Philadelphia Road Trip – Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Rodin Museum
I went on a 4-day road trip to Philadelphia last week, and amongst other things, saw a lot of really good art. Of course I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, my main motivation being that they have an…
101 Female Artists
It’s a well-known fact that women are under-represented in most histories of art, especially before the 1960s. When we look at even modernist art movements, it’s rare to see women really talked about in books or represented in museum collections….
Brooks Shane Salzwedel
Brooks Shane Salzwedel is a California-based artist whose mixed-media art juxtaposes man-made constructs and nature. He’s been around for awhile, but I was unfamiliar with his work until I came across a recent post on one of my favourite art…
Petro Wodkins vs. Robert Mugabe
The art world is a pretty exciting place but it’s not too often you hear about an artist having to flee for his life with the Zimbabwean army on his heels. I wrote about Petro Wodkins before, but to quickly recap…
New Work from Peter Ferguson
New work from Peter Ferguson, “Promenade”. This painting is going to be on exhibition at the LA Art Show (Jan 15-19, LA Convention Center) through Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, so if you happen to be in the LA…