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Fourth round of Santa Maria’s artistic utility box upgrades starts Saturday
Selected local artists will begin to transform 15 utility boxes along Broadway, from Preisker Lane to Carmen Lane, into colorful works of art this weekend.
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Buellton Arts and Culture Committee displays new downtown banner art for November
Buellton’s Arts and Culture Committee, in coordination with the Buellton City Council, has debuted its newest collection of banner art in downtown Buellton as part of an ongoing community art project themed “Exploring the Ocean.”
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Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon – Announcements – e-flux
On November 14, the Walker Art Center will open Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon, the artist’s 50-year career retrospective and the first exhibition to explore and contextualize the full depth and range of Whitney’s practice. The expansive presentation charts Whitney’s career-long engagement with abstraction, from early works characterized by bold experimental palettes and a…
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QATAR MUSEUMS UNVEILS UNPRECEDENTED EXHIBITION OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE FROM PAKISTAN
DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Qatar Museums opened a first-of-its-kind exhibition exploring arts and architecture from Pakistan since the 1940s. On view through January 31, 2025, MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today brings together more than 200 artworks—paintings, drawings, photographs, videos, sculptures, installations, tapestries and miniatures, plus commissioned works by artists and…
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Merrymeeting Arts Center to host mixed media artist’s solo show
Merrymeeting Arts Center in Bowdoinham presents a solo show by Robin Brooks. The solo exhibition, “People, Places, Liminal Spaces,” features portraits from “The Foremothers Project,” improvisational collages made from 2020–2024 and abstract landscapes inspired by her love of color, movement and nature. The show will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.…
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Houston hosts largest Islamic Arts Festival with film and live performances
The 11th Annual Islamic Arts Festival, the largest and oldest of its kind in the United States, will be held Nov. 9-10 at the University of Houston, bringing together artists and visitors from across the country to celebrate Islamic art, culture and heritage. The festival began in 2014 when four Houstonians with a shared interest in…
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What They’re Saying: live arts in Brooklyn this week, Nov. 5
Montreal choreographer Dana Gingras presents “Frontera,” a bold multimedia dance and music performance from her company, Animals of Distinction. Against a stunning backdrop of synchronized lights and visuals by UK’s United Visual Artists, ten dancers push boundaries in choreography that explores the resilience of the human body amid climate change, mass migration and relentless corporate…
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‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’ unpacks the power, limitations of art
Faith Ringgold and Mary Baxter in “Paint Me a Road Out of Here.” Art has always been there for Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, who recalled absconding with her cousin’s food stamps as a 6- or 7-year-old child, later cutting them into pieces and using them to create one of her first collages. “From the time…
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US honours three legendary Nigerian artists
As part of activities to mark 50 years of artistic collaborations between Nigeria and the United States of America (USA), three legendary Nigerian artists- Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, and Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya- have received the U.S. Exchange Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was given to the recipients by the US Ambassador to…
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S.D. artists headline latest exhibition at Washington Pavilion’s Visual Arts Center
This paid piece is sponsored by Washington Pavilion Management Inc. The idea that art reflects life is on full display in the newest exhibition at the Washington Pavilion – the work of two talented local artists. The “Dear Diary” exhibition debuted this summer in the Everist Gallery and immerses visitors in more than 2,000 works…