Diving into painting and growing my art business has been an extraordinary and empowering experience. Not only do I get to fill my days pursuing my passion, but I’ve met an incredible community of like-minded artists! There are so many of us who, like me, are following their true passions […]
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Sybaris Collection © | The Macklowe Collection: The Most Valuable Art Collection Ever Sold
The Macklowe Collection became last night (May 16) the highest valued art collection ever sold in auction history for $9222.2m. After a first auction hosted in Novemeber 2021 by Sotheby’s, which part of the collection reachead a total of $676.1 million, yesterdad the second part of a collection reached an […]
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2022
This is about the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition which can be seen both online and at the Mall Galleries this week – until 20th November. The exhibition includes more than 500 small artworks by 359 artists To be honest I thought the exhibition was next week and I’d not seen […]
Robert Senior: Oil Painting – Jackson’s Art Blog
Robert Senior won the Scenes of Everyday Life Category Award in the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with his oil painting, Train Station. In this interview, Sayan Baigaliyev, the previous award winner from the year before, asks Robert about his practice and process, his studio and how he approaches creative […]
Graeme Drendel wins $150,000 Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2022
Graeme Drendel with his portrait of fellow portrait painter Lewis Miller Last week it was announced that Victorian artist Graeme Drendel has won Australia’s richest portrait prize, the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2022 (DMNPP), for his painting of fellow artist Lewis Miller. Portrait of Lewis Miller by Graeme Drendel It’s […]
Take a look at the four Portland Museum of Art expansion proposals — Portland Museum of Art
Descriptions from the architects: “Our team’s concept for The Portland Museum of Art’s Campus Unification and Expansion will turn the museum inside out. We open the museum to the city by inviting the public into the campus and enabling access from all sides. The campus becomes part of the streetscape, […]
Coming soon to SF: Bruce White’s “ICONS”
Spoke Art is ecstatic to be announcing our next exhibition in San Francisco, artist Bruce White‘s ICONS. Equipped with a fresh crop of velvet canvases, Bruce has created a collection of iconic portraits featuring champions of humanity and inclusivity. From pop culture giants to politicians fighting for positive change, this exhibition […]
Paper Luminaries – ARTBAR
These paper luminaries began as a project for our December “Solstice” guide. I was so inspired by how they turned out that I ordered a star hole punch and just kept making more! The idea started as a simple cutting and hole punching station for children using construction paper. In […]
Foundations : Open Space
When SFMOMA established its archives in 2006, the museum was lucky enough to have its early records, dating back to its founding in 1935, still intact and ready to be accessed by the research public. Among those records were ones documenting the activities of the Women’s Board, formed in 1934 […]
A Lessons & Carols Service for Christmastide — A Sanctified Art
PRELUDE WELCOME Use this time to welcome congregants to worship, share announcements, recognize any guest musicians you might have, and explain the service. You might include some information about the history of Lessons & Carols services, such as, “The tradition of the Lessons & Carols service goes back to 19th […]