This small exhibition shows how this ancient type of paint is being used in widely varied ways by artists in modern times. […]
Category: Art Exhibitions
Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment
Long inspired by nature, artists have used their creative voices to call for the preservation of land, to bring awareness to environmental issues, and to encourage active stewardship of the earth. […]
American Dreams: Classic Cars and Postwar Paintings
Exhibition highlights the coincidental surge of Abstract Expressionism, Pop art and Op art, and the mass production of automobiles during America’s Golden Age — the 1950s & ’60s — a time of increasing wealth and consumerism. […]
Discover the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
An important museum in it’s art historical niche, the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe NM, holds the premier collection in the world of contemporary art by Native American, First Nations and other Indigenous peoples. Read how Native artists contribute to mainstream art movements — without losing touch with their diverse cultural traditions. […]
A Surreal Meeting of the Minds: Magritte and Dalí
These two preeminent surrealists presented an alternative view of the world, constantly challenging pre-conceived notions of what is real. While creating familiar, realistic pictorial representation, both artists introduced unexpected, inexplicable details and relationships into their works. […]
Discovering the Polk Museum of Art
The Polk Museum of Art is a small museum with the resources to seem bigger than it is. Mid-way between Tampa and Orlando. it’s worth the drive! […]
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
The “National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States” displays paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by more than 550 artists, ranging from early American Tribes through contemporary masters. […]
Discovering the Tucson Desert Art Museum
A young museum with an exceptional collection of Navajo and Hopi pre-1940s textiles; classic and contemporary Southwestern paintings, including works highly-regarded artists of the Southwest; and an active special exhibitions program. […]
Lines of Thought: Drawings from Michelangelo to Now
Highlights from the British Museum. Hugo Chapman, Keeper of Prints and Drawings for the British Museum, calls it “the greatest exhibition of drawings we’ve ever organized.” […]
1,700-year-old Roman Mosaic in Miami
Predators and Prey: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel is a well-preserved 3rd-century floor mosaic with a mystery. […]