Downstairs at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art, between an exhibition highlighting Christian art from the 14th century to the present and two others exploring contemporary American art from the 1960s to the present, hangs a single work by Massachusetts artist Joshua Meyer. Or, rather, eight works hung […]
Even though some galleries report selling more art online than in person, exhibitions remain important to artists, patrons, and dealers. The opportunities offered most artists are still either the one- or two-person version, where artists can exhibit in depth, or the group show, where they typically have one […]
Not having done similar computations for every other gallery in the museum, I don’t know if the Dumke Gallery is representative of the entire exhibition—but if you’re inclined to walking in straight lines it’s the first one you’ll come across, so—in it, out of 23 works on display, […]
I wanted to know about the fish. As Colour Maisch interviewed artist Fay Ku before an overflow crowd, they stood before two drawings of enormous-looking, strange fish. All the other drawings were of human figures, sometimes on horseback. But the monstrous fish stood apart. Entering Material, the combination […]
In 2007, I learned that a former writing student of mine was actually a visual arts major. I learned this when Karen Sorenson unexpectedly produced the most remarkable work of art that anyone, student or faculty, would exhibit in my decade at Snow College. While No One is […]
Artists in Salt Lake City should be familiar with Utah’s sophisticated, local print community. The Saltgrass collective, for example, not only promotes the highest standards of the art, but brings guest artists in from across the global printmaking community. What may be less known, at least to non-specialists, […]
By the time the American republic began striding across the world stage toward empire, first as an economic and then as a military behemoth, Impressionism had become varnished with a solid coat of respectability—which explains why the United States has so many fine collections of impressionist works, from […]
Nestled beside the crook of Utah’s interstate system, where the Idaho arms of I-15 and I-84 join in Box Elder County, Tremonton is one rural town that is keeping pace with growth in more urban areas. In fact, one can imagine in a decade or two that it […]
10/23 DESERET NEWS: New Provo gallery rises ‘from the ashes’ of Writ & Vision to give voice to a variety of LDS, other artists For about a decade, the cramped, lively quarters of Provo’s Writ & Vision operated as a kind of unofficial headquarters for the Mormon intelligentsia — a […]
Someone should slap a signature on these things and call them art. Land art. The Delta Solar Ruins near Hinckley, Utah, either tell the story of an ambitious but ill-fated solar energy experiment or, as at least one U.S. District Court judge would have it, a massive fraud. […]
We have come to rely upon artistic director Jerry Rapier and his Plan-B Theatre for moving productions that require intellect as well as a certain amount of soul surrendering to absorb. Physical tension, too, is usually present—you realize immediately that this likely will not be a relaxing evening […]
From across the gallery, Noah Eikens’ “Out of Order” presents a puzzle: is this a scale model, a small machine, or maybe a toy? From out of two nested bowls that could have come from a kitchen emerges a tangle of black pipe. It looks kind of like […]
The various laboratories and classrooms of Westminster University’s Meldrum Science Center are where the enterprise of science is both conducted and handed down to the next generation. These rooms are arranged around the rectangular perimeter of the Center, forming squared rings that are stacked into four stories that […]
Four Lemons, a charming shoppe (I’ve always wanted to write ‘shoppe’) that opened Oct. 4 at 4850 South Highland Drive, is an upscale Pier 1 imports-type store for home interior DIYers. Subtitled “Art Within Reach,” it’s 7,000 square-feet filled with really nice, decidedly eclectic decor you can work […]
Tony Smith and Sam Wilson—both men had other names they rarely or never used—died at almost the same time a year ago. The University of Utah, where they taught during what history will almost certainly record as its greatest half century, has mounted a too-brief, two-master exhibition of […]
Full Color: A Bold and Authentic Premiere at The Rose From October 24 to November 10, 2024, the Studio Theatre at The Rose will host the world premiere of Full Color, a powerful and barrier-breaking production featuring eight BIPOC playwrights and their personal stories. Each monologue presents a […]
Artists of Utah is thrilled to announce that Always Crashing in the Same Car by Lance Olsen has been awarded the 2024 15 Bytes Book Award for Fiction. Olsen, an experimental novelist, essayist, and professor, is renowned for his innovative exploration of memory, time, and consciousness. His prismatic, […]
When someone writes the history of Utah’s modern mural scene—not the indoor ones of the WPA era and the early Latter-day Saint temples; nor the ancient one of pecked and painted sandstone; but the mural scene of latex paint and aerosol cans—they’ll want to devote at least an […]
Eduardo Alvarez, a Chilean-American artist based in Provo, Utah, studied Fine Arts at Universidad Católica de Chile under Josef Albers’ pupils. Influenced by his global upbringing and Chile’s military regime, his art explores truth and perception. Through dynamic textures, cracks, and colors, Alvarez creates works that balance matter, content, and light. Guided by Christian values, his art invites introspection, encouraging viewers to appreciate beauty, embrace life’s moments, and reflect on the nature of reality.
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