Carol Heft’s critique of Matthew Dibbles’s painting Pearl Beach. This was Matthew’s first solo exhibition in New York. “Useful Pressures,” at First Street Gallery, is a gateway to a sumptuous world of painterly abstraction; a conduit to a place where the language of painting and drawing come together with seamless integration. The dancing lines and […]
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HAF member/artist Jean-Marc Calvet of Nicaragua will be participating in a show at the Cell Theater: “Your Little Face” a Valentine Gesamtkunstwerk shall feature wine, music, visual art eye candy, and a pageant of sorts. Gesamthkunstwerk is of German origins which means, total work of art. The theme “Your Little Face” derives from love letters
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Artist Turay Mederic of Morocco, is currently displaying 13 pieces of work in a solo exhibition at BCK gallery, in Morocco. This show is part of an international event sponsored by Cop22, an organization that is addressing the important issue of global climate change. The show will run until November 18, 2016. “My participation in
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Artist Vasco Manhica, Mozambique, will participate in the International Institute for Creative Development (IICD) Artists residency in Abuja Nigeria from November 1 through November 30, 2016. This residency is created to investigate, among other important things, the thought process of creating. It is an open minded-thematic program that focuses on the artist’s insights, narratives and trajectory
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Before one is to assess the value of contemporary West African art forms, as presented here by Loge34, one must be made aware of the powerful contributions of African art of antiquity, specifically the impact West African Art has had on the art world prior to the devastation of European colonialism. Ife, Benin, Ekoi, Igbo,
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Portraits on Recycled Consumer Boxes opens August 19, 2016 at Monmouth Museum: 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ. You always can see Dion’s work at the Outsider Art Gallery in Frenchtown, NJ. There is a group show which opened in July, One Bare Foot Square in Amsterdam. Another group show is opening in October, Thereby Hangs
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Movement in our global consciousness has surfaced, and artists are confronting important issues. When pressure builds to the point of implosion, this shift of consciousness is known to occur. Brewing anarchy has always been woven into the fabric of society, and the artist’s voice is on the rise. Race and Revolution, an exhibition curated by
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WOI (Wall of Indonesia) is a progressive art exhibition that showcases the work of 18 artists. This four-phase project began on May 7, 2016 and concluded on July 14. One of the objectives of this project is to address the following question: what is an Indonesian artist? WOI includes traditional and modern art styles, given
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On July 17, 2016, photographer Spencer Tunick, USA, photographed 100 nude women in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. What made the timing of this shoot most unusual is that it took place at sunrise, the day before the Republican National Convention. The women each held large mirror discs that reflected the brilliant rays of the morning sun
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Macha Melanie, France, will be performing in Berlin next month for Ocean Contemporary’s Bitteres Wasser (“Bitter Waters”) on July 10, 2016. Macha will be one of fifteen international artists sharing works in a variety of disciplines, for the purpose of addressing the global plastic-water crisis. This exhibition exemplifies how critiquing specific social issues has become an explosive art theme. The
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On July 17, 2016, photographer Spencer Tunick, USA, will be photographing 100 nude women in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio. What makes the timing of this shoot most unusual is that it will take place at sunrise, the day before the Republican National Convention. The women will each be holding mirrors as the shutter of Spencer’s camera engages;
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The long anticipated opening took place on May 19, 2016 at the Cowell theater in the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The works of 19 international Global Art Project (GAP) artists are on display as part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Dada arts movement. The featured
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