March 10, 2025

Visual artists

Visual artists

30th Anniversary Of ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Celebrated at McNay Art Museum in San Antonio

Jack’s Tower from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ 1993. Painted wood, metal, plastic, glass, paper, and Styrofoam, with fabric and found objects. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin, TL1994.4.1.3. © Disney © Tim Burton Christmas Town or Halloween Town? Fans of Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion animated classic “The Nightmare Before

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Visual Artist Matthew Cassar And Author Lara Calleja Team Up For Spazju Kreattiv Exhibition

Milan-based visual artist Matthew Cassar has teamed up with European-award-winning author Lara Calleja for a new public art exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv’s Space C. The exhibition will see Cassar produce mixed-media artworks, such as paintings, clothing and installations, with Calleja producing literature pieces simultaneously. Announcing their exhibition, which is entitled ‘Sheepsbodies’, the two artists said

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Good evening.  Welcome to the State Department and welcome to what is a very special event.  For us, this is something that I look forward to every year.  And for those of you who were with us when we launched our Global Music Diplomacy Initiative a few months ago, rest assured no guitars

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Public invited to Guelph Emerging Artist Mentorship Project Exhibition

‘Neophyte Club’ is the culminating efforts of participants in the Guelph Emerging Artists Mentorship Project and features the works of emerging visual and musical artists NEWS RELEASE GUELPH ARTS COUNCIL ************************ Guelph Arts Council is proud to invite you to this year’s Guelph Emerging Artist Mentorship Project Exhibition, Neophyte Club. The opening reception and subsequent

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Northampton gothic art installation a ‘love letter to England’

Image caption, Northampton band Bauhaus produced four studio albums before splitting up in 1983 Article information Author, Pete Cooper Role, BBC News, Northamptonshire 30 minutes ago The artist behind a new gothic audio-visual art installation said it was a “love letter to England”. Gothic Revival was commission by NN Contemporary Art in Northampton and combines

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Local artist to gift Wellington with drawing of village’s Town Hall

Local artist Scott Marion will present his drawing of the Wellington Town Hall titled,  “44090,” on Dec. 3. (Submitted) A native artist of the village of Wellington is donating a drawing which depicts Wellington’s Town Hall, during a public event Dec. 3. Scott Marion, who now lives in Vermilion, grew up in Wellington and is

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Traces of the witch in art history and of women in the Surrealism art movement

The ongoing art exhibition Witchcraft and Surrealism at LAMB gallery in London is presenting 11 female artists inspired by Surrealism, an art movement exploring the relationship between the rational and unconscious mind and the unconventional and uncanny as sources of creative potential. Arising between the World Wars, Surrealism prioritised the ‘subconscious’ to effect change and

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Disney’s ‘Wish’ director dropped out of med school and was rejected by the studio at first

Before she was directing Disney’s 100-year anniversary tribute, Fawn Veerasunthorn had been rejected by the studio several times over. Veerasunthorn, 41, made her directorial debut in November with the release of “Wish,” a musical fairytale that follows a 17-year-old girl who makes a wish to improve the lives of the people in her kingdom. Roughly

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Variety of uses pitched for former drill hall building

In this instalment of Following Up, we look at the second proposed use of the historic Farquhar street building Could the city’s historic drill hall become a community art space or a downtown business hub? Or maybe both? Proposals are in with community groups advocating for various uses for the vacant building at 72 Farquhar St.

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Why Beyoncé Should Be Considered an Auteur

“I’m excited for people to see the show,” Beyoncé says early in “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” based on her recent world tour and seventh studio album. “But I’m really excited for everyone to see the process.” I’ve long wanted to understand her process better, too, especially because she has taken to rarely giving interviews.

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