November 23, 2024
Artists

The Women Artists of the Bloomsbury Group Channeled Their Creativity Into Gardens, Too

The women of the Bloomsbury group found solace and creative inspiration in their green spaces, from the Italian gardens of Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West’s color-themed castle grounds. Each had an experimental and highly creative approach to gardening, whether evoking the design of classical English cottages, the idyllic planting of Mediterranean villas, or Persia’s vibrant

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Art Investment

Why is art the top alternative investment choice for Asia’s wealthy?

These Millennial collectors are not only purchasing art for the first time, but they are doing so with the long-term view of building world-class collections that can grow over time, in both cultural and financial value. “This is a global trend but young Singaporeans are showing a leading initiative in this movement,” observed Art Works

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Artists

Next generation of artists on display

MARBLEHEAD — Hundreds of artistic pieces lined the auditorium on the second floor of Abbot Hall on Tuesday evening as the next generation of artists showed off their work as part of the opening reception of the Marblehead High School Annual Spring Art Exhibition. From woodworks and oil paintings to graphic design and photographs, students

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Visual artists

Are We Listening To Visual Artists?

(From top left) Adam Erickson, Deanna Clayton, Dan Cross, Nathan Hatch, Margaret Lockwood, Jeremy Popelka, Suzanne Rose and Tony Staroska. Submitted. The next event in the “Listening to Door County Artists” panel series, held May 21, 6:30-8 pm, will center on local visual artists. The free event correlates with Rebecca Carlton’s installation/social sculpture, Are We

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Arts of the Terrace seeks artists for 2024 show

Paintings, prints and drawings entered in the 2023 show. (Photo courtesy City of Mountlake Terrace) The Arts of the Terrace Juried Art Show returns this fall, and it’s time for artists to apply. This is the 44th year for the Mountlake Terrace tradition, which is sponsored by the city’s Arts Advisory Commission and Mountlake Terrace

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Artists

Artists You Should Know: Houston in the Blind

Persevering past the daunting expanse of nine long years between their debut and eventual disintegration, Houston in the Blind is rallying toward a sophomore renewal on their forthcoming new album Hide The Glow. Arriving this summer, the three incandescent singles shared by the band’s singer/songwriter Charlie Garrett delve into his attempts to navigate the crumbling

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Now You See Us Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 Tate Britain

The title of this show of British women artists from 1520-1920 at Tate Britain is highly apt. ‘Now You See Us’ contains just the right amount of ironic sang-froid that has taken the best part of half a millennium for women to become visible as professional artists, having been sidelined or judged inferior for most of that

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Artists

National Nordic Museum Reveals A Nordic Utopia For 20th Century African American Artists

“Nordic Utopia?” installation view at National Nordic Museum in Seattle. Jim Bennett/Photo Bakery for National Nordic Museum Of course they went in part to escape the horrific racial violence and pervasive inequality in America, the Black artists who looked to the Nordic countries as a creative safe haven in the 20th century, but there was

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Pueblo picks 4 artists to paint murals at the ‘Slab’ basketball courts

The city of Pueblo is one step closer in its pursuit to revitalize and preserve the legacy of the “Slab” — a collection of basketball courts along Elizabeth Street Parkway — with murals and other timely upgrades.  The city selected four submissions from artists to design and create murals on the surfaces of those courts.

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Visual artists

Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2024 – ArtsHub Australia

SECCA invites artists from across Australia to submit entries for the 2024 SHNPA. Winner receives $50,000 prize money. The Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award is one of Australia’s most loved and richest prizes for realistic portraiture. The $50,000 biennial award is non-acquisitive and attracts hundreds of entries from many of Australia’s most respected artists. The

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