AvatarShannon WelshAvatarAvatarEileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy review – a fish’n’chips surrealistverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesShe shocked pre-war Britain with a hat made of seafood, covered a plaster head in giraffe hide and created dream-like boxes of corals and shellfish. Eileen Agar had some commendably wild notions
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhy Joseph Beuys’s Mysterious Art Continues to Inspire—and Incenseartnews.com - Alex GreenbergerA social sculptor, a performance artist, an educator, a mystic, a radio operator—Joseph Beuys was all of these things and more. Over the course of …
AvatarShannon WelshAvatarAvatarIllustrator Documents the Things She Discovers During Her Outdoor Adventuresverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Margherita ColeMany artists find inspiration in the diverse beauty of the environment. UK-based illustrator Jo Brown documents the discoveries she makes during outdoor excursions in her colorful Nature Journals. Each notebook spread contains exquisite drawings and notes of plants and animals that she sees in the …
AvatarShannon WelshAvatarAvatar14 Black Artists on Life in America Right NowVOGUE.COMThe Artist Statements project is an ever-evolving creative tribute to the agonies and the ecstasies of Black American life—from police brutality and civil rights activism to the close bonds of community. At a powerful moment of reckoning both across the country and around the world, it serves as a …
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCalls for Museums to Divest from Police Intensify as Protests Sweep United Statesartnews.com - Claire VoonAs calls to defund the police intensify across the United States in the wake of countless incidents of killing and military-style violence by police, …
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNew Ursula von Rydingsvard Documentary Gives Insight to Process Behind Artist’s Towering Sculpturesartnews.com - Maximilíano DurónThe sculptures of Ursula von Rydingsvard have always been somewhat enigmatic, towering structures made of wood—and sometimes other materials—that are …
AvatarShannon WelshAvatarAvatarThis Artist Turns Found Books into Crystallized SculpturesApartment Therapy - Mia Nakaji MonnierBooks convey meaning through words, but they’re also physical objects, whose materials react to environmental conditions and the passage of time. …
AvatarShannon WelshAvatarAvatarRafael Leonardo Black, Solitary and Self-Trained Artist, Dies at 71 (Published 2020)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Holland CotterAfter laboring for years in his small Brooklyn apartment, he had his first New York gallery show when he was 64. He died from complications of Covid-19. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Rafael Leonardo Black, a …
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSusan Rothenberg, Trailblazing Painter with a Taste for the Understated and Indefinable, Is Dead at 75artnews.com - Alex GreenbergerSusan Rothenberg, a painter who bravely helped usher in an influential return to figuration at a time when it was unfashionable, has died at 75. A …
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLouise Bourgeois’s Iconic Spider Sculptures Have a Surprising Historyartnews.com - Claire SelvinLouise Bourgeois‘s art took many different forms, and it often explored topics such as memory, sex, and trauma. But the works that have come to …
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 magnificent new art books to get inspired by from homesleek-mag.comIn the the wake of gallery closures, here’s what to read to keep the creative juices flowing—By Kathryn O’Regan
AvatarShannon WelshFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Georgia O’Keeffe Became One of the Most Celebrated American Artists of the 20th Centuryartnews.com - Claire SelvinLovers of American art history have always had a soft spot for Georgia O’Keeffe, who is best known for her dreamy paintings of plant life and …