Category: Visual Arts

  • Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram

    Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram

    Chris Herrington Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics…

  • ‘why look at animals?’ at EMST: katerina gregos on speaking for the voiceless

    ‘why look at animals?’ at EMST: katerina gregos on speaking for the voiceless

    (from left to right): Marcus Coates, Extinct Animals, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and Kate MacGarry, London | Simona Denicolai & Ivo Provoost, hello, are we in the show?, 2012. Collection S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent | Anne Marie Maes, Glossa (bee tongue), 2024.

  • White, Husar, Salinas, Hoskins, Friends of Log Cabin Village named George M. Irwin Arts Awards recipients

    White, Husar, Salinas, Hoskins, Friends of Log Cabin Village named George M. Irwin Arts Awards recipients

    QUINCY — Arts Quincy announced the recipients of the George M. Irwin Arts Awards during a Rotary Club luncheon on Tuesday, honoring individuals and organizations that have made extraordinary contributions to arts access and cultural vitality in the Quincy area. After a brief hiatus, the awards return to recognize community champions in arts education, engagement…

  • Step into the Underwater World with 2nd Fridays Aquatic Art Exhibit

    Step into the Underwater World with 2nd Fridays Aquatic Art Exhibit

    Located on the coast, Santa Barbara is always pictured next to the sprawling Pacific, and Santa Barbara Tennis Club’s 2nd Fridays Art exhibit pays homage to the ocean through this year’s aquatic theme. <img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="432" height="864" data-attachment-id="626230" data-permalink="https://www.independent.com/melinda-mettler-shaken-not-stirred/" data-orig-file="https://www.independent.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Melinda-Mettler-Shaken-Not-Stirred.jpg?fit=432%2C864" data-orig-size="432,864" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 8","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1745946200","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.99","iso":"40","shutter_speed":"0.066666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Melinda Mettler Shaken Not Stirred" data-image-description data-image-caption=" “Shaken Not Stirred”…

  • Art visionaries, regional ties feature in Cleveland Arts Prize ‘Conversations’

    Art visionaries, regional ties feature in Cleveland Arts Prize ‘Conversations’

    CLEVELAND, OH – Cleveland Arts Prize is doubling down on its summer fundraisers for 2025, offering two unique programs for the region’s fine art enthusiasts at the Midtown Collaboration Center, 6539 Euclid Ave. Both have captivating special guests. “The Visionaries of Optical Art: Stanczak, Mieczkowski and Anuszkiewicz” promises an engaging morning exploration of art history…

  • July 2025 Programming in DUMBO Announced

    July 2025 Programming in DUMBO Announced

    Brooklyn, NY (June 10, 2025) – Dumbo is host this summer to a large variety of free activities that includes concerts, visual arts programming, and more! ​Team Dumbo programming includes the return of  Live at the Archway concerts and visual arts programming (Thursdays at 6pm through July 31 with concerts at 6pm), and Drink and Draw workshops (Wednesdays, 6pm to 8pm through August 13), all beneath…

  • The Hottest New Art Fair This Summer Is in the Berkshires

    Hotels and art fairs may seem like an unlikely pairing, but the two have long rubbed shoulders: The first edition of The Armory Show was held at the Gramercy Park Hotel in 1994, and every February since 2018, Felix Art Fair has occupied the swanky Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel of Los Angeles. Among the most legendary…

  • Can Art Thrive in the Age of AI?

    This spring, a wave of AI-generated imagery in the style of Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli flooded social media. The trend renewed debate about how AI affects the way we make and experience art. On this episode of The Artsy Podcast, we tackle some of those questions with New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka, whose…

  • Artists Interpret The Theme Of ‘Transitions’

    Artists Interpret The Theme Of ‘Transitions’

    Seasons play a starring role in the Falmouth Art Center’s new show, “Transitions in New England.” The show runs through June 30 in the Hermann Gallery. The almost 70 works by local artists in the show utilize a wide range of mediums, including oils and acrylics, pastels, watercolors, pen and ink, collage, mixed media, printmaking,…

  • Ashe County Arts Council presents the first Gallery Crawl of 2025

    Ashe County Arts Council presents the first Gallery Crawl of 2025

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