Between fashion brands like Ganni, Stine Goya, and By Malene Birger dominating the style landscape; companies like Ikea bringing functional home design to the masses; and architectural firms like Bjarke Ingels Group reshaping the way we view and build our cities, it’s needless to say Scandinavian design is taking over. […]
Month: January 2021
10 Pieces Of Concept Art From Final Fantasy Tactics That Show Us What Could Have Been
Final Fantasy Tactics came to North America in 1998, a year after the release of Final Fantasy VII in that region, and fans were hungry for anything Final Fantasy-related at that point. It was immediately well-loved by fans of the FF franchise as well as strategy games in general for its unique twist […]
Murray State Department of Art & Design Galleries hosts Visual Elegy exhibit Jan. 28 through March 1 – KyForward.com
The Murray State University Department of Art & Design and University Galleries have announced Visual Elegy, a collaborative printmaking exhibition in response to the poetry of bell hooks. Visual Elegy will be on exhibit in the Clara M. Eagle Upper Gallery from Jan. 28 through March 1. Twenty-six printmakers from […]
PrattMWP series to present NY Times Art Critic Holland Cotter
The PrattMWP College of Art and Design presents an online program with Holland Cotter, co-chief art critic for the New York Times, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, as part of its Easton Pribble Virtual Lecture Series. © SUBMITTED PHOTO Holland Cotter For more than 22 years, Cotter has worked […]
Why Graduates Of The Savannah College Of Art And Design Will Thrive Amid The Creative Industry’s Decline
Last year was a difficult year to be a creative professional, to say the least. In August of 2020, the Brookings Institute released a survey that estimated that 2.7 million jobs were lost in creative industries due to the pandemic. In total, these losses accounted for roughly one-third of creative […]
On Art Angela Gulbenkian & the Scandal that Rocked European Society
Angela Gulbenkian was on a tear. In the summer of 2017 the German-born art adviser spent $10,500 to charter a private jet; $3,920 at the Hotel Café Royal, in London’s Soho neighborhood; $16,985 at Harrods; and $2,610 at Agent Provocateur. She also made stops at Rolex, Gucci, and Christian Louboutin. […]
Arts Associates China-themed exhibit speaks volumes on culture
The quickest way to get from downtown Albany to Art Associates Gallery, the quirky frame shop with a dedicated gallery space on an otherwise unwelcoming industrial stretch of Railroad Avenue, is to take I-90 west. On a recent morning, a banner bearing the name of an organization the Anti-Defamation League calls anti-Semitic, racist and white supremacist hung from […]
The Museum of Chinese in America is Bringing Its Archives to Google
A quilt depicting garment workers designed by Debbie Lee (1989). Courtesy of Museum of Chinese in America. Almost exactly a year ago, a devastating fire broke out at the building where New York City’s Chinatown Museum of Chinese in America kept its archives, a collection consisting of approximately 85,000 items. […]
6 Norman Rockwell Paintings That Capture 20th Century American Culture
A keen observer of everyday life, Norman Rockwell is known for his idealized images of American history. He had a 47-year-long association with The Saturday Evening Post, for which he provided over 320 cover images. Many of his paintings are now iconic and illustrate important societal themes including patriotism, gender […]
More Than Pretty Art: Murals Help Tell History Amid Charlotte Development | WFAE 90.7
Almost as soon as you head west from uptown Charlotte into the historic Biddleville neighborhood, you’re greeted with public art. As construction crews worked on West Trade Street near where an extension of the Gold Line Streetcar is coming on a recent morning, color popped behind them. On the side […]