South African Art: Atlanta High

The Atlanta High Museum of Art presents, “Transitions: Contemporary South African Works on Paper” The exhibit consists of “13 works by eight artists and will explore how works of art can act as visual narratives and testimonials. In particular, these works will focus on the remarkable changes in the...

Charles M. Russell at MFAH

As part of their major “An American Season” exhibition this summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents: “The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture” Charles M. “Charlie” Russell (1864-1926), was a painter and sculptor. “Self-taught, Russell...

“Caravaggesque” at AIC

The Art Institute of Chicago has an exhibit called “Four Followers of Caravaggio”. The display highlights 4 artists that were inspired  by the paintings of  artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1571-1610, who is acknowledged for “his revolutionary style and for his unconventional process of...

Media as Witness – Civil Rights

For all the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights an exhibit of photograph at the International Center of Photography, New York. The 1950′s, 1960′s and 70′s the struggle for equality in the United States had a face(s) that was visible daily. No longer buried inside...

London Galleries in NYC

The Flowers Gallery exhibit this month features the paintings of Claerwen James. James’ paintings are mostly of non-sweet and unsmiling children (some of her I think). They remind me paintings by Balthus, less sinister but similar. I think that young people are serious most of the time and that smiling...