New Haven Artists Build Worlds In Group Show The look of Jihyun Lee’s Doll Shelf partakes at once of the past and an imagined future. The collection of objects has the feel of a cabinet of curiosities, Brian Slattery 4 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
New Haven Afternoon Tea Steeped In Afrofuturism The description online read: “In this ephemeral haven of sonic and poetic delights, the Afrogalactic Tea Party invites you to immerse yourself in a curated experience of taste and culture. Lisa Gray 3 Oct 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford Is That A Whale Up On That Wall? The Power of the Elements: The Forces Within Us Mallett Art Gallery 950 Main St., Hartford Through Nov. 1 I looked at the painting Purple Haze and saw whales. I Jamil Ragland 2 Oct 2023 · 3 min read
LA Art Can Be Destroyed But Not Defeated ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA: INTERSECTED HORIZONS Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) Long Beach, Cal. Sept. 9, 2023 – May 2024 PAOLA VEGA: THE MYSTERY OF PAINTING MOLAA Sept. 9, 2023 – March 2024 A.J. Urquidi 29 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
NYC Un Museo Gets Under The Hood Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección El Museo del Barrio 1230 Fifth Ave. at 104th St. New York, NY Through March 10, 2024 Upon entering Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección, visitors Betsy Kim 26 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
NYC Artists Travel To Dreamland Dreamland Muse Gallery Bushwick, Brooklyn Closed “The world is not as bright as it used to be,” artist NARCO (@artbynarco) noted, explaining why vibrant colors are so crucial to her Adam Wassilchalk 22 Sep 2023 · 5 min read
New Haven Frame + Frame + Frame + Frame In group show, sequential artists tell a story. Two narratives are laid out on the wall. They follow at first familiar forms, a plucky young person setting out on a Brian Slattery 22 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Reno Think Globally, Paint Locally Local arts stands out, inject natural inspiration in Reno's second annual int'l show. 2023 Reno Tahoe International Art Show Reno-Sparks Convention Center Reno, NV Sept. 14 Jose Davila IV 21 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Visual Artists Face, & Don’t Face, AI One wall of the gallery is a long stack of lively faces, the energetic style matching the animation in the faces. They match their subject, a clown in the old-school Brian Slattery 20 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
NYC Yes, That Mophead Is Art The Dust of Human Life, & The Art Of Conversations NINA CANELL: MOTHER OF DUST 303 Gallery 555 West 21st Street, New York, NY Through Oct. 21 What’s your Betsy Kim 19 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
New Haven Wax Artist Makes It Look Natural New Haven gallery show highlights an ancient, exquisite art. “Wax” City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven Through Oct. 1. Aglow has been given the right name. It’s an Brian Slattery 19 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Hartford Royalty’s Ghost Comes To Hartford What happens to us when we die? Cultures across time have attempted to answer that question, combining the beginning of all things with the end of our mortal lives in Jamil Ragland 18 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Oakland A Hip-Hop Photographer’s Oakland ’90s, Re-Revealed Oakland Photo Lady: Tales of a 90s Girl B‑Love’s Guest House 1131 Center St., West Oakland Saturdays through September Missy Elliott, younger than you’ve ever seen, hair Sarah Bass 15 Sep 2023 · 5 min read
LA ’70s-’80s Photos Recall When LA Knew How To Play MAPPING AN ART WORLD: LOS ANGELES IN THE 1970S-80S Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown Los Angeles June 18, 2023 – March 10, 2024. The work included in this exhibit (why must Annie Buckley 15 Sep 2023 · 2 min read
Tulsa “We’re Gonna Stay” Women and non-binary muralists make their mark Sunny Dayz Mural Festival Sept. 9, 2023 Pearl District “You know when you’re an Okie and you’re trans and you think, Alicia Chesser 12 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
NYC Flower Fairies In 1st solo U.S. show, a photographer’s tech tricks challenge how we view beauty KATHRIN LINKERSDORFF: FAIRIES Yossi Milo Gallery 245 10th Avenue, New York, NY Through Oct. Betsy Kim 11 Sep 2023 · 4 min read
LA Keith Haring Is For … Everybody? KEITH HARING: ART IS FOR EVERYBODY The Broad, Los Angeles Through Oct. 8, 2023. On a Saturday, I boarded the Long Beach Blue Line (now called the A Line, a A.J. Urquidi 8 Sep 2023 · 3 min read
Tulsa Black Moonscapes Deliver First Friday Hope, Not Hype “Moonscapes & Earthshine” + TAF First Friday Programming September 1, 2023 TAF Studio 101 / Archer Studios As someone who tends to lose hours of my one wild and precious life to Alicia Chesser 8 Sep 2023 · 3 min read