Beyond begins with the early trade history of ceramics, when cobalt blue from the Persian Gulf meets ceramic shapes and techniques from China. The story continues with the introduction of stonepaste, which revolutionizes Persian ceramics, spawning an unprecedented flourishing of shapes, techniques, and colored glazes in the 11th to 14th century. Rare Persian blues also play a significant role, from the luxurious lapis lazuli and brilliant blue turquoise to the more commonly found cobalt. Locally mined and traded across Islamic lands and the world, rare Persian blues are as precious as gold.
Chinese blue and white porcelain from the Ming dynasty was highly prized and collected by Islamic courts in Iran, Turkey, and India. The exhibition features three extraordinary examples of Chinese blue and white porcelain loaned by the San Antonio Museum of Art. The section “Inspired by China” highlights the creative synthesis seen in 15th- to 17th-century Persian ceramics, which combin
Solo exhibition dedicated to the collage work of Hannelore Baron opens at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is presenting Hannelore Baron: Collages, a solo exhibition dedicated to the collage work of Hannelore Baron (1926-1987). This exhibition features twenty intimate and meticulously-composed collages from the 1980s. In her collage work that masterfully combines experimental printmaking techniques with found materials, Baron condensed a wide range of influences and an expansive concern for the human condition into intimately-scaled expressions of thought and feeling. She wrote of her work: The thoughts and feelings that underlie the collages are those of concern with the social issues and problems of the century, as well as the precariousness of existence at any time. [2]
A walkable adventure: Why buyers are flocking to Tobin Hill
For Sale
by Donna Provencher, Contributing Writer
Jan. 19, 2021
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Tobin Hill remains a perennially popular place to live and attracts a wide variety of buyers, including investors.San Antonio Board of RealtorsShow MoreShow Less
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Panel Discussion: Artists of African & Mulatto Descent 18th to 19th Century @ Online via Zoom, Jan 29 @ 11:00 am â 12:00 pm, see Calendar.
This virtual discussion will spotlight the talents of seven mixed-race artists who lived and studied in either the United States or Europe. Panelists will discuss what influenced these people to become artists and what their impact on world politics entailed.Â
The panel discussion is led by Savona Bailey-McClain, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the West Harlem Art Fund. Joining McClain is William Keyse Rudolph, Ph.D, Deputy Director, Curatorial Affairs, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Virginia Anderson, Ph.D., Curator of American Art, Baltimore Museum of Art ; Paul H. D. Kaplan, Professor of Art History at Purchase College, SUNY; Daniel M. Fulco, Ph.D., Curator at the Museum of Fine Arts - Washington County.
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Exhibition: “No Ocean Between Us” (Review)
Many thanks to Peter Jordens for sending additional information related to our previous post Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America, the Caribbean. In “‘No Ocean Between Us’ exhibition to feature modern and contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent”
“No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945-Present” which will be on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) from February 12 until May 9, 2021.
Originally conceived by Adriana Ospina, OAS AMA’s Collections Curator and Educational Programming Manager, under the title “Cultural Encounters: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945–Present,” in San Antonio, it is curated by Lucía Abramovich Sánchez and Yinshi Lerman-Tan.