Think you have a pretty good eye for art? The Cleveland Museum of Art is offering an opportunity to test it for the next few months.
Art notes: Rembrandt show opens Sunday in Cleveland
Art notes: Calder Quartet to be first in FUZE! series
Art review: Toni Billick, Photographs; Adam Dumont, Paintings
The life of the mind versus the life of the body. Philosophers and poets have for centuries declared that it had to be one or the other, that the mind had to fight the body or that the body was sometimes too tightly controlled by the mind.
Art notes: Contemporary artists talk landscapes
Regional artist Michelle Droll, creator of Landslide: Between a Rock and a Place, builds environmentally friendly landscapes out of recycled materials.
Review: ‘New Look’ exhibit features Dior influence, but almost none of the real thing
The Massillon Museum’s current exhibit, Another Look at the New Look, purports to be an examination of the work of French couturier Christian Dior.
Art notes: Akron Art Museum marks 90th anniversary
On Wednesday, the Akron Art Museum reaches its 90th anniversary, and Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic has proclaimed February to be Akron Art Museum Month.
Art review: ‘Unmonumental Landscape’ at Summit Artspace
Art review Phyllis Sloane prints reflect Japanese influence
By Dorothy Shinn Beacon Journal art and architecture critic The very first thing that you notice about the Phyllis Sloane prints at Harris Stanton Gallery is that she was in love not only with the ukiyo-e style, but most especially the Western translation of that style called “Japonisme.” Through Feb. 11, the Harris Stanton Gallery,…
Art notes: Cleveland museum to host MLK events
Art review: ‘Copia — Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001-11’
Brian Ulrich is sort of a hometown boy. He earned his bachelor of fine arts in photography from the University of Akron before going on to Columbia College in Chicago for his master of fine arts and then on to greater fame.
Art notes: New acquisitions for local museums
The end of the year is often acquisition time at area art museums, when friendly collectors find it fiscally feasible to give away some of their work, or museum boards find it financially feasible to buy some.
Art notes: Museum extends hours for holidays
The Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St., Akron, is offering extended holiday hours because of the popularity of Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism and the two complementary exhibitions, Michelle Droll: Landslide/Between a Rock and a Place and SuperNatural: Landscapes by Bruce Checefsky and Barry Underwood. The museum is normally closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Art review: ‘Paper or Plastic’ at the Box Gallery
Jessie Raynor announces retirement from Akron Area Arts Alliance
Jessie Raynor, director of the Akron Area Arts Alliance (AAAA), will retire by June 30.