Category: Visual Arts

  • ‘Heavy Holidays’ at New Alliance: All is not calm, but plenty is bright

    ‘Heavy Holidays’ at New Alliance: All is not calm, but plenty is bright

    Sunday, March 17, 2024 Work by Stephen Fredette on display at New Alliance near Union Square in Somerville. (Photo: Claire Ogden) Just as Greater Boston says a tentative goodbye to winter weather, New Alliance Gallery’s “Heavy Holidays” exhibition holds its closing reception Friday. Nestled next to Union Square’s beloved Market Basket and Little India grocery…

  • Oranges are a thread to tell my story: The Art of Alex Wiseman

    Oranges are a thread to tell my story: The Art of Alex Wiseman

    Alex Wiseman’s outstanding exhibition, “Invisible Family (Portraits): Smoke is a Prayer Transforming the Truth,” which draws on Wiseman’s Native heritage and on the legacy of Native artmaking, is now on view in the Blue Galleries at Boise State until March 22. Curator Kirsten Furlong writes that “ … the ‘art world’ and its institutions, including…

  • Sherman art hub re-opens with bigger space, same mission to bring local art community together

    Sherman art hub re-opens with bigger space, same mission to bring local art community together

    SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) – The ARTrageous Art Hub in Sherman re-opened on Saturday in a bigger space downtown, with new spaces and opportunities for local artists to get involved. “We have a lot of talented people here, and I want to showcase it here in the creative hub,” owner Nichele Wells said. After originally opening…

  • EXHIBITION: SEARCHING FOR SPRING

    EXHIBITION: SEARCHING FOR SPRING

    Alive in My Time The Lahore Literary Festival, the National College of Arts (NCA) and Rohtas 2 Gallery collaborated to present a major retrospective titled ‘…And Then Came Spring’ at the Tollinton Market — located next to the Lahore Museum and NCA. The event, which featured the masterful visual works of Salima Hashmi, became the…

  • ‘KNOWING / NOT KNOWING’

    ‘KNOWING / NOT KNOWING’

    (c) Roger Reynolds KNOWING / NOT KNOWING Get Tickets Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 7 PM to 8:30 PM UC San Diego Park & Market $10 – $15 What can I as an individual know? What seems out of reach? In fact, how does “knowing” come about? In everyday life, one faces such questions constantly.…

  • The Best Galleries to Visit in Edinburgh in 2024

    The Best Galleries to Visit in Edinburgh in 2024

    The National. gillian hayes Scotland’s vibrant capital city is a destination steeped in history and brimming with character with loads to see and do. Edinburgh Castle looms over the skyline and sits opposite Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano situated in the middle of the wild but walkable highland landscape of Holyrood Park. The city also…

  • Stitched up: How three artists transform recycled fabric into art

    Stitched up: How three artists transform recycled fabric into art

    Ask a textile artist like Lindy Fyfe if she has a stash. “Do I ever!” she replies. × Already a Subscriber? Sign in Lindy Fyfe’s “Verdant,” recycled fabric over canvas. Douglas Haggo photo You might be interested in Andrew McPhail’s “Nothing” features recycled bedsheets with sequins. Douglas Haggo photo Urmas Lüüs’ “Mask,” recycled fabric with…

  • Visual art and music collide at ‘Made You A Mixtape’ in Louisville

    Visual art and music collide at ‘Made You A Mixtape’ in Louisville

    Music and visual art have a long and storied history of being muses for one another, which is at the heart of “Made You A Mixtape,” an exhibition at Aurora Gallery & Boutique. The concept of the show is straightforward: Each visual artist in the open group show can submit one piece that was inspired…

  • Meadows Museum at SMU presents its first show devoted to a textile artist

    Meadows Museum at SMU presents its first show devoted to a textile artist

    Large textile works by Spanish artist Teresa Lanceta at the Meadows Museum tap into multicultural traditions of rugs and quilts. With a Ph.D. in art history, Lanceta has drawn inspiration from Roma and Moroccan weavers, but there are also links to modern abstract art. The large-scale Rojo y negro en diagonal (Red and Black in…

  • Exhibit showcases 178 works of art in all media created by 160 local students

    Exhibit showcases 178 works of art in all media created by 160 local students

    ELKHART — The exhibit “Youth Art Month 2024” continues through April 7 at the Midwest Museum of American Art,429 S. Main St. This year, 160 students from four area high schools were selected to exhibit 178 works of art in all media. The exhibit is held annually in conjunction with National Youth Art Month and…