The Art of Don Clausen: May 1 – June 30 in Berkeley CA

Come enjoy these treasures from private collections: DON CLAUSEN’S seascapes of 1963 to abstracts of 2012, most never before shown publicly. Not all artwork shown is for sale. Yes, Clausen’s still painting at the age of 82; still enjoying morning …{read more}

Blue Bird Cult

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Australian Artist Paints the War in Afghanistan

Ben Quilty looks more like a lumberjack than a painter: stocky build, big beard, flannel shirt. But Quilty, from Paterson, New South Wales, is actually one of Australia’s most promising portrait artists.

2011 marked two significant events in Ben Quilty’s …{read more}

A Guide to Must-See Brooklyn Street Art

Street art is taking over our cities, and New York is one of its spiritual homes. Want to know whose work to look out for? Here are three of the most notable Brooklyn street artists.

1. Juan Carlos Pinto

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8 More New Pieces by Claudio Parentela

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Art and the Artist: An Interview with Michelle Dunaway

Listen and you’ll hear the music in Michelle’s paintings. Of course, they wear the responsibility quite lightly. Incisive and mild, caught and emancipated, real and dreamy, they reach within your grasp like an early morning dream. Listen.

You may not …{read more}

8 New Pieces by Claudio Parentela

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‘Leporellos in Black and White’ by Rik Lina

in ARTTRA gallery
AMSTERDAM
From 4 January to 12 February 2013
Opening on Friday, January 4 from 17:00 to 19:00

Rik Lina – in his atelier in Amsterdam 2012
 

BLACK AND WHITE

My drawings and black and white paintings have …{read more}

13 Collages by Joe Castro

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A Gallery of Woodcut Prints by Loren Kantor

Loren Kantor on the Carving Process

I’ve always been an old-school guy. I prefer tattered books to e-readers, vinyl records to MP3′s and classic black & white movies to modern 3-D dreck.

I fell in love with woodcuts in the …{read more}

Six Mixed Media Pieces by Donna Kuhn

Artist’s Statement

I make art because that is the only way life makes sense to me. A recurrent theme in my work is the face: semi-abstract, colorful and emotional. I don’t choose to draw these faces. Their forms just come …{read more}