T.C. Cannon combined contemporary Western art influences with native traditions, making astute social and political statements with wry humor. He did not want his art to be pigeon-holed as native. He was an artist, period. […]
The Kimbell Museum’s Monet: Late Years exhibition heralds his lifelong vitality as a painter and shows that in his later years — with the suppression of detail in favor of increasing expressiveness – he was a pioneer of abstraction. […]
This small exhibition shows how this ancient type of paint is being used in widely varied ways by artists in modern times. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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! […]
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. […]
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. […]