Museums – Urban Art & Antiques

A Journey Through Art and Identity in Dallas-Fort Worth

Urban Art & Antiques — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:55:34 +0000

Spending two days crisscrossing the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a place I left more than two years ago, felt like a homecoming of sorts—one filled with art, nostalgia, and a reminder of why I left in the first place. While reconnecting with old friends, I made it a priority to dive back into the local art … Continue reading A Journey Through Art and Identity in Dallas-Fort Worth

Eakins and Wiley at the Seattle Art Museum

Urban Art & Antiques — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:20:26 +0000

In the recently reimagined American Galleries at the Seattle Art Museum, we're presented with a monumental early 20th-century work by Thomas Eakins, hung beside a contemporary painting by Kehinde Wiley. William Smith Forbes is a long way from home and seems a bit out of place. Meanwhile, Anthony of Padua seems at ease. Forbes was … Continue reading Eakins and Wiley at the Seattle Art Museum

Art Log, March 17, 2024: Fancy clubs, vinyl records, new museums and absurd ones.

Urban Art & Antiques — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:00:35 +0000

Portland-based artists Sean McGonigal and Joanne Radmilovich Kollman made the New York Times recently. As former occupants in the Troy Laundry Building, they once had working space in what has now become a Portland branch of the exclusive Soho House. According to the article, Soho House positions itself as a creative space and features work … Continue reading Art Log, March 17, 2024: Fancy clubs, vinyl records, new museums and absurd ones.

PAFA Presents Barnes Show Prior to Landmark Museum Opening

Urban Art & Antiques — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:46:37 +0000

In celebration of the debut of the Barnes Foundation in its new home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is presenting PAFA and Dr. Barnes, on view April 7 through July 8, exploring the connections between the Pennsylvania Academy and Dr. Albert Barnes. This exhibition will … Continue reading PAFA Presents Barnes Show Prior to Landmark Museum Opening

Milwaukee Art Museum Acquires Copley Masterpiece

Urban Art & Antiques — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:18:59 +0000

The Milwaukee Art Museum has acquired the portrait Alice Hooper, a major colonial American painting by John Singleton Copley (1738–1815). Copley is recognized as one of the great American artists of the day—and one of the first native-born painters to achieve success both at home and abroad. Alice Hooper, painted by Copley around 1763, depicts … Continue reading Milwaukee Art Museum Acquires Copley Masterpiece

Finding Rembrandt at the Dallas Museum of Art

Urban Art & Antiques — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:28:34 +0000

A presentation on art theft. In an art museum. Why not, I thought. Last night Late Night at the DMA hosted a full room in the auditorium for a presentation by Art Detective Robert Wittman. That was followed by two films, Stolen, a film about the 1995 heist at the Gardner Museum in Boston and … Continue reading Finding Rembrandt at the Dallas Museum of Art

Delta to Sponsor Whitney Museum of American Art

Urban Art & Antiques — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:49:10 +0000

Delta Air Lines and the Whitney Museum of American Art today announced a new sponsorship designating Delta as the official and exclusive airline of the Whitney Museum, the iconic art and cultural hub in New York City. The Whitney is the newest addition – and first in the arts category – to Delta's extensive sponsorship … Continue reading Delta to Sponsor Whitney Museum of American Art

Warhol Scholar to Complete Memoir of the Art World and Gay Culture in New York

Urban Art & Antiques — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:14:05 +0000

A pioneer in almost all forms of visual art, Andy Warhol used everyday images to raise questions about American art and culture in the 1960s. Through his experiences in New York, he helped redefine the relationship between pop culture and high art, paving the way for a new generation of artists and critical thinkers, like … Continue reading Warhol Scholar to Complete Memoir of the Art World and Gay Culture in New York

A Short Art Quiz

Urban Art & Antiques — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 02:16:01 +0000

Here is a four-question art quiz. We'll randomly choose among those with the correct answers July 31, 2010 and send a free Urban Art and Antiques T-Shirt to a winner. It's not the world's easiest quiz, but we're confident someone will present four correct answers. Click images to expand . 1) This medium of image … Continue reading A Short Art Quiz

The Americans: The Photographic Perspective of Robert Frank

Urban Art & Antiques — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:30:20 +0000

Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955 Walking through the galleries of photographs of America by Swiss-born Robert Frank, Lin looked at me and said “He doesn’t like America.” As an American, looking at the photos, I didn’t get the idea that Frank didn’t like America. I saw America, probably not the way he saw it, or the … Continue reading The Americans: The Photographic Perspective of Robert Frank