A Linling Lu Painting at Baltimore Museum of Art

 

Arting Gallery is delighted to share the installation of Linling Lu: One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.222 at the Baltimore Museum of Art, as part of the museum's How Do We Know The World? series. This installation is now open to public at BMA Contemporary Wing through January 5, 2025. Read more about this acquisition: Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) Announces Acquisition of More Than 100 Objects and Suites Across Media, Culture, Geography, and Time Read more about this exhibition: Baltimore Museum of Art's New Contemporary Wing Reinstallation Emphasizes Artists' Voices and Social Themes Relevant to Audiences

IMAGE: Linling Lu, One Hundred Melodies of Solitude, No.222, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 72 x 1.75 inch, collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Art Fund established with exchange funds from gifts of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Berman, Equitable Bank, N.A., Geoffrey Gates, Sandra O. Moose, National Endowment for the Arts, Lawrence Rubin, Philip M. Stern, and Alan J. Zakon. Installation photographed by Xiaoming Liu, Ph.D. Courtesy of Baltimore Museum of Art.

Artist Frank Stella, Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87. Works on Display at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

 

Stella's work in display at NSU Art Museum in 'Glory of the World: Color Field Painting (1950s to 1983)' on view November 21, 2023 through August 25, 2024.

Frank Stella emerged as part of a generation of American artists excited by, driven and challenged by Abstract Expressionism. From his groundbreaking debut in the 1960's to his status as a living legend, Stella's artistic journey is a testament to innovation, experimentation, and boundless creativity, proving himself a master of reinvention.

Stella's impact extends far beyond the canvas. As a trailblazer in the art world, he inspired generations of artists to rethink the possibilities of abstraction and embrace visual storytelling's power. His bold experimentation with scale, shape, and dimension continues to shape the contemporary art landscape, leaving an indelible mark on art history. 

Bonnie Clearwater, Director and Chief Curator of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale has been presenting Frank Stella's works since the late 90s and currently has his works on view at the Museum in Glory of the World: Color Field Painting (1950s to 1983). On view November 21, 2023 through August 25, 2024.

The exhibition’s title Glory of the World, takes its cue from Frank Stella’s writings on Hans Hofmann’s abstract painting Gloriamundi (1963): “Hofmann proved that the straightforward manipulation of pigment can create exalted art…Glory of the world this painting surely is, and glory of the world his painting surely was and is.” Like Hofmann, the monumental Color Field paintings in this exhibition arouse a sense of wonder and discovery.

Renowned Autistic Artist Vito Bonanno's Artwork in the Corporate Collections of AMAZON and Google

 

Image: 'Journal', by internationally collected artist Vito Bonanno's Dreams & Reminiscing series (2020) - made with oil paint, india ink, oil stick or oil paint pen on canvas, 30″H x 40″W. This painting was acquired by Google for their Leesburg, VA offices.

Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. He is an award-winning, world-famous artist with a career spanning back to his childhood.

Internationally collected artist Vito Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. The New England-based artist's work is image and concept-driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts, and dreams, coupled with objects or topics that "get stuck in his head", including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti, and pop culture. Corporate clients include AMAZON, Google, and The Hartford.

Vito is aligned with ArtLifting, which is a non-for-profit art organization that empowers artists living with disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork. ArtLifting is about creating opportunity, empowerment, and validation. This collaboration opened many new and exciting opportunities for the artist, which includes his work in Google's corporate collection, with art hanging in their Leesburg, VA offices, as well as Amazon, for one of their corporate buildings in Seattle, Washington.

Bonanno was diagnosed with PDD/Autism just before his 4th birthday. Because he was language delayed, his parents and teachers developed strategies that tapped into his high visual acuity, utilizing storyboard styles to relay academic and social information. He was also encouraged to draw in storyboard format to express his feelings. The storyboard grid remains prominent in his work and studio preparation today and is a poignant reminder of a boy who was trapped in his own mind. For more information about this artist, for inquiries, or to commission work contact vito@vitobonanno.com / visit https://vitobonanno.com/

Experience Abby Modell Contemporary Glass Art - Bloomingdale's 'Candy WonderLandscape' 2023 NYC Holiday Windows

Abby Modell Contemporary Glass Art
Candy WonderLandscape Bloomingdale's 
2023 NYC Holiday Windows

Experience the luscious dreamscape of Abby Modell Candy WonderLandscape in Bloomingdale’s Holiday Windows 2023. Designed by Abby Modell, all the items are handmade art glass and will be on exhibit at Bloomingdale's Flagship store on Lexington Avenue and 59th Street through January 1, 2024.

