Having previously featured French artist Rosa Bonheur in my Importance of Portraits series, I felt it was high time to bring up the importance of her art in the history of women artists. She was a reb ...
Read ArticleAmong the many women artists who deserve recognition in the history of art, Gertrude Greene is certainly toward the top of my list. She was a standup, persistent modernist during the difficult economi ...
Read ArticleThe Curator’s Corner celebration of Black History Month continues with two contemporary artists whose personal visions are broadly different, but fascinating nonetheless—Laylah Ali and Bar ...
Read ArticleKeiko Minami was a sÅsaku hanga (creative print) artist, a group of printmakers (primarily woodcut) who created the drawing, carved the woodblock, and printed the image, as opposed to the traditional ...
Read ArticleIt probably does not need saying by now, but the last week has been quite cold in New England. I thought it might be interesting to see how artists visually interpret the idea of “cold.”&n ...
Read ArticleNow that winter has set in with a vengeance, I think it is the perfect time to look at some art that can elicit a smile. ...
Read ArticleEver since this artist painted a mural on the wall next to the entrance to the Davis offices, I have been enchanted with her street art! One of the biggest thrills for me with street art, which I have ...
Read ArticleWe all know snow is coming as winter approaches in the Northeastern United States, but we might as well celebrate it by looking at art instead of complaining. When I first saw Orit Raff’s works, ...
Read ArticleI can’t find anything about the history of International Pomegranate Month. However, I think pomegranate juice is yummy (and good for you), so let’s celebrate the month with art! ...
Read ArticleEver since the Crimean War (1853–1856) between Russia, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Britain, and France and the American Civil War (1861–1865)—the first wars to be extensively docume ...
Read ArticleSince the beginning of the summer, the Davis Art Gallery has displayed a mural/collage created by sixteen art educators from around the United States and Canada. The mural was created during a worksho ...
Read ArticleKyoko Tokumaru is a brilliant sculptor who creates organic forms in ceramics, fashioning complex pieces out of hard-to-work-with porcelain. Like many contemporary clay sculptures, Tokumaru’s wor ...
Read ArticleMay was proclaimed Jewish American Heritage Month in 2006 to celebrate 350 years of Jewish contributions to American history and culture. To celebrate Jewish contributions to American art, this week I ...
Read ArticleThe recent eclipse gave me a hankering for some art that is space oriented. I naturally thought of these prints by Vija Celmins. I’ve always been amazed by the patience that her brand of re ...
Read ArticleAfrican American artists have had a tremendous influence on the miscellaneous arts in America since before the Civil War (1861–1865). The women of the Gee’s Bend community in Alabama have ...
Read ArticleMy celebration of African American artists who have brought beauty into the world continues. This week I present the compelling self-portraits of African American and South Asian American artist Mequi ...
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