Pete Sparber talks with Elizabeth Johnson about her solo exhibit at Gross McCleaf Gallery. Titled ‘The Cost of Sleep,’ the show presents large and small oil paintings that are dreamscapes of tornado-like swirlings, very beautiful, energetic, and a little terrifying.
Read MoreToday’s news has lots of newsy bits, about Mayor Cherelle Parker, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, the Print Center, the John Coltrane House, (re)Focus at Tyler, and a great read – Logan Cryer’s interview with Arthur Ross Gallery.
Read MoreLogan Cryer sees ‘Data Nation’ at the National Liberty Museum, an exhibit with lots of A.I. in the background, and notes that unlike in other museum, the didactic material is the focus, with the art as a processor of the scientific information — and how that works well here.
Read MoreLauren Whearty pens a heartfelt introduction to the work of Amy Ritter, part of a photographic archive recently on view at Grizzly Grizzly.
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On a day of tragedy in Baltimore, caused by a container ship’s collision with the Key Bridge, the ensuing bridge collapse and loss of lives, we are thinking of the city and its people, and about other cities and peoples that depend on infrastructure that is fragile. How vulnerable we all are! Our Baltimore contributor Dereck Mangus, in a review written before this tragedy, will tell you about an exhibit that touches on tragedy — human and ecological.
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