Art

Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Massachusetts presents an eclectic group of small paintings by California artist Mitchell Johnson from September 6 through 17. The gallery will be open daily from 12 to 5pm (ET), with an artist reception on September 7 from 4 to 6pm. The exhibition is entitled It Takes Time and includes work from …

Artist Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” (“The Bean”) is a Chicago landmark, but until next spring, tourists to the Windy City won’t be able to access the stainless steel selfie magnet. The city began maintenance on the Grainger Plaza that surrounds the iconic sculpture on August 15 and will wrap up the project in 2024. “Cloud Gate” was installed in Chicago’s …

The National Mall in Washington, DC, is widely known as a place of controversial memorialization. Defined by its collection of national monuments and imposing federal buildings, the area has historically drawn countless criticisms over its perpetuations of colonialist iconography. The gathering grounds for protest and dissent — such as Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter Sunday performance, the 1963 March on Washington …

Deborah Roberts’s first solo exhibition in New Mexico, Come walk in my shoes, is on view at SITE Santa Fe through November 6. The artist’s figurative collages and paintings combine found images with hand-painted details to illustrate the varied experiences of Black boys in the United States. With the intention of creating and holding space for the full personhood of …

Born in Illinois and based in Southern California, artist Aaron Zulpo received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is a cofounder of the residency The Guild of Adventure Painters. Zulpo is a painter who makes idealized landscapes that are started in plein air and then finished in the studio. He also paints narratives within voyeuristic spaces that …

 Illustration #animals #Lea Woo August 18, 2023 Grace Ebert All images © Lea Woo, shared with permission Lea Woo coaxes subtle polarities from her illustrated interactions. Centering on women in moments of quiet affection and admiration, the renderings contrast a vintage style with modern subjects and a largely soft color palette with spots of bolder hues. “Red, a frequently …

An elderly man and a middle-aged woman wake up in bed together. She both introduces herself to him and tells him who he is. He is Augusto Góngora, and she is his wife, Paulina Urrutia. The scenario is familiar to anyone who has known someone with Alzheimer’s. Augusto accepts Paulina’s gentle, patient explanation as if it’s a pleasant bit of …

Almost two weeks after the Arizona city of Mesa canceled a series of exhibitions focused on political street art, local officials have reversed their decision following mounting backlash and allegations of censorship from participating artists, curators, and civil rights advocacy groups. The series, originally slated to open at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (MCA) in the city-owned Mesa Arts Center …

Last year, the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) displayed a collection of previously unseen paintings purportedly by Jean-Michel Basquiat in a now infamous exhibition titled Heroes and Monsters. Suspicion mounted, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) issued a subpoena, and on June 24, 2022, the FBI raided the museum and seized the 25 works. Five days later, the institution ousted …

The New York City air is feeling less and less like a damp blanket, but there are still a few more weeks to soak up the last rays of the August sun — and enjoy all the outdoor art that the five boroughs have to offer. From a riverside walk to a peaceful sculpture garden to a historical plant tour, these …