Category: Visual Arts

  • Phoenix Film Revival keeps old-school camera techniques alive

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  • Artadia’s 2024 Atlanta awardees have joined a very small club

    Ariel Dannielle, “Fresh Set,” 2022. The Artadia art grant is one of a few national grants that supply not only money but a heap of art-world attention as well. :: Since 1999, the national arts funding nonprofit Artadia has been awarding unrestricted grants to visual artists in seven cities specifically chosen for their high concentration…

  • Frist Art Museum Announces 2025 Schedule of Exhibitions

    French Impressionism • Venice and the Ottoman Empire • Contemporary African Masks • David Driskell and Contemporaries • American Quilting • Paul McCartney Photographs • Didier William and M. Florine Démosthène • Ellen Altfest • and More NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Frist Art Museum has announced its 2025 schedule of exhibitions. In the Ingram…

  • Canon and ESAV Marrakech Partner to Advance Visual Arts Education Across Africa

    Canon and ESAV Marrakech Partner to Advance Visual Arts Education Across Africa

    Canon Central and North Africa (Canon-CNA.com), a global leader in imaging solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with École Supérieure des Arts Visuels de Marrakech (ESAV), a premier institution for film and visual arts education in Morocco. This partnership, under the Canon Miraisha Programme and Film & Photography Excellence Programme, aims to elevate the proficiency…

  • Historic venue gives new lease of life to contemporary arts gallery

    Historic venue gives new lease of life to contemporary arts gallery

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  • Unleashing Wild Curiosity and Creative Mastery with Agustina Trovato

    Unleashing Wild Curiosity and Creative Mastery with Agustina Trovato

    Agustina Trovato, known as Agua, is a distinguished graphic designer and creative director with over 12 years of experience in advertising and design. A graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, she founded her own studio, agua®, in 2020, cementing her path as an independent visual artist. With a vision that seamlessly blends art and…

  • Looking for unique art gifts? Visit the Central Brevard Art Association holiday show

    Looking for unique art gifts? Visit the Central Brevard Art Association holiday show

    The library is a go-to place for good reads, but it is also a perfect shopping destination thanks to the Central Brevard Art Association and the artsy temptations to be found in its Holiday Art Show The annual show returns to Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N. Brevard Ave., with scores of gifting possibilities showcasing…

  • A century ago, Sargent’s ‘Synagogue’ painting sparked controversy in Boston

    A century ago, Sargent’s ‘Synagogue’ painting sparked controversy in Boston

    John Singer Sargent’s “Triumph of Religion” is a sprawling mural cycle adorning the third floor of the Boston Public Library’s old McKim building. On the surface, the series of highly detailed images connect pagan religions, the Hebrew prophets of old and the emergence of Christianity. But one panel, “Synagogue,” was the cause of much controversy…

  • How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

    How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

    Down in the left corner of Georges Seurat’s vast, instantly recognizable, and weirdly disconcerting painting of a crowded park on the banks of the Seine—so far down that his lower left leg is crisply guillotined by the canvas’s edge—a man lolls on the grass and smokes a long clay pipe. His plain cap and sleeveless…

  • No Joke: Viral Duct-Taped Banana Could Command $1.5 Million at Auction

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