Category: Visual Arts

  • Frieze Art Fairs May Be Put Up For Sale—and More Art Industry News

    Frieze Art Fairs May Be Put Up For Sale—and More Art Industry News

    Our weekly news roundup is an extension of Paint Drippings, which drops first in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive this in your inbox every Friday.  Art Fairs – Hollywood entertainment firm Endeavor is exploring…

  • Foundry Street parking deck welcomes new ‘Architecture of Imagination’ mural

    Foundry Street parking deck welcomes new ‘Architecture of Imagination’ mural

    As Athens continues to expand public art around the city, a new large-scale mural has been installed on the face of the Foundry Street parking deck adjacent to the new Akins Ford Arena.. The mural, entitled “Architecture of Imagination,” was created by artist Kate Lynn Lewis. “Every mural is a learning experience, because every wall…

  • New mural brightens up Annandale

    New mural brightens up Annandale

    The mural on the ACCA Child Development Center. The Annandale community celebrated the completion of the mural at the Eileen Garnett Civic Space with a ribbon-cutting on Oct. 26. The mural is on the ACCA Child Development Center at 7200 Columbia Pike. The artist, Giuseppe Percivati, known as Pepe Gaka, spent weeks in Annandale working…

  • River Clay announces art show award winners

    River Clay announces art show award winners

    A Decatur artist earned an award at the River Clay Fine Arts Festival held Saturday and Sunday in downtown Decatur. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.

  • The Upton offering artist residency program with free rent

    The Upton offering artist residency program with free rent

    Support local news in ATL The Upton (Courtesy Gallery Residential) The Upton, a new apartment complex on Edgewood Avenue in the Chosewood Park neighborhood, is seeking proposals from artists across the country for its residency program, “Grounded-In-Your-Light.” Curated by Gallery Residential, the 18-month residency offers complimentary rent in exchange for artists to create their work and…

  • Human Presence: A Review of Diane Thodos at Firecat Projects

    Human Presence: A Review of Diane Thodos at Firecat Projects

    Diane Thodos, “Touching Sadness,” 2005, woodblock monoprint, 12″ x 8 1/2″/Photo: Diane Thodos Just after the “death of painting,” printmaking nearly shared the same fate. About two decades ago, in the type of brilliantly foresighted move academic departments are known for the world over, printmaking programs across the country traded away their storehouse of tradition…

  • Review: ‘What It Becomes’ educates viewers on the process of creating

    Review: ‘What It Becomes’ educates viewers on the process of creating

    As visitors exit the elevator on the third floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, they might overlook the gallery waiting before them. But for those who enter and take a closer look, “What It Becomes” will leave them captivated by the process of how art comes to be. “What It Becomes” features 18…

  • How Steve McQueen Became Hollywood’s Favorite Artist

    How Steve McQueen Became Hollywood’s Favorite Artist

    The Blitz director routinely traverses the path between visual art and feature films, navigating a historically treacherous route with envy-inducing ease. His World War II epic is another virtuoso work in a career full of them. By Nate FreemanPhotography by Chieska Fortune Smith October 28, 2024 Steve McQueen photographed at Park Village studios, London. Throughout:…

  • Painting, sculpture, more: The Tennessean Student of the Week is all about art. Vote now

    Painting, sculpture, more: The Tennessean Student of the Week is all about art. Vote now

    The Tennessean Student of the Week is back. As students and teachers return to their classrooms across Middle Tennessee after fall break, we asked principals, teachers and guidance counselors to send us their nominations for most creative student in the lead up to Halloween. More: Could a four-day school week work in Tennessee? Here’s what to…

  • “Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years” Could Have Dug Deeper

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