Presenting at the San Francisco-based gallery, Jessica Silverman, Ponca artist Julie Buffalohead presents her second solo show with the West Coast collective entitled "The Wisdom of Wild Things.”
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Since the returning president’s inauguration a few weeks ago, President Trump has already begun implementing major cultural changes.One of these recent executive orders included the dismantling of the President's Committee on Arts and Humanities (PCAH). The group was established in 1982 under the order of President Ronald Reagan as a way to cultivate arts education.
Famous for founding the Stewart Gardner Museum with her husband John L. “Jack” Gardner, Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924) was a renowned nineteenth and early twentieth-century Boston art collector, art patron, and philanthropist known for her keen love of and appreciation for art, culture, and architecture.
On view at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling in Harlem, New York is A Love Worth Fighting For by artist Jamel Robinson. The exhibition brings together 14 mixed media works incorporating painting, found objects, and a video that documents his creative process.
I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist. - Leonora Carrington
The first African American painter to receive international critical acclaim, expressive realist Henry Ossawa Tanner exhibited at the Paris Salon, received honors from the French government, and mentored and influenced other iconic artists.
Four Romanian artifacts were stolen this past Saturday from the Drents Museum in Assen, a city in the northern Netherlands. According to CCTV footage provided to police by the museum, three hooded figures entered the building using dynamite around 3:45 AM. They ended up taking three golden bracelets and a nearly 2,500-year-old ceremonial helmet after only three minutes inside.
The first time I experienced the work of artist Barry X Ball was while studying abroad in Venice with New York University in 2007. The artist had a show with Galleria Michela Rizzo in the canal-filled city, and seeing his work left a lasting impression.
In the Rotunda of the United States Capitol, a bronze bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was dedicated to the nation by his wife, Coretta Scott King, on January 16, 1986— Dr. King’s 57th birthday. The sculpture, created by the artist John Wilson (1922-2015), depicts Dr. King in a contemplative and peaceful mood, looking slightly downward.
Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic Mona Lisa, the world’s most famous, recognizable, and copied artwork, has a storied history. Painted between 1503 and 1519, it was owned by French royalty for centuries. Liberated by Revolutionary forces, the painting briefly adorned Napoleon’s bedroom, then was installed in the Louvre.