Category: Visual Arts

  • Patricia Zinsmeister Parker’s ‘Painter’s Painter’ delves into semi-realism at Bonfoey Gallery

    Patricia Zinsmeister Parker’s ‘Painter’s Painter’ delves into semi-realism at Bonfoey Gallery

    CLEVELAND, Ohio – Visual arts aficionados know that semi-realism in still life work is what captures imagination in time. Acclaimed artist and printmaker Patricia Zinsmeister Parker has that mastered. Her work is the subject of a new exhibition “The Painter’s Painter” at Bonfoey Gallery, which opens Thursday, Nov. 14, and will be on display through…

  • Browse Art That’s “Small Enough to Steal” at Sarasota’s 502 Gallery

    Browse Art That’s “Small Enough to Steal” at Sarasota’s 502 Gallery

    <figure class="c-media c-media–image c-align–full" data-entity-class="image" data-entity-id="96603" data-entity-method="embed" data-image-align="center" data-image-caption="Orange You Happy 1, a painting by Gigi Ortwein that will be displayed as part of Shopliftable Pt. 2 at 502 Gallery” data-image-selection=”{“x1″:0,”y1″:0,”x2″:2409,”y2″:2409,”width”:2409,”height”:2409}” readability=”-20.940298507463″> Orange You Happy 1, a painting by Gigi Ortwein that will be displayed as part of Shopliftable Pt. 2 at 502 Gallery 502…

  • Outside: vinyl siding. Inside: a bear

    Outside: vinyl siding. Inside: a bear

    You’d never know, from walking around this quiet, residential neighborhood in Pittsburgh, that inside one of the houses is a (taxidermized) bear. Or a full-sized lighthouse. Or a secret passage through a fireplace. Outside, there’s vinyl siding. But the insides of the four Troy Hill Art Houses are art installations that yank visitors into four…

  • ‘The Impressionist Moment’ at the National Gallery  

    ‘The Impressionist Moment’ at the National Gallery  

    Share via: On April 15, 1874, a small exhibition was opened in Paris by the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc.” It premiered one month before the opening of the French government’s annual official Salon, the most important art event in the West for at least a century. The Salon was the gatekeeper of…

  • From anime to fine art: Japan’s Yoshitaka Amano is celebrated with a major retrospective

    From anime to fine art: Japan’s Yoshitaka Amano is celebrated with a major retrospective

    MILAN (AP) — In a career spanning more than 50 years, Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano has gained a following as an animator, illustrator, video game creator and fine artist. All those facets are on display in the largest retrospective of his work in the West, which opened Wednesday in Milan. The “Amano Corpus Animae” exhibition…

  • Norman Rockwell paintings to be auctioned for Boys Scouts sexual abuse settlement fund

    Norman Rockwell paintings to be auctioned for Boys Scouts sexual abuse settlement fund

    Over the span of six decades, the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America commissioned dozens of pieces from the artist Norman Rockwell. This Friday, four of his paintings will be auctioned by Dallas’ Heritage Auctions to raise money for the Boy Scouts’ settlement fund, which is tasked with compensating survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Advertisement Opening…

  • New to the Street: Arts in Motion

    New to the Street: Arts in Motion

    Arts in Motion is a performance-based studio that offers dance, acrobatic arts, theater, voice and visual-arts classes. Location: 2601 E. Main St., Spartanburg Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday For more information: Visit aimspartanburg.com or call 864-528-2787

  • Molten metal ready for new art at Southern Miss Annual Iron Pour

    Molten metal ready for new art at Southern Miss Annual Iron Pour

    HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) — The cast iron furnaces at the University of Southern Mississippi are heating up for the “Annual Iron Pour.” Hosted by the USM School of Performing and Visual Arts, this interactive event will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, in the 3D Arts building on the Hattiesburg campus. Participants will…

  • Feminist art group brings first solo exhibit to the U.S.

    Feminist art group brings first solo exhibit to the U.S.

    Tomorrow Girls Troop, a feminist artist group that has been globally promoting feminism in Japan and East Asia through art, will present their first solo exhibition in the United States, “We Can Do It!,” at the New Jersey City University (NJCU) Visual Arts Gallery from Thursday, Nov. 14, through Wednesday, Dec. 18. “We Can Do…

  • Local Floral Artists Invited to Submit Work for Art In Bloom 2025

    Local Floral Artists Invited to Submit Work for Art In Bloom 2025

    The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) is calling on local floral artists to apply for Art in Bloom 2025, a four-day exhibition of floral artistry and fine arts. Art In Bloom is an annual event that selects and showcases floral artists’ in-bloom designs alongside interactive workshops, exclusive programming and, this year, a Drag Brunch to create…