“Festival International logo for 2015 revealed,” The Vermilion
People crowded around the displayed piece to take photographs of its artist next to the logo for next year’s festival.
Press & Media
“‘Conversations’: Museum’s African art outshines Cosby’s African American art” The Washington Post
The Cosby-owned Colescott on view, “Death of a Mulatto Woman,” is one of the few pieces from their collection that stakes out a strong political view of the world.
” Lesley Dill & Deborah Kass,” New Orleans Art Review
AN APPRECIATION OF the semantic conundrums posed by the titles of Lesley Dill’s Beautiful Dirt: Ballgowns of Lightness & Dark and Deborah Kass’ feel good paintings for feel bad times can spice up one’s experience of the artists’ works collectively and individually.
“Festival Announces Official 2015 Visual Artist,” KATC
Festival International de Louisiane has announced their official 2015 visual artist. Festival officials say, Troy Dugas has created a piece that captures the spirit and tradition of the nation’s largest, free Francophone festival.
“Review: Four shows at Arthur Roger Gallery,” Gambit
Words are everywhere. They seemed to be taking over the art world not so long ago, even replacing images in paintings as theory-crazed critics predicted the “end of art.”
“James Drake: Anatomy of Drawing and Space (Brain Trash),” Blanton Museum of Art
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents an immersive exhibition of works by virtuosic draftsman James Drake.
Willie Birch Named a 2014 USA James Baldwin Fellow
United States Artists (USA) is pleased to announce the 34 new USA Fellows for 2014. Each artist or collaborative will receive an award of $50,000 to support his or her practice and professional development, opening up exciting creative possibilities through the transformative power of unrestricted financial support.
“Courtney Egan’s Botanical Light Sculpture ,” Sculpture Magazine
Visitors to a satellite exhibition that accompanied the Prospect.2 New Orleans International Biennial in 2011 were startled to discover a clawfoot bathtub filled with oversize night-blooming cereus flowers in the shadowy gloom of an old bathroom. Although the tub and its water were real, the flowers, which seemed to float in a luminous baroque profusion, consisted of sharply rendered light.
“Art For Arts’ Sake fall art festival paints the town Oct. 4 in New Orleans,” The Times-Picayune
Art for Arts’ Sake 2014- A one-night festival of gallery openings to kick off the art season.
“Crystal Visions,” Artforum
As I walked from one end of the Crystal Bridges Museum’s vaulted entrance lobby and restaurant, beneath a big gold Jeff Koons heart, across one of two enclosed suspension bridges spanning the natural spring that lends the building its name, a wall label caught my eye. “These opportunistic predators build their webs in the Museum’s large, illuminated windows to take advantage of the many insects that are attracted to them by night. Our grounds crew uses a variety of environmentally friendly methods,” it reads, “of discouraging the spiders; however, the hungry arachnids persist. The return of cool temperatures in the fall will eliminate the spiders eventually.” Outside, a warm rain darkened the building’s concrete. “In the meantime, enjoy this close-up look at Mother Nature at work.”