, thanks to the Scripps College of Communication’s Visual Communication program, his vision is crystal clear. Burkle is the lead creative and partner at Cleveland-based BurkleHagen Studio, which is an…
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With Culture Forward, the Svane Family Foundation Nurtures the Arts — and Downtown San Francisco
Ark, a past arts program from the Svane Family Foundation, shared a similar mission as its new Culture Forward initiative: to directly support local art and artists. Colson Griffith Photography Mikkel Svane, the cofounder of Zendesk, and most importantly (for this story anyway), an art lover, created the Svane Family Foundation in 2019 to support…
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Diriyah Art Futures, MENA Region’s First Hub for New Media Arts, Opens to the Public
Diriyah Art Futures, the first institution in the Middle East and North Africa dedicated to new media arts, has officially opened its doors to the public. Situated in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh, Diriyah Art Futures is an international hub, established with the mission of diversifying the…
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The naked truth behind the canvas
“Words and images drink the same wine. There is no purity to protect,” South African artist Marlene Dumas once said, echoing her paintings. “Open-End,” her solo show at Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2022, was a revelation touching upon two themes that are intrinsically linked to the Italian city: love and death. Dumas was equally…
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10 Galleries That Had a Breakout Year in 2024
Art Market Maxwell Rabb Dec 20, 2024 5:02PM Portrait of Sara Mearns and Jodi Melnick performing in “Spirit Playgound,” Diana Orving’s site-specific installation at Carvalho Park, 2024. Photo by Se Yoon Park. Courtesy of Carvalho Park. This has been a challenging year for small galleries. Contending with much of the existing economic conditions that have…