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Artist Birthday: Arturo Herrera (US, born 1959 Venezuela)

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

Arturo Herrera’s work includes collage, works on paper, sculpture, relief, wall painting, photography, and felt wall hangings. His work taps into the viewer’s unconscious—often inter ...

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Artist Birthday: Ashley Bickerton (1959-2022 US)

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 | Karl Cole

Ashley Bickerton’s work was symbolic of the late 1900s current in Neo-Geo movement in which surface and composition were secondary to the emphasis on documenting past attempts to order society w ...

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Bringing Women's History Month to a Close

Monday, March 23, 2026 | Karl Cole

There are many of what I consider “art heroes” among artists, and if anyone deserves such a title, it would be the late Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015, US, born Canada). She was a key player i ...

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Artist Birthday: Jess (Collins)

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | Karl Cole

Jess (Collins) is probably best known for his incredibly complex collages. He was a painter who initially worked as a chemist. He started doing collages in the early 1950s after seeing the works o ...

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Artist Birthday: Audrey Flack

Friday, May 30, 2025 | Karl Cole

Having matured as an artist shortly after the “revolution” of the Abstract Expressionism movement, Audrey Flack became one of the earliest and archetypal Photorealist painters, working fro ...

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African American History Month 2012: Glenn Ligon

Monday, February 13, 2012 | Karl Cole

During the Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1919–1939), African American artists encouraged each other to document  the black experience in the United States. This included uplifting scenes of Afric ...

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