February 8, 2025
European Art

Must-see art exhibitions around Europe in 2024

It’s not just art that has the potential to be political – decisions around what to hang on the walls of museums and galleries prove similarly fertile ground for discussion and debate. For proof, look no further than this year’s European exhibition calendar: Bergen’s Kode Museum has opted to put Indigenous art centre stage; Kunstmuseum

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European Art

From Odessa to Berlin: 16th to… | Exhibitions

The Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) is showing twelve paintings from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art. The presentation previews a major special exhibition opening in January 2025 that will bring around 60 paintings from Odessa into dialogue with works from the Berlin collections. The collaborative project is being funded by the Federal Government

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Visual artists

Black History and the Arts: Celebrating Visual Excellence

As February unfolds, our school district highlights the importance of Black History Month under the theme “African Americans and the Arts.” To mark this celebration, the district welcomed three distinguished artists to the middle schools, each showcasing their unique talents and perspectives.  “Our goal with this event was to provide students with the opportunity to

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Visual artists

Painting With Words: Great Fantasies That Feature Visual Art

If you want to go down a rabbithole of fun debates over who said it and arguments about whether it’s true, search the famous (infamous?) quote, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” Leaving aside the fact that dancing about architecture seems fabulous — more dancing about everything, I say—there’s a stickiness to this

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Art Investment

$25 Million Gift to Support the Art Institute of Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2024 CHICAGO — A $25 million gift from the Bucksbaum family—Carolyn (Kay), Jacolyn (Jackie), and John Bucksbaum—will support future initiatives of the Art Institute of Chicago, with a focus on the creation of the Bucksbaum Photography Center. This remarkable support is a lead gift in the museum’s visionary multi-year plan

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Artists

Students collaborate with local artists for project to highlight April eclipse – KBSI Fox 23 Cape Girardeau News

CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo. (KBSI) – Second graders at Jefferson Elementary School will be teaming up with local organizations for a special project in light of the eclipse in April. With the help of Southside Farms, Southeast Arts Council, and an out of state artist, the children will be creating ceramic tiles that will go on

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Artists

Parisian startup Groover secures $8M to boost independent artists’ careers

Groover, a Parisian startup looking to level the playing field for emerging artists, has confirmed the raise of $8 million in a Series A funding round.  Founded in early 2018, Groover has now hoovered up approximately $16 million and will use the new investment to integrate a number of new services including coaching and career

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Artists

Creative Pinellas Calls for Artists for ARTWorks Signal Box Project

February 13, 2024 by Cameron Healy Creative Pinellas and Pinellas County call for artists for the 2024 ARTWorks Signal Box Project to decorate eight signal boxes in the county. Photo by Cameron Healy Pinellas County partnered with Creative Pinellas for a new ARTWorks Signal Box Project. This project intends to transform gray traffic signal control

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Artists

Little Saigon mural in Sacramento: Artists speak out

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Some artists and community members are speaking out about a mural commissioned in Little Saigon. On Monday, they brought their concerns to Sacramento’s Arts, Culture and Creative Economy Commission during public comment. Those who spoke before the board brought forth a number of different issues, including comments that there was a lack

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Artists

Luling artist’s work featured on market’s king cake boxes  

Kelly Bourgeois says her three children “think they’re famous.”   Well, they’re not entirely wrong.    The trio were the models for Bourgeois’ painting of three children atop ladders for a Mardi Gras parade, a painting featured on the king cake boxes sold at Robert Fresh Market. The Hahnville High School alum and Luling resident has worked as an artist full-time for the past eight years, working mostly

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