Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn Lobdell, Woelffer

The Norton Simon Museum presents Alternate Realities, an exhibition focusing on four groundbreaking painters who were active in Los Angeles or the Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s: John Altoon, Richard Diebenkorn, Frank Lobdell and Emerson Woelffer. Each of these artists worked in a style closely associated with Abstract Expressionism, but they did not reject representation outright. Instead they forged a productive dialogue between the … Continue reading Alternate Realities: Altoon, Diebenkorn Lobdell, Woelffer

Picasso Ingres: Face to Face

Lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.’ *‘Les bons artistes copient, les grands artistes volent.’ * Pablo Picasso For the first time ever a painting by Pablo Picasso (‘Woman with a Book’, 1932) from the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, and the painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (‘Madame Moitessier’, 1856) which famously inspired it, will be shown side by side at the National Gallery, London as part of a special collaboration between … Continue reading Picasso Ingres: Face to Face

Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look

Exhibition inspired by a recent gift of six works by Franz Kline and Mark Rothko from the Friday Foundation The Yale University Art Gallery is pleased to present Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look, an exhibition inspired by a recent gift of six paintings and drawings from the Seattle-based Friday Foundation honoring the legacy of Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang. This important gift includes … Continue reading Midcentury Abstraction: A Closer Look

Art Basel highlights its show in Miami Beach

The 2021 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, December 2 –4, 2021 – Art Basel’s first in-person fair in Miami Beach since 2019 – will feature 253 leading galleries from around the globe presenting the highest quality of works across all media, from rare and historical masterpieces to new pieces by today’s emerging artistic voices. In addition to showcasing exceptional art within its Galleries, Positions, … Continue reading Art Basel highlights its show in Miami Beach

Ray Johnson c/o

Dubbed “New York’s most famous unknown artist,” Ray Johnson was a pioneer of mail art, a groundbreaking figure in the worlds of Fluxus and Conceptual Art, and an early Pop artist whose use of celebrity imagery heralded Andy Warhol’s own appropriation in the 1960s. Indefinable and prolific, he circulated much of his work outside official channels, questioning the boundaries of where and when art occurred. … Continue reading Ray Johnson c/o

Art of the African Diaspora 2021

Featuring Over 110 Artists of African Descent Online Exhibition: Now to May 16, 2021 In 2021 Art of the African Diaspora will be a hybrid online/in-person event presented at aotad.org, richmondartcenter.org, and at venues throughout the Bay Area.* Over 110 artists will be featured in an online exhibition highlighting their work, bios and artist statements. The online exhibition will run Now through May 16, 2021. richmondartcenter.org/exhibitions/aotad2021 “Art of the … Continue reading Art of the African Diaspora 2021

An Artist Reincarnated Into A New Kind of Artist

  By: Monteque Pope Le Beau   Edited By: Colleen Page   Images By: Tracie Thornton           Tracie Thornton is an artist who chose to leave the rat race to follow her own path. A path to give recycled and used items a well deserves second chance. So begins their new life as Jewelry, books, Prints and Art. Much in the … Continue reading An Artist Reincarnated Into A New Kind of Artist