Jerome Hershey marks four decades of art-making in Lancaster County with new book Paintings: 2006-2021 lancasteronline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lancasteronline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The First Art Newspaper on the Net
SAN ANTONIO.TX
.- This summer, the McNay Art Museum presents two exhibitions of works on paper from American artists who helped shape the Conceptual and Op art movements; John Baldessari: California Dreaming and Optical Dazzle: Op Art at the McNay. This selection of works is offered at a timely moment, as two of the prolific artists featured died in 2020, just months apart from one another. These exhibitions also feature a new acquisition and a rarely-seen sculpture. On view through September 5, 2021 in the Charles Butt Paperworks Gallery, Optical Dazzle: Op Art at the McNay investigates the sensation of looking at art. Short for Optical Art, Op art emerged in the 1960s as a distinct style of art that creates the sense of illusion or movement. By the end of the decade, artist Richard Anuszkiewicz (pronounced Ah-nu-skey-vich) was one of the leading Op painters in America. The artists small, jewel-like prints on view at the McNay present color
New exhibition and publication highlight the multidimensional creativity of Alma W. Thomas
Alma Thomas (American, 18911978), Untitled, 1922/1924. Oil on canvas. The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection.
NORFOLK, VA
.- Renowned artist Alma W. Thomas (1891-1978) artistic journey took her from Columbus, Georgia, to international acclaim. Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful offers a comprehensive overview of her extraordinary career with more than 150 objects, including late-career paintings that have never before been exhibited or published. The exhibition debuts at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, July 9-Oct. 3, 2021. It will also visit The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2021-Jan. 23, 2022 and The Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 25-June 5, 2022, before closing at The Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia, July 1, 2022-Sept. 25, 2022. The exhibition is co-organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art and The Columbus Mus