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William Gropper at the Phillips Collection
Share via: Only two visual artists were blacklisted for their alleged Communist sympathies during the Red Scare of the 1950s: Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) and William Gropper (1897-1977). Subpoenaed by Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in 1953, Kent — who had faced the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1939, and whose passport…
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Top Five: December 5, 2024
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Art Off the Wall returns to Carnegie Art Center today
The 9th annual Art Off the Wall exhibition and fundraiser to benefit the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. It’s a unique opportunity to purchase 5-by-7-inch original works of art for only $25. Artwork is donated by local award-winning and emerging artists with a variety of…
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Mural class goes 3D in breezeway
Dec. 5, 2024 – DENTON – Visual Arts professor Giovanni Valderas has found another dull, overlooked spot on campus to invigorate. The location for this year’s mural class is one the most high-traffic areas at TWU, located at the north-south center of campus. Of course, nobody travels to this site, they just pass through it.…
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Le Sueur Arts cultivating community creatives
(Left to right) Deb Bergerson, Craig Kotasek and Alison Zwart of Le Sueur Arts partake in a community drawing group at Word of Life Church. (Carson Hughes/southernminn.com) {p dir=”ltr”}Picture this: a home for the arts in the heart of Le Sueur with a rotating collection, displays dedicated to the Le Sueur area’s homegrown artists, and…
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San Antonio’s Sala Diaz will present provocative performances, short films this Saturday
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 Was Short on Gimmicks — and That’s a Good Thing
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Venice Art Biennale Appoints Koyo Kouoh as Director of the 61st International Art Exhibition
© Mirjam Kluka ShareShare Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1024394/venice-art-biennale-appoints-koyo-kouoh-as-director-of-the-61st-international-art-exhibition Clipboard“COPY”Copy The Board of La Biennale di Venezia has just announced the appointment of Koyo Kouoh as the Director of the Visual Arts Department. Kouoh will lead the curation of the 61st International Art Exhibition, scheduled for 2026. This announcement follows a recommendation by…
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The Best Art I Didn’t Write About in 2024
Trippy, exacting realism really knocked my socks off this year. And two of my favorite shows in that vein took place at Minnesota Street Project’s smallest gallery, Bass & Reiner. In April, Imrich’s graphite on paper work (and one optical illusion–inspired sculpture) was a precise, silvery presentation of textures and patterns punctuated by cast tin…
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QACHS Visual Arts Teen of the Week
CENTREVILLE — Queen Anne’s County High School (QACHS) proudly recognizes Casey Johnson, a senior and the current president of the National Art Honor Society (NAHS), as the QACPS Visual Arts ‘Teen of the Week’, nominated by Stephanie Zeiler, Lead Art teacher and Art department chair at QACHS. A multidisciplinary artist with a particular talent for…