I still remember visiting the Prado museum in Madrid. What I knew about art prior to that trip would comfortably fit on the end of a paint brush. My life would be changed that day by a tour guide who took the time to explain the greatness of the paintings I was looking at with
‘Brilliant Exiles’: American Women In Early 20th-Century Paris
Between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II, American women such as Josephine Baker, Gertrude Stein, and Augusta Savage left the States in pursuit of a more authentic life in Paris than they could live at home.
Keith Haring In The Heartland
A pair of exhibitions on view now recall visits to the Midwest by Keith Haring where his charm and talent were no less appreciated than in Manhattan.
National Nordic Museum Reveals A Nordic Utopia For 20th-Century African American Artists
Of course they went in part to escape racial violence and inequality in America, the Black artists who looked to the Nordic countries as a creative safe haven in the 20th century, but there was more to it than that.
Mural Urban Art Festival Connects Three Great Passions In Montréal
On the Venn Diagram of Montréal’s passion for summer, festivals, and street art, MURAL sits at the center.
Little Village: The Next Big Thing In Detroit
Focused on art, architecture, the landscape, and access to the waterfront, Little Village is anchored by the Shepherd, the former Good Shepherd originally built in 1911.