Phoenix Arts Festival 2018

My first job in the art world was working for Ira Spanierman, who used to run an advertisement with a large headline proclaiming, “We Will Pay Over One Million Dollars for Highly Important Paintings by . . .” followed by a laundry list of famous American artists.  We got calls […]

“Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, Place de l’Europe, Paris, France, 1932” by Henri Cartier-Bresson (Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation) If you think photography is just a form of still image, photographs by two masters — Henri Cartier-Bresson and Andreas Gursky — may change your preconceptions, showing how it has evolved over time and […]

Once upon a time, children, there was this delicate, beautiful thing called Democracy. . . Here’s what’s going to happen, and it does not make me happy to forecast doom and gloom. The Democrats haven’t done away with the filibuster because they still hold out a quaint hope for bipartisanship, […]

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While a student at Hollywood High, Shirley Morand was prevented from accepting a scholarship to the San Francisco School of Fine Arts by her father, who felt she didn’t need further education. Sometime later, she would receive a tap on the shoulder while in line for Cocteau’s 1930 film, The Blood […]

I love collage art and I feel pretty confident about the art that I make. But years ago, I had lots of doubts about what I was doing, and many things held me back, so I’d like to share 10 things I wish I had known as a collage art […]

Opening on August 6th, 2022 at KP Projects in Los Angeles, California is their 25th Anniversary group exhibition! Once a small but refined counter-culture space, the gallery has grown to become a respected powerhouse in the contemporary art world. Embracing the emerging movements of Pop Surrealism, Low Brow, New Contemporary, […]

REPORTS. SO ARE THE ARTISTS. AND WHEN I ZOODME IN ON IT, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE INTRICACY RFO FEITURE ANDY HALL THE RETURN OF THE PLAZA ART FAIR IS HUGE. ISTH IS A FANTASTIC SHOW. IT’S THE ONE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. TRY TO GET IN. […]

 Illustration #animals #Beto Val #collage #digital #nature #surreal July 28, 2022 Grace Ebert All images © Beto Val, shared with permission Ecuadorian artist Beto Val alchemizes vintage illustrations into bizarre compositions that blend fruits with fowl and aquatic life with land animals. Using imagery available through the public domain, […]

The Dallas Museum of Art in Texas has named Gowri Natarajan Sharma as its new board president, making her the first person of color to chair the board in the institution’s 119-year history. Sharma had been on the DMA’s board since 2017, and is currently a member of the acquisitions […]