Houston’s DiverseWorks announces Elizabeth Dunbar as new Executive Director

HOUSTON, TX.- The Board of Directors of DiverseWorks ArtSpace announces the appointment of Elizabeth Dunbