Daily posts on happenings in Utah’s visual arts community.
As artists it is often easy to forget how magical the things that we do really are. We are so deeply involved with the phenomenon of seeing that, to us, its complexity can become invisible and be taken for granted. Human visual perception is the topic of Harvard […]
Artist Jean Arnold was in the Helper Hotel seven years ago, sketching people coming and going. The difficulty of sketching even the most cursory glimpse of them, besides underlining the differences between drawing and photography, triggered a multi-year experiment in the depiction of movement. Her current show at Philips Gallery in Salt […]
DADA: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris Ed. Leah Dickerman, with essays by Brigid Doherty, Dorothea Dietrcih, Sabine T. Kreibel, Michael R. Taylor, Janine Mileaf, Mathhew S. Witkovsky. National Gallery of Art, Washington in association with D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2005. ISBN: 0-89468-313-6 (softcover); 1-933045-20-5 (hardcover) […]
Sometime last fall I picked up Art and the Power of Placement, an insightful and scholarly work written by Victoria Newhouse and published by The Monacelli Press. At the time, I thought I would review the book for our recently introduced column “Recently Read,” but days before 15 […]
by Chris Brooks During the Holidays I read Jonathan Harr’s The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece published by Random House last year. Harr, a magazine writer and journalist, is best known for his bestselling non-fiction work A Civil Action, which was made into a movie […]
Artists of Utah News Taking a Byte Out of Crime Or Why You Should Be Proud to Wear Your 15 Bytes T-Shirt If, in a possibly sugar-induced coma-like daze, you happened to watch the Channel 2 10 o’clock news on Monday night, you will have seen a story […]
In his elegantly written and accessible read, “The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa,” Michael Kimmelman, chief art critic for the New York Times, explores the creative process as it is revealed in the lives of artists and non-artists alike. Kimmelman brings a critic’s […]
On Tuesday, June 21, The Utah Cultural Alliance held its second “Culture Bytes,” a continuing monthly series discussing issues relating to the arts. Salt Lake critics Celia Baker, Brandon Griggs, Frank McEntire, Kathy Adams, and Claudia Harris discussed art/culture reviewers — how they think, what their readers want […]
Art Access/VSA arts of Utah is proud to announce that the collaborative artwork of brother and sister, Sam and Sara Weyrich of Salt Lake City has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the “Discover What Art Is . . .” Exhibit that is currently being shown […]
Book Review: First Sight of the Desert Artist Interrupted: The Life and Art of Ella Peacock by Tony Watson [portfolio_slideshow] The University of Utah Press recently published a biography of Spring City artist Ella Peacock by first-time author Kathryn J. Abajian. Abajian’s biography, entitled First Sight of the […]
It’s that time of year again. Time for the Farmer’s Market at Pioneer Park to open it’s proverbial doors and welcome the eager public. But along with throngs of produce-buyers and art-lovers, the Market’s opening has also brought much controversy in the community of artists regarding the artists […]
The Utah Arts Alliance would like to give Salt Lake City a full-blown arts center in the heart of downtown. But they may need your help. The Utah Arts Alliance, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, was formed in early 2003 by Derek Dyer, Angela Brown and Jason Stewart, […]
If you aren’t able to catch Stephanie St. Thomas’ artwork this month at the Magpie’s Nest (see above) you’ll have a chance to see her work and the work of over thirty other Utah artists at the upcoming FEED THE HUNGRY FOSTER THE ARTS. This annual event is sponsored […]
An uninformed visitor to Utah’s state capitol building might think Christo had come to town. Not so. Beneath the wrapped dome of the capitol building, the murals are being restored while our state legislators spend a couple of months debating the financial and legislative needs of the […]
Evergreen has been in the framing and gallery business for almost twenty years, but recently built a new building for the purpose of exhibiting artwork on a more professional scale. Now located on 3295 South and 200 East, owners Maj and Kelly Omana built a larger freestanding building […]
by Lisa Scopes Oliver As the seasons start their metamorphosis once again and shades of fall begin coloring the hillsides, an artist’s thoughts turn to contemplate many things: capturing the landscape on canvas, finding alternate venues to display their works, and, possibly most important this fall, deciding which […]
The month of December is never like the rest of the lazy daisy months the rest of the year, it’s a little different and so is the Gallery Stroll. Normally held on the third Friday of the month the galleries know that December is just too busy of […]
Area restaurants aren’t the only alternative venue for emerging artists. While having their hair styled at Sargeant Salon, David Sargeant’s clients get to view fine art originals instead of the usual cheesy posters of hair models. About two years ago, Sargeant decided his clients would appreciate seeing beautiful […]
