Kristine Donnelly: Paperwork (Review)

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

The Taft Museum invites emerging artists to respond to its collection Last year, the Taft Museum of Art embarked on a new series of exhibitions called Keystone Contemporary. The goal is that each exhibition would feature one local emerging artist who’s been invited to respond (directly or abstractly) to the Taft’s collection, the historical house, its interior décor or perhaps even other special …

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Looking After Louis Sullivan

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Louis H. Sullivan. Gage Building: Horizontal Ornament from the Facade (detail), 1898-1899. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. L. Lattin Smith. The Art Institute has relegated a gem of an exhibit to the basement, sandwiched between offices and long, dim hallways, but Looking After Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments is worth leaving the airy Modern Wing for. It features the work of three …

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Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go

Monday, July 12th, 2010

From a physical understanding of volume, Peter Millett built a cake. His triangles join, like cupped hands, to make a bowl. He moves back and forth between wood and steel, from carving into a solid to manipulating the empty skin of metal. In metal he can extend and twist a triangle.

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Discover One-of-a-Kind Crafts, Emerging Artists, and Interactive Demonstrations at the American Craft Council Show in …

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

New in 2010: Handmade Under $100 and Lawn and Garden Categories; $5 after 5 event offers extended show hours and a chance to participate in a CRAFT BAR DIY workshop on Friday, August 13. The American Craft Council Show takes place at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, August 13-15

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Heirloom silver jewelry of artist Mina Cavanaugh at gallery

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Its just July, but it might be time to start giving the holiday gift-giving season some thought. A place to stop and shop this month is the Artists of the Rim Gallery at 408 W. Main, Payson.

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Natural touches

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Adrab purplish-red parka is draped on her knees, presumably to keep her warm, because we are in mid- winter, nearing the Coptic Christian Feast of Epiphany, and it is drizzling outside. That was when I first met Basant six months ago.

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MAXIMILLIAN GALLERY Launches with Emerging & Celebrity Art Licensing Division Representing Artist, 24 Star Mary Lynn …

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Company Connects Artists with Manufacturers to Bring Cutting-Edge Art and Products to Consumers

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Count Eugène de Panthémont of Belgium discusses art and food, and women

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Raising my glass, I looked across the table and grinned: Welcome back! Heres to another adventure with Count Eugène de Panthémont! The Count winced. You Americans dont know the first thing about pronunciation.

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Ackerman Unions hidden mural

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

On June 11, 1970, a small daily newspaper in Santa Monica ran a short story about a mural that had recently been completed in UCLAs Ackerman Union. Forty years later, the mural may be one of the only remnants of the tumult of the 1960s and 1970s.

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BEHIND THE MIRRORS

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Praowphan Laohapongchana, or Meow, is one busy woman. She was on a sourcing trip when I called to schedule our interview, so her assistant had to lend a hand in setting up an appointment the day after she arrived back. Looking as stylish as ever, just like her shop which is called Quattro, House of Mirrors, there was no trace of jetlag when we met.

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