Focus on the American West

James Turrell at LACMA, Los Angeles James Turrell: A Retrospective, LACMA, Los Angeles
Robin Newman |

The renowned artist James Turrell, who masterfully works with light and space, is currently being acclaimed with a large retrospective. Due to the room size scale of much of his work the exhibit is taking …

Kiki Smith, Minneapolis Institute of Arts It’s New / It’s Now, but it’s not for me
Joel Hagen |

As someone who comes at the art scene from a lit background, I admit I have my preferences when it comes to picking events and shows to see. I’m much more apt to latch onto …

Kon Trubkovich
Red Square,2013
Oil on canvas,wood,sandbags,2013
Courtesy LAND Painting In Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division
Robin Newman |

LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) is presenting Painting in Place, a group exhibition in downtown Los Angeles’s Farmers and Merchants Bank forging an unlikely gallery space. The exhibition, curated by LAND Director/Curator Shamim M. Momin, …

Nicola Carpenter, Bryan Carpenter, Susanne Carpenter and Sean Donovan, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Puttering Around with Art
Joel Hagen |

Minnesota spends a lot of time each year covered with snow. LOTS of time. Eight months to be exact.  Once the snow finally leaves after the last insane-making storm in early May, the denizens of …

Wang Youshen, Minneapolis Photo Center Death and Home at the Minneapolis Photo Center
Joel Hagen |

Turning the first corner after entering the Minneapolis Photo Center is akin to what I believe it would feel like to get slapped in the face with the face of death. But in a good …

Seung Woo Back RW001-001 More Real exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Joel Hagen |

Truthiness, if you don’t know, is a term coined by satirical television pundit Stephen Colbert, and it refers to the ambiguous realm between fact and belief and the places that belief wins. The Minneapolis Institute …

Art in Bloom 2013: Global Nature; floral arrangements Art you can smell, or smelly art? Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Joel Hagen |

Art in Bloom events are held at galleries around the U.S. in the spring. The galleries challenge local florists  to create arrangements that are inspired by specific paintings or sculptures found within the museum. Taking …

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