Art News – Urban Art & Antiques

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.

Full Circle at the Portland Fine Print Fair

Urban Art & Antiques — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:35:56 +0000

This year the Portland Fine Print Fair at the Portland Art Museum was a little more familiar. With the same venue, location, and largely the same select group of dealers, there wasn't much of a learning curve. We went through the same pattern as the previous year of coming across stand-out items, or things that … Continue reading Full Circle at the Portland Fine Print Fair

Protected: James Surls on the 1975 “Dog Show”

Urban Art & Antiques — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:16:28 +0000

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Graffiti and Art in the 1980s

Urban Art & Antiques — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:57:51 +0000

The art of the 80s may finally be coming into its own. Several exhibits this year have put a spotlight on the decade and gone beyond the trio of Warhol, Basquiat, and Haring. Currently on exhibit at The Modern in Fort Worth is Urban Theater: New York Art in the 1980s. Among the artists included … Continue reading Graffiti and Art in the 1980s

Protected: The Steel, Sculpture and Stregnth of Mac Whitney

Urban Art & Antiques — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 02:00:03 +0000

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Repurposing the Antiques Industry

Urban Art & Antiques — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:24:35 +0000

The recent Wall Street Journal article on the prices brown furniture is bringing provided mostly reasons I was already aware of. Until now I have thought of the sea change mostly as a demographics problem. This certainty allowed me to gloss over other important information. Besides too many people selling, the article offered three X … Continue reading Repurposing the Antiques Industry

Protected: About Art After X

Urban Art & Antiques — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:38:41 +0000

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Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #370 Installed at Met This Summer

Urban Art & Antiques — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:51:00 +0000

Sol LeWitt’s 1982 Wall Drawing #370 will be installed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer. Over four weeks, five drafters will prepare the 10 geometric figures set within squares that comprise the work. The drawing will be on view in its complete state beginning June 30, 2014, and will remain on view through … Continue reading Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #370 Installed at Met This Summer

Dallas Artist Explored Concepts of Strangers and Alienation

Urban Art & Antiques — Thu, 29 May 2014 16:43:58 +0000

Maryanne Meltzer's work is somewhat of a stranger in the art circuit today, yet not so long ago her work received accolades near and far. Somewhat forceful in her paintings and refined in her printmaking, Meltzer often explored the topics of strangers and alienation. Her artwork filled the walls of her North Dallas home. Large paintings in a … Continue reading Dallas Artist Explored Concepts of Strangers and Alienation

Texas Art Collector On Tap for August

Urban Art & Antiques — Thu, 22 May 2014 17:35:47 +0000

The Show and Sale of Early Texas Art will be back at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center August 8-9, 2014. Now run by Vintage Promotions, LLC the show was produced for more than a decade of production by the Collectors of Fort Worth Art. The Texas Art Collector Show and Sale of Early Texas … Continue reading Texas Art Collector On Tap for August