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NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Hosts an Art Talk: Collectors Andy & Christine Hall with Bonnie Clearwater

 

Andy Hall

This coming weekend on Sunday, April 23rd from 3 – 4pm NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale presents Art Talk: Collectors Andy and Christine Hall with Bonnie Clearwater. Join collectors Andy and Christine Hall and Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater for a discussion about collecting contemporary art. NSU Art Museum has presented two exhibitions in association with the Hall Art Foundation: Anselm Kieffer (2016-17) and the current Malcolm Morley: Shipwreck. FREE FOR MEMBERS | $16 FOR NON-MEMBERS. RSVP HERE.

Andy and Christine Hall are among the world’s leading collectors of contemporary art. In 2007, they founded the Hall Art Foundation, which makes postwar and contemporary art works from its own collection and that of the Hall’s available for the education and enjoyment of the public. Together, the two collections comprise one of the world’s largest groups of works by Malcolm Morley, and contain some 5,000 works by hundreds of other important artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Richard Artschwager, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Olafur Eliasson, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel and Andy Warhol.

 

Image: Photo of Andy Hall
Courtesy Hall Art Foundation

PAMM presents FIU Focus: Teresita Fernández in conversation with Dr. Ana Dopico

Pérez Art Museum Miami welcomes Florida International University students and public to a conversation on how being a first-generation American in Miami in the 80s molded Teresita Fernández’s work. Join us on Saturday, November 9th at 11:30am – 1pm. She will also discuss how she uses conceptual landscape to address and question notions of identity and belonging. Museum admission is free every Second Saturday. Space is limited. First come, first seated. RSVP does not guarantee you a seat.

Pérez Art Museum Miami Presents What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to present What Carried Us Over: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey, an exhibition organized by PAMM's curatorial staff in concert with Gordon W. Bailey, a Los Angeles-based collector, scholar, and advocate. The exhibition will be on view from September 12, 2019 through April 25, 2020.

Sam Doyle. Ford, ca. 1970. House paint on metal. 34 x 25 inches. Collection Pérez Art Museum Miami, gift of Gordon W. Bailey. Image courtesy of Gordon W. Bailey

The title of the exhibition emphasizes the artists' impassioned commitment to their diverse practices and confirms the inclusive theme of the show which features artworks selected from 60 gifted by Bailey to PAMM since 2016. A variety of media is displayed including drawing, painting and sculpture.

A number of well-known artists from the American South are represented: Sam Doyle, Purvis Young, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Thornton Dial Sr.,  Clementine Hunter, Herbert Singleton, Roy Ferdinand, Leroy Almon, Lonnie Holley, O. L. Samuels, Mario Mesa, Minnie Evans, Sulton Rogers, Welmon Sharlhorne, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose Tolliver, and Willie White. Other notable artists included are: David Choe, Daniel Pressley, Eddie Arning, Harry Lieberman, Rev. Albert Wagner, and William Dawson.

"What Carried Us Over is the first opportunity to view Mr. Bailey's donations as a whole," said PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans. "We look forward to exploring the many ways in which his gifts will filter into our permanent collection galleries in dynamic and meaningful ways."

Several highlights underscore the diversity and quality of the artworks: two house paint on roofing tin works by Sam Doyle, whose work was collected by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Our Father, a painting that considers religion and race and Ford, a poignant tribute to one of Doyle's teachers; three large-scale constructions, incorporating cast off wood and masonite, by Purvis Young, anchored by a vibrant tribute to the Miami Dolphins, add depth to PAMM's holdings of his art; an early 1940s abstract floral on paper by Minnie Evans; a painted wood bas-relief by Herbert Singleton that reclaims an old oak door; the carved and painted wood figures, Devil Family, by Sulton Rogers; a hard-hitting, admonishment, Stop, by Roy Ferdinand, illustrating the toll taken by gun violence; a mixed media work by Sister Gertrude Morgan created in 1970 on the frontispiece of the book God's Greatest Hits; an exemplary oil on canvas by the renowned Clementine Hunter, painted when she was in her nineties; and Jane Winkleman's 2007 cautionary Disaster Ahead which addresses climate change.

Bailey's substantial gift also features several multi-piece groups: three works from Lonnie Holley, including the powerful Fighting in the Midst of the Pyramids; five, painted wood bas-relief panels from Leroy Almon; seven drawings, all accomplished on repurposed paper, by Welmon Sharlhorne; and three vibrant poster board works by the inventive colorist Willie White who achieved dramatic results with common marking pens.