Category: Visual Arts

  • Art Review: 2023 Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Riffe Gallery

    If there’s one thing we can count on from the Ohio Arts Council’s Biennial Juried Exhibition, it’s the chance to take a closer look at the visual arts in Ohio at a particular moment in time. Through the artworks selected by jurors Dr. Melissa Crum (artist, author, researcher and founder of the consulting company, Mosaic…

  • Creative Australia Pumps $169.9M into Multiyear Arts Boost

    Creative Australia From 2025, Creative Australia will invest $42.4 million per annum in a range of arts and cultural organisations, providing employment pathways for creative workers and strengthening Australia’s arts and cultural sector. 159 organisations will benefit from Creative Australia’s multiyear investment from 2025-2028, an increase of 45 organisations compared to the previous (2021-2024) cycle.…

  • New games with Old Masters

    New games with Old Masters

    Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Is that an 18th-century portrait by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder on display at contemporary art gallery Gagosian? Or a 17th-century work by Italian baroque artist Orazio Gentileschi at New York’s James Cohan? Seems like…

  • Could the arts be good for your health?

    Could the arts be good for your health?

    The Lancet medical journal has announced the biggest scientific research project ever conducted exploring the links between health and the arts. Compiled at a time when interest in the topic has been intensifying, the series aims to drive further investment in programmes for improving people’s health through the arts. The series is led by the…

  • Exhibition celebrates the creativity of East Midlands’ artists

    Exhibition celebrates the creativity of East Midlands’ artists

    AN EXHIBITION that showcases artistic talent from across the East Midlands will open at Leicester’s flagship museum on Saturday (16 December). Open: The People’s Exhibition will feature works by local people – from complete beginners to seasoned professionals – that were selected by a panel of independent judges from almost 1,000 entries. The paintings, sculptures,…

  • Miami Art Week Is Over, but There’s Still Plenty to See at Museums and Galleries

    Miami Art Week Is Over, but There’s Still Plenty to See at Museums and Galleries

    It’s strange, but it’s true: The best time to see art in Miami is after Art Basel. Miami Art Week has come and gone, and while the art fairs have all packed up and left, so have the tourists and traffic. In light of this, New Times has put together a roundup of the best…

  • Year at SAAC ends with Membership Showcase celebrating local artists

    Year at SAAC ends with Membership Showcase celebrating local artists

    The South Arkansas Arts Center extends an invitation to an artists’ reception on Thursday, December 14 from 5:30 -7 p.m. to celebrate the talents of both SAAC’s members and its students. On display through December 17, SAAC’s annual Membership Showcase will be in the Merkle Gallery and the Arts Academy Fall Student Showcase will be…

  • Year at SAAC ends with Membership Showcase celebrating local artists

    Year at SAAC ends with Membership Showcase celebrating local artists

    The South Arkansas Arts Center extends an invitation to an artists’ reception on Thursday, December 14 from 5:30 -7 p.m. to celebrate the talents of both SAAC’s members and its students. On display through December 17, SAAC’s annual Membership Showcase will be in the Merkle Gallery and the Arts Academy Fall Student Showcase will be…

  • ‘My performance is being obliterated’: Mike Parr on Anna Schwartz fallout

    ‘My performance is being obliterated’: Mike Parr on Anna Schwartz fallout

    Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Contemporary artist Mike Parr says his most recent work of performance art “has been completely obliterated” in the wake of gallery owner Anna Schwartz’s decision to end their professional relationship. A week after parting company with Parr, Schwartz has stepped down from the board of Gertrude Contemporary.…

  • ‘My performance is being obliterated’: Mike Parr on Anna Schwartz fallout

    ‘My performance is being obliterated’: Mike Parr on Anna Schwartz fallout

    Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Contemporary artist Mike Parr says his most recent work of performance art “has been completely obliterated” in the wake of gallery owner Anna Schwartz’s decision to end their professional relationship. A week after parting company with Parr, Schwartz has stepped down from the board of Gertrude Contemporary.…