Georgia O’Keeffe, Apple Family – 2, 1920, Oil on canvas, 8’ x 10”, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Photo courtesy of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
We are accustomed to seeing works of art by Georgia O’Keeffe in prominent American museums, but there is a lot to be said for visiting the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM and experiencing her art on its own. … Continue reading
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My New Year’s resolution is to post regularly on The Art Minute, and I can find no better subject to write about than the upcoming exhibition of work by the very smart, funny, and brilliantly talented Deborah Roberts that will open … Continue reading
Hilma af Klint at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
By now, you probably have heard of the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future at the Guggenheim in New York. This is a reminder that the show closes this month on April 23rd. It is a remarkable exhibition that … Continue reading
Charles White, Awaken from the Unknowing, 1961, Charcoal and Wolff crayon on paperboard, Private Collection, Photo via the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
The retrospective exhibition of over 100 prints, drawings, and paintings by the artist Charles White (1918-1979) has moved from MoMA to LACMA, where it will be on view through June 9, 2019. The artist was a superb draftsman who altered … Continue reading
Graciela Iturbide, Mujer Ángel, Desierto de Sonora, México (Angel Woman, Sonora Desert, Mexico), 1979, Photograph from The New York Times.
From January 19th– May 12ththe Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will have Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico on view. Often compared to the literary style of Magic Realism epitomized in the work of Gabriel García Márquez, Iturbide’s work combines realism and fantasy. … Continue reading
Charles Sheeler, Upper Deck, 1929, oil on canvas, 28 ¾” x 21 ¾”, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, currently on view in the Cult of the Machine exhibition.
This is the last week that the exhibition Cult of the Machine will be on view at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. If you can’t see it there, you will be able to catch it at the Dallas Museum … Continue reading
Thomas Cole, The Oxbow (The Connecticut River near Northampton), 1836, Oil on canvas, 51½
On January 29th, Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings will open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition features the Hudson River School founder’s masterpieces The Oxbow and The Course of the Empire series as points of departure to examine … Continue reading
Mildred Thompson, Magnetic Fields, 1991, oil on canvas, triptych, 70 1/2 x 150 inches. Courtesy of the Mildred Thompson Estate, Atlanta, Georgia art and photo © The Mildred Thompson Estate, Atlanta, Georgia.
Magnetic Fields: Expanding Abstraction, 1960s to Today at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO showcases three generations of abstract art created by women of color, artists typically left out of the canon of American art. Different … Continue reading
Camille Claudel, The Waltz, conceived in 1889 and cast in 1905, bronze, Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine, France, Photo by Scott Lanphere via Wikipedia, artwork and photograph in the Public Domain.
If you are fortunate enough to travel to France, make the time to visit the new Musée Camille Claudel in Nogent-sur-Seine, which is about an hour’s drive from Paris. Best known as Auguste Rodin’s lover and muse, the immensely talented … Continue reading
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycles, 2015, Waller Creek Delta on Lady Bird Lake, Austin, TX, Photo by Rachel Zein for The Daily Texan.
Next time you are out on Butler Trail in Austin, TX, make your way over to the Waller Creek Delta to see Chinese political activist artist Ai Weiwei’s public art installation, Forever Bicycles. The dramatic assemblage of over 1,200 bicycles … Continue reading
Sandro Botticelli, Detail of Venus, c. 1490, Oil on canvas, Galleria Sabauda, Photo via Wikimedia Commons
If you are in Boston anytime before July 9th, make the time to see the exhibition, “Botticelli and the Search for the Divine” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Sandro Botticelli is today, as he was during his lifetime, … Continue reading
Nina Katchadourian, Photograph from “Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style,” from Seat Assignments, 2010 and ongoing, Photo by Sally Coleman.
If you are in Austin, TX anytime before June 11th, I highly recommend you visit the exhibition, Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser at the Blanton Museum of Art. Expertly curated by Veronica Roberts, the show allows you to view the world as … Continue reading