Asia Society Texas opens The Mountain That Does Not Describe a Circle: Works by Hong Hong
Hong Hong (b. 1989, Hefei, China); Installation image of a large-scale project; Houston, Texas; 2021.
HOUSTON, TX
.-Asia Society Texas Center welcomes Houston-based artist Hong Hong in a new free exhibition of her large-scale paper works on view now through July 25, 2021. In this site-responsive installation, The Mountain That Does Not Describe a Circle responds to the architecture of ASTC as both a support and a counterpoint for ideas of scale, visual perception, and experiential connection.
The Mountain That Does Not Describe a Circle, which includes 25 works in 5 different installations, invites viewers to more deeply consider the material structure and surfaces of paper, its function, and its ability to communicate a broad range of information. While handwriting or printed text is on most of the paper we encounter, these works by Hong Hong feature mark-making of their own which can
The post-pandemic art world in Arkansas
courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
OPENING IN JULY: Crystal Bridges celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with the exhibition “Crystal Bridges at 10,” featuring more than 140 works, including Deborah Roberts’ mixed media on panel “He Looks Like Me.”
What the immediate future holds for our museum-going life is still a bit murky, thanks to the unknowns of the pandemic. But what is certain is that big things are on the post-pandemic horizon, with a spruced-up and expanded Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts coming in 2022 and a 100,000-square-foot expansion at
Crystal Bridges Museum of Fine Art in 2024.
North Carolina Museum of Art Hires Lauren Applebaum as Jim and Betty Becher Curator of American Art
RALEIGH, North Carolina
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The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has announced the appointment of Lauren Applebaum as curator of American Art. Applebaum previously worked at the NCMA on the 2018 exhibition
The Beyond: Georgia OâKeeffe and Contemporary Art as a GSK Curatorial Fellow in American Art. She will start her position Monday, May 3. She will be responsible for researching and expanding the NCMAâs American art holdings and as part of the curatorial team will strive to have the collection reflect multiple perspectives and varying dimensions of diversity. In addition she will organize special exhibitions focused on a range of subjects and themes in American art.