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Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year
By Bill Marx For over a decade, Harry Blume provided “some quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.” Harvey, a fine writer, tenaciously professional arguer, and a good friend of mine and the magazine, passed away in 2023. I have decided to continue the feature in his honor. So, though not nearly as…
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‘Medals for Dishonor’ at the Harvard Art Museums
Sunday, December 31, 2023 “Munition Makers” (1939) by David Smith at the Harvard Art Museums. (Photo: Caitlin Cunningham) The permanent gift of 14 cast bronze pieces called “Medals for Dishonor” by sculptor David Smith – a 15th is on long-term loan – makes for a good reason to visit the Harvard Art Museums. (The museums…
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‘Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten: The Art Of Harry Smith’ Draws New Life Into A Rare Trailblazer Of Painting, Filmmaking, And Musicology
In late 1945, around the end of World War II, Harry Smith arrived in Berkeley, California, eager to advance his anthropological studies. He was swiftly whisked into the the Bay Area’s burgeoning culture scene. A few years later, Smith (born 1923, Portland, Oregon) moved to San Francisco’s Fillmore District, an emerging mecca for African American…
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Cascading sand and warbling strings: A few standout moments from 2023’s stage and gallery scene
DRESSES AND VEILS AS GALLERY ART At the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Fashion Fictions, Burnaby Art Gallery’s Karin Jones: Ornament and Instrument, and the Audain Art Museum’s Gathie Falk: Revelations Divine dresses and veils took on socio-political weight at stunning exhibitions throughout 2024. At the Vancouver Art Gallery’s massive Fashion Fictions, Ronald van der Kemp’s Overcoat…
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ROBIN CLARK: Bringing the past to life
Robin Clark has a passion for breathing new life into overlooked and forgotten images from the past, and in an issue dedicated to fresh beginnings, it seemed appropriate to meet with her and find out more about her Savannah-based business, Memory Lane Restoration. Clark grew up in Pennsylvania about an hour outside of Philadelphia and…
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Coming Attractions: December 31 through January 15 — What Will Light Your Fire
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. Film Lili Taylor in a scene from Household Saints. Household SaintsJanuary 5 – 7Brattle Theatre, Cambridge Based on a book by Francine Prose and listed in the NY Times one…
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Prithpal Singh Sehdave Memorial Award instituted in the Thoh Shun Art Camp 2023
Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaDecember 31, 2023 The Thoh Shun Art Camp 2023 was held at the ICSSR premises, NEHU and participated by twelve artists from Santiniketan Kala Bhavan Praktoni and some artists from Riti Academy of Visual Arts. The Art Camp was inaugurated by Frederick Roy Kharkongor, Commissioner and Secretary, Arts and Culture Government of Meghalaya.…
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Christopher Pothier: In the eye of the beholder
“I cannot help remembering a remark of De Casseres. It was over the wine in Mouquin’s. Said he: “The profoundest instinct in man is to war against the truth; that is, against the Real. He shuns facts from his infancy. His life is a perpetual evasion. Miracle, chimera and to-morrow keep him alive. He lives on fiction…
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2023 in Review: Remembering those we lost
Oregon lost several significant arts figures in 2023, diminishing the cultural life of the state and leaving gaping holes in the lives of their friends and families. Among those who died during the year were the visual artists Henk Pander, Katherine Ace, Martha Banyas, and Peter Teneau; artist and Alberta Arts District gallerist Susannah Kelley;…
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Memorable moments of 2023
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