Impressionism

With roots in the School of Paris, John Ferren helped define Abstract Expressionism, while finding his own reality By William Corwin Jimmy Stewart’s sleeping face turns blue, then flickers purple; he awakens and his eyes open; his face dissolves into a bouquet of roses, which in turn flutters away into a deconstructed assemblage of animated…

In an exhibition that considers the effect of shifting societal norms on the lives and legacies of working artists, the world of Paul Wonner and Theophilus Brown is revisited by Lilly Wei   The sympathetic black and white photo that appears in the opening pages of the hefty, generously illustrated, informative catalogue that accompanies the…

Exhibition Offers Bounty of Artifacts from Medieval Europe to Define Links Between the Artist and the Natural World—Even in the 21st Century by James D. Balestrieri If earth, air, fire, and water are the ancient alchemical elements of the universe, the elements of art—art before the computer, anyway—are wood, plants, clay, stone, minerals, and metals….

A New Exhibition at the Whitney Museum Explores Questions of Identity and Tradition Through Works of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith By Scarlet Cheng The new exhibition “Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map,” which just opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York (through August 13, 2023), is a landmark in so many ways.  With…

“Edmondo Bacci: Energy and Light” Lands in Venice for Visit to Peggy Guggenheim Collection’s Orbit By William Corwin Much to the consternation of the Poles and their star astronomer Copernicus, because of Galileo, the Italians have long been credited with the discovery of the idea of outer space.  This national fascination with astronomy, as well…

“The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany” Exhibition at Roanoke’s Taubman Museum of Art Highlights Tiffany’s Expansive Creative Powers By James D. Balestrieri Louis Comfort Tiffany’s father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, was one of the co-founders of Tiffany & Co., a name we still associate the with finest decorative arts, silver, jewelry, and glass. But son Louis…

The “Death and the Maid” show invites reflection through timeless memento mori, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art By Lilly Wei When London-born artist Cecily Brown landed in New York City, where she has lived ever since, it was 1994, about a year after graduating from the Slade School of Art. She came to the…

“In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Creating the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art,” at SMU’s Meadows Museum By Dian Parker In 1937, Picasso painted the famous Guernica as a way of protesting the leveling of a small Basque village by German aerial bombers under General Francisco Franco’s command. Most of the civilians killed in Guernica, Spain,…

“Life & Death in the Ancient World” at the Tampa Museum of Art harkens to antiquity for reminders of the power of shared human experiences By James D. Balestrieri In the age of the highly focused, thematic museum show, “Life & Death in the Ancient World,” an exhibition with a narrow-beam thesis that aims to…