Dazzled by Art

If you’re an art lover in Detroit, September is heaven. It’s the city’s annual Month of Design, featuring over 80 exhibits, studio tours, activations, workshops, and panels happening across Detroit. This year’s theme, “Creative Currents,” honors Detroit’s legacy of artistry and innovation. If you’re an art lover in Detroit, September is heaven. It’s the city’s annual Month of Design, featuring over 80 exhibits, studio tours, activations, workshops, and panels happening across Detroit. This year’s theme, “Creative Currents,” honors Detroit’s legacy of artistry and innovation. It emphasizes the need for collaboration and creating spaces where information, opportunities, and creative solutions flow freely, in an effort to shape an equitable future for all. Choosing from all the great art shows and events that Detroit’s creative minds produce can be overwhelming. We’re here to help. We compiled a list of our top picks for upcoming exhibitions and art events. Read on for our reco...

Ahead of a major retrospective at the Royal Academy, the veteran artist and mentor to Hirst, Lucas et al talks about his nomadic early years, halcyon days at Goldsmiths – and the moment he stopped being ‘frightened’ of colour In 1961, aged 20, Michael Craig-Martin enrolled at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture and immediately found himself all at sea. “Back then,” he recalls, “abstract expressionism was still lingering and painting was painterly. The first thing I realised was that I was the only person on the course who really couldn’t do it. I was just not given to that kind of painting. I remember thinking, ‘That’s it. It’s all over for me.’” Now 83, and about to have his first full British retrospective at the Royal Academy of Art, Craig-Martin sees that moment of panic and self-doubt as a necessary part of a creative epiphany that has underpinned his subsequent journey as an artist. “That’s when I learned what I later passed on to my students in my years as...

The third edition of PST ART, “Art & Science Collide” runs through February 2025. What organizers tout as “the nation’s largest arts initiative” has mushroomed into a galaxy of presentations and programming. “ARTEONICA: Art, Science, and Technology in Latin America Today” Matrix Vegetal, 2021/22, Patricia Domínguez, at Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA). Commissioned by Screen City Biennial and Cecilia Brunson Projects. Installation at Macalline Art Center, Beijing. © Patricia Domínguez. Pacific Standard Time–now PST ART ART–was not supposed to be this. Not all this. When it was first imagined by the Getty Foundation’s Joan Weinstein and her colleague Andrew Perchuk, their vision was for a small, scholarly, archival project focused locally. Very demure, very mindful to use the catchphrase of the moment. “We realized that archives of L.A. artists from the post-World War II period were disappearing,” Weinstein, now Dir...

The Joslyn‘s spectacular new Snøhetta designed building will receive all the headlines as the museum reopens following a two year closure, but what's contained inside makes a bigger statement. Dyani White Hawk painting (right) alongside Cecily Brown painting in contemporary art gallery at Joslyn Art Museum. Chadd Scott The Joslyn Art Museum has done it. Completely integrating Native American art into its broader American and contemporary galleries. Plains beadwork work side-by-side with Mary Cassatt and Childe Hassam paintings in the American gallery. Thomas Hart Benton and the Kiowa Six as neighbors. Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakhóta) and Grant Wood. The Omaha museum’s contemporary galleries place Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk) with Mickalene Thomas, and Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw) with Simone Leigh. A signature alcove given to Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke). The Joslyn‘s spectacular new Snøhetta designed building connecting its o...

By Dr. Devinder Pal Singh and Dr. Bhai Harbans Lal | Opinion | Abstract The Sikh Art Gallery in Montreal, Canada, part of the Arts of One World wing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), has attracted over 200,000 visitors since its opening in 2022. Supported by contributions from the Sikh Foundation International By Dr. Devinder Pal Singh and Dr. Bhai Harbans Lal Opinion Abstract The Sikh Art Gallery in Montreal, Canada, part of the Arts of One World wing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), has attracted over 200,000 visitors since its opening in 2022. Supported by contributions from the Sikh Foundation International (U.S.A.) and the Chadha Family Foundation (Canada), the gallery features historic and contemporary Sikh artworks, fostering cultural understanding and appreciation. In 2023, it became the most visited Sikh gallery outside India, drawing 208,289 visitors. Prime Minister Ju...

As Seoul hosts two major art fairs this week, there is a host of exhibitions elsewhere in the city and Korea, from a meeting of Mark Rothko and Lee Ufan to Francois Pinault’s collection. By Park Han-sol The art world in Korea is once again entering an autumn frenzy with the return of the two biggest fairs – Frieze Seoul and Kiaf (Korea International Art Fair) Seoul. Along with these mega-events – Frieze Seoul runs from September 4 to 7 and Kiaf Seoul from September 4 to 8 – comes a smorgasbord of art in the country’s museums and galleries, whether it be blockbuster exhibition openings or the 30th-anniversary celebration of Asia’s oldest biennale. From the remarkable meeting of Mark Rothko and Lee Ufan to Francois Pinault’s coveted collection, here’s a round-up of shows that could be the cherry on top of your autumnal cultural outings. 1. Correspondence: Lee Ufan and Mark Rothko This is a blockbuster encounter between masters of the East and the West. Curated by Lee in collab...

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