by Sandy | Sep 26, 2025 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Exhibits, Museums
I love this face!
A current exhibition at the Metropolitan Musum is Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson.
John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015) …”American lithographer, sculptor, painter, muralist, and art teacher whose art was driven by the political climate of his time. Wilson was best known for his works portraying themes of social justice and equality.“ (Wikipedia)
Witnessing Humanity: The Art of John Wilson
Until February 8, 2026
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
Image: “My Brother” , 1942
by Sandy | Jun 22, 2025 | Artist, Exhibits
I love this so much. Color!
“Bisa Butler’s portrait quilts vividly capture personal and historical narratives of Black life…Her quilts present an expansive view of history through their engagement with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellectual legacies. ”
Bisa Butler: Portraits
(Image: The Safety Patrol, 2018, Bisa Butler)
*From the AIC exhibit 2022
by Sandy | Apr 19, 2025 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits
Below is a repeat of a March 2024 art tribute to Women’s History month ( just had to post again – I still want a miniature in my house):
A coiled Bronze Woman! in the gallery of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’ I love it! I want this in my home:
“The Seated III” Wangechi Mutu, 2019
Bronze (82 7/8 × 37 3/4 × 33 3/4 inches)
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presented “Women Painting Women” – an “exhibition featuring 46 female artists who choose women as subject matter in their works. This presentation includes approximately 50 evocative portraits that span the late 1960s to the present. International in scope, Women Painting Women recognizes female perspectives that have been underrepresented in the history of postwar figuration.”
Women Painting Women
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
817.738.9215
*The Artists:
Rita Ackermann
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Emma Amos
María Berrío
Louise Bonnet
Lisa Brice
Joan Brown
Jordan Casteel
Somaya Critchlow
Kim Dingle
Marlene Dumas
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Nicole Eisenman
Tracey Emin
Natalie Frank
Hope Gangloff
Eunice Golden
Jenna Gribbon
Alex Heilbron
Ania Hobson
Luchita Hurtado
Chantal Joffe
Hayv Kahraman
Maria Lassnig
Christiane Lyons
Danielle Mckinney
Marilyn Minter
Alice Neel
Elizabeth Peyton
Paula Rego
Faith Ringgold Deborah Roberts
Susan Rothenberg
Jenny Saville
Dana Schutz
Joan Semmel
Amy Sherald
Lorna Simpson
Arpita Singh
Sylvia Sleigh
Apolonia Sokol
May Stevens
Claire Tabouret
Mickalene Thomas
Nicola Tyson
Lisa Yuskavage
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by Sandy | Mar 1, 2025 | Art, Blogroll, Museums
As a celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2025, go see what’s on view at the “National Museum of Women in the Arts“, or NMWA, in D.C.
It is one of many museums in the DC area, but this one is special because it “is the only major museum in the world solely dedicated to recognizing women’s creative contributions.”
Created in 1987,with more “than 4,000 works, NMWA’s wide-ranging collection provides a comprehensive survey of art by women from the 16th century to the present, with new acquisitions added regularly”.
National Museum of Women in the Arts
New York Avenue and 13th Street, NW, DC
*Women’s History Month is celebrated each March and the 2025 theme of “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating and Inspiring Generations” resonates deeply …
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by Sandy | Feb 17, 2025 | Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries
“I really have this deep belief that images can change the world.”
Amy Sherald, the artist known for her Michelle Obama portrait, has over 40 works at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in an exhibition called – “American Sublime”
“Sherald’s artworks convey the quiet power in everyday people and invite viewers to participate in a more complex debate about accepted notions of American identity.”
Amy Sherald: American Sublime
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA
(Image: “For Love, and for Country”, 1922 Amy Sherald)
