Abington Senior High School’s Mina Fujii has been named a 2025 YoungArts winner with distinction in Visual Arts, the highest honor of the organization. Fujii has been recognized for the caliber of her artistic achievement and joins more than 800 of the most accomplished young visual, literary, and performing artists from throughout the country. YoungArts…

Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum’s modernist exterior provided the perfect backdrop for our February art and design issue, where sculptural lines and dramatic angles transform into an architectural runway. Shot against the museum’s Weiss/Manfredi-designed entrance, our team played with light, shadow and the lines of the distinctive limestone facade to create a series of striking fashion…

It was recently announced that the Halsted A&A Foundation (president and treasurer: Fred Eychaner) had acquired, and subsequently placed on view at Wrightwood 659 (cofounder: Fred Eychaner), an ancient Roman statue depicting the goddess Athena. The Halsted Athena (as the press release heralding her arrival dubs her) is, like many sculptures in circulation from the…

In her solo show “Undisclosed Location” at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, lens-based local artist Linye Jiang explores the distance between landscape and photographer in a series of quiet and surreal encounters. Historically monumentalized and framed to appear untouched by those who set out to capture it, landscape becomes something entirely different for Jiang:…

In her solo show “Undisclosed Location” at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, lens-based local artist Linye Jiang explores the distance between landscape and photographer in a series of quiet and surreal encounters. Historically monumentalized and framed to appear untouched by those who set out to capture it, landscape becomes something entirely different for Jiang:…

This week, Spotlight on Africa takes us to Marrakech, Morocco. RFI English was on the ground to cover the Moroccan edition of the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which first launched in London in 2013, followed by New York in 2015, and Marrakech in 2018. Through conversations with a range of guests, we explore how…

As students and faculty wander through Terry Ratzlaff’s exhibit in the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, they are greeted not only by images, but a philosophy. Ratzlaff’s showcase, titled “Take Your Time,” is open to the public from now until March 19. The showcase invites viewers to explore the intersection of time, memory and the creative…

EMMA FRAYSSIGNES (1995)“FANTINE” 2020PHOTO COLLAGEDONATED BY THE RICHARD LICHTER CHARITY FOR DOGS  LOCATION: LOBBY OF RYAN VETERINARY HOSPITAL, 3900 SPRUCE ST.   The description of the photo collage in the lobby of Ryan Veterinary Hospital, “These unknown dogs are invisible, unnoticed unless you come close and look” bears two meanings. One is the literal experience…

Researchers in Cyprus have discovered a hidden portrait that lay undetected for centuries beneath a 1570 oil painting by Renaissance master Titian, a rendering of which is now on display in the city of Limassol. The newly discovered work shows a unidentified man with a thin moustache, quill in hand, standing next to a stack…

Like many creatives, Sia Mason works a regular job, so finding time to be creative can be an ongoing challenge. “Go See Eddie” was inspired by Mason’s awe of those who make that time to be creative, no matter what else in life is happening. In executing the colorful acrylic painting on wood, she hoped…