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'Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation' Highlights the Artist's Great Passion — Teaching

UC DAVIS / March 2nd, 2021

The profound influence of Wayne Thiebaud is explored both in the Crocker Art Museum's major traveling survey of the centenarian artist and also in a new exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum where his role as a teacher and "influencer" is highlighted. Thiebaud, who turned 100 last November ...

Take A Video Tour of 'Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration' On View In Houston

ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2021

The Moody Center for the Arts’ spring program celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel by presenting a unique group exhibition and original programs in recognition of this important milestone in the history of Houston and the arts at Rice. The season will honor the legacy of John and ...

'The Public Needs Art': WNDR Museum Debuts Haring Mural Outside Display, Plus Over 20 New Exhibits

ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2021

WNDR Museum, Chicago’s ever-evolving, immersive art and technology experience, reopened to the public last Friday with brand-new interactive art, touchless experiences, and enhanced safety measures.   Joining the city's only Infinity Mirror Room by Yayoi Kusama are some 20+ new exhibits ...

Founded In Response To The 1918 Pandemic, The Phillips Collection Marks 100 Years With 'Seeing Differently' Exhibition

ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021

The Phillips Collection celebrates its centennial year in 2021.  After losing his father in 1917 and then his brother in the 1918 influenza pandemic, museum founder Duncan Phillips wrote in A Collection in the Making, “Art offers two great gifts of emotion—the emotion of recognition ...

Exceptional 20th Century Art Collection Donated to the Seattle Art Museum; Several Rothko and Kline Works Head To Yale

ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2021

An exceptional collection of 20th century art assembled over a decade by late collectors Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang will find permanent homes and be accessible to the public at the Seattle Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery. The Friday Foundation, established to realize the ...

MASS MoCA To Open A Skyspace By James Turrell, Adding To Comprehensive Multi-Decade Retrospective Currently On View

ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2021

The Skypace, Set to Open on May 29, 2021, Will be One of the Largest in North America "What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought.” - James Turrell The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) and James Turrell have announced that a new Skyspace will ...

From Winning Face Masks to Tea Time and a Tokyo Hotel Room, Artist Takashi Murakami Branches Out in Design

ArtfixDaily / February 22nd, 2021

Takashi Murakami's production studio Kaikai Kiki has long collaborated with brands from Louis Vuitton to Uniqlo, and the uber-popular Japanese artist's latest projects span from $70 face masks to a gallery-like hotel room experience for about $4,300. A Grand Hyatt Tokyo hotel room is ...

Lyman Allyn Art Museum Showcases Abstract Work by Xanda McCagg

ArtfixDaily / February 9th, 2021

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Xanda McCagg Recent Work: Icon, on view Feb. 13 through Apr. 18, in the Glassenberg Gallery on the first floor as part of the Museum’s Near :: New contemporary series. Xanda McCagg’s abstract paintings are investigations of the human condition ...

New $38.5M Fund Launches For Los Angeles Arts Pandemic Recovery

ArtfixDaily / February 9th, 2021

The largest-ever pooled private investment for arts across Los Angeles County will sustain community organizations and save jobs Arts nonprofits in LA County will benefit from a record $38.5 million pandemic recovery fund, the result of an unprecedented collaboration between Los Angeles-based ...

Sean Scully Retrospective Opens In June At The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; The Artist's Pandemic-Made 'Dark Windows' To Debut In New York

ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents a major retrospective exhibition of Sean Scully’s most significant works from the 1970s to the present. Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, closely examines the Irish-born American artist’s contribution to the ...

Aspen Snowmass Adds Fun To Its Latest Art Activations With On-Site Installations

ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021

Aspen Snowmass and FriendsWithYou (FWY), launched a lift ticket art collaboration November 2020. What started as uplifting, fine art images on Aspen Snowmass lift tickets is now an immersive world of interactive art and wonder across Aspen Snowmass’ mountains. Installations include “Little Cloud” ...

New Orleans Museum of Art Acquires Transformative Gift of Photography from Dr. Russell Albright

ArtfixDaily / February 4th, 2021

Noted radiologist and art collector Dr. H. Russell Albright (1934-2017) bequeathed his extensive and important photography collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), and left a fund to create an endowment in support of the museum’s Department of Photographs. Dr. Albright had a long and ...

'Black Art: In the Absence of Light, A Celebration of African American Artists' Premieres On HBO February 9

ArtfixDaily / February 3rd, 2021

"Black Art: In the Absence of Light, A Celebration of African American Artists", a documentary premiering on HBO on February 9th surveys African-American artists who have contributed to the art canon in the U.S. over two centuries. Directed by Sam Pollard, the film draws on “Two Centuries of ...

San Francisco Artist's 'Blue Check Homes' Spoof Hits a Nerve

SFGate / February 3rd, 2021

A San Francisco artist created a sensation last week with her 'Blue Check Homes' project — a made-up designation to signify an "authentic public figure" lives at a residence. Applications rolled in after the artist's Twitter announcement for an architectural emblem to showcase on a home's ...

Angelina Jolie To Sell Artwork Gifted By Winston Churchill To FDR

AP / February 1st, 2021

The AP reports that Christie’s will sell the Moroccan landscape Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque — a gift from Sir Winston Churchill to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt — from the art collection amassed by actress Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, next month. The work could secure a ...

A Judy Chicago Art-Inspired Dior Bag Gains Visibility From Megan Thee Stallion

ArtfixDaily / February 1st, 2021

A Lady Dior Art Bag (limited edition handbag retails for $8,500), made in a collaboration with artist Judy Chicago, is making a statement on the arm of Megan Thee Stallion. The rapper posted her Dior look to social media on January 31, showcasing a rainbow outfit to echo the brightly iridescent ...

The Cheech, A Chicano Art Center To Open This Fall In California

NY Times / January 31st, 2021

Nicknamed The Cheech, a new center focused on Mexican-American art and culture is set to open this fall in Riverside, California. A significant portion of actor and comedian Cheech Marin's 700-piece collection will always be exhibited at the center. Marin has developed the finest private ...

'Beyond the Visible, Hilma af Klint' Art Documentary Named Eligible For Consideration in 93rd Academy Awards®

ArtfixDaily / January 28th, 2021

It is more than time to tell the untold heroine stories. And there are many of them. This is one. - Halina Dyrschka, director of Beyond the Visible, Hilma af Klint The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated ...

'Meeting the Moon' Exhibition Highlights Lunar Themed Works at Asheville Art Museum

ArtfixDaily / January 22nd, 2021

The Asheville Art Museum will present Meeting the Moon, an exhibition featuring prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, and more from the Museum’s Collection. This exhibition will be on view in the Asheville Art Museum’s McClinton Gallery February 3 through July 26, 2021, in Asheville, North ...

Barbara Erickson, Leader of America's Oldest Conservation Nonprofit, Remembered

ArtfixDaily / January 21st, 2021

Barbara Erickson, The Trustees President and CEO, died on the afternoon of January 15, 2021. After a valiant struggle with cancer, Barbara passed peacefully surrounded by family at her home. The Trustees of Reservations is America's oldest conservation nonprofit and the organization cares for ...