The Prodigal Son of Spanish Baroque Art

[ad_1] DALLAS — Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is often touted alongside Velázquez and Zurbarán as one of the master painters of the Spanish Golden Age. A new exhibition in Dallas shows us why. Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son at the Meadows Museum presents the Sevillian artist’s dazzling depictions of the biblical […]

Two murals added to Downtown Midland

This article was updated to reflect that Rachel Jensen first ran her booth at the Midland Art Fair this year. Downtown Midland gained two new murals and drew thousands of visitors over the weekend. Two major art events on Saturday and Sunday, the Art Seen Festival and the Midland Art […]

‘It Allowed Me to Work Quietly’: Christopher Wool on How Two Years in Relative Isolation Changed the Course of His Art

Belgian gallerist Xavier Hufkens has inaugurated his renovated, four-story space in Brussels with an extensive solo show dedicated to the American artist Christopher Wool, marking their first project together and Wool’s first show in Belgium since 2009. On view are Wool’s abstract paintings, which combine silkscreening and other processes; black-and-white […]

Homage to a powerful woman

[ad_1]  Six years ago my courageous mother died… this is my eulogy from that day: When my father died last year, I began his eulogy by noting that another oak had fallen. This morning, around 1:25AM, Ana Olivia Cruzata Marrero de Campello, his wife of over 60 years, and my beloved […]

Kids explore and create art at immersive camp

[ad_1] Professional artists and youth inspire one another in Port Townsend. Sponsored by Centrum. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — Middle school youth from all over the Pacific Northwest create art, form friendships, and discover new ways to express themselves at Centrum’s Explorations, a week-long immersive arts camp that can be life-changing. […]