December is a time to reflect, to come together and to celebrate. Well, in our opinion the success of the 2022 New Futures program is definitely something to raise a glass to. Across 12 global art fairs this year, we presented the work of 35 New Futures winners, supported by […]
Month: February 2024
Artist Maxwell Alexandre Goes to War With Brazil’s Inhotim Institute
Inhotim Institute, an open-air contemporary art museum and botanical garden in Southeastern Brazil, has removed a work by Maxwell Alexandre from one of its exhibitions after the Afro-Brazilian artist began calling for the piece to be withdrawn two weeks ago. In a series of Instagram posts, Alexandre said the museum […]
Website for artists – Content for your art website in 2022
Content for art website Are you stuck on making your home page? What do you need for your artist website? It can be anything and everything: your art with your name, like a business card, or a mini online gallery selling art prints and merchandising. Make it simple. Too many […]
Shape Centers in the Art Room
Hey there! Not too long ago I shared that I have been creating art-makin’ centers or stations or whatever you wanna call them for my students. So far, we’ve made it through the Line Stations and have recently been using the papers there to create works of art. Now that […]
39th Annual Art Competition: Meet the Abstract/Experimental Winners
Share: We are pleased to have below the winners for the 39th Annual Art Competition in the Abstract/Experimental Category. For the full list of winners overall and in all other categories, please see the links at the end of the post. First Place: Lisa Roggenbuck Verge by Lisa Roggenbuck (oil […]
COMING SOON TO AUSTIN! Tim Doyle’s UnReal Estate X
Spoke Art is thrilled to announce our next pop-up exhibition, artist Tim Doyle‘s UnReal Estate X. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we’re heading to Tim’s hometown of Austin, TX to host this incredibly special collection. Featuring all-new original artwork and limited edition screen prints that capture homes, dwellings, lairs and more landmarks from film, television, […]
The Hague, Mauritshuis Museum, and Delft
I had no idea how much I would love The Hague! It’s a beautiful and peaceful city, crisscrossed with canals, extremely walkable, full of many excellent restaurants, and with public transportation that makes it easy to get everywhere else in Holland. And on top of all that charm and livability, […]
Beyond the Wall Text: Contextualizing Carpeaux’s Why Born Enslaved! | by Cleveland Museum of Art | CMA Thinker
By Key Jo Lee, associate curator of American art Some of the reasons why curators place certain objects in certain places in the galleries are very apparent. This is by design. Typically, the goal is for each artwork to tell some part of a larger story that illuminates a time […]
39th Annual Art Competition: Animal/Wildlife Category
Share: We are pleased to have below the winners for the 39th Annual Art Competition in the Animal/Wildlife Category. For the full list of winners overall and in all other categories, please see the links at the end of the post. First Place: Kathryn Hansen A Tweetable Moment by Kathryn […]
All About Body of Air by Piero Manzoni
Title of Artwork: “Body of Air” Artwork by Piero Manzoni Year Created 1959 Summary of Body of Air “Corpo d’aria” (which translates as “Body of Air” or “Corpi d’aria”). It consists of a tripod stand, deflated balloon, mouthpiece, and box, all of which were produced between October 1959 and March […]