Goya/Chagoya is currently on view at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Goya, the 18th century Spanish painter, is paired with the contemporary Mexican-American painter Enrique Chagoya. This makes for an interesting show spotlighting politics, satire and similar artistic outputs.
It’s become so easy to become one of the spineless pieces of online shitposter. Making online comments without ramifications or actually believing it has become an American pastime. This has been parlayed into entire careers for politicians and the quiet neighbors alike. Anonymous ‘alpha males’ defend their mindless rhetoric with a simple ‘it’s just a…
The Karma Gallery has a display of paintings from Hughie Lee-Smith on display from August 3 – September 17, 2022. I was lucky enough to be able to pop in and see this quiet and lonely show. Fittingly, I was the only person in the gallery during the mid morning hours. The solitary viewing added…
‘Abundance’ is the new show of mixed media works by Tj Templeton at Kansas City’s Smalter Gallery. The show opened on September 2, 2022. The show is filled with some wonderful mixed media paintings contrasting the haves and have-nots.
Continuing its lineup of jaw dropping shows, the Kansas City Central Library is now exhibiting ‘An Artist At Home in America: Michael Mardikes’ Photographs of Thomas Hart Benton. Lara Kuykendall writings accompany the exhibition. The show is up until May 15, 2022, so find some time to pay a visit! Continuing its lineup of jaw…
‘This American Century’ is a series of drawings looking at the effect of America, it’s decisions and the will of its people on the world around it in this century.
Here’s a look at the first of my three day whirlwind tour of the Louvre in Paris.
There’s a wonderful art show at the Kansas City Public Library right now. Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective is a beautiful and compelling show! Best know as the gonzo artist depicting Hunter S Thompson’s exploits, this comprehensive show proves his art goes much farther than that.
This really is a story about Omaha, art and the Joslyn Museum, Just hold tight and let me get there…
It seems like over the past ten years or so Norman Rockwell’s reputation in the art world has been rehabbed. Instead of being tossed aside as a sappy illustrator popular among People Who Don’t Know Anything About Art, the art world has slowly embraced America’s favorite son. I’ve seen his work reappear in plenty of…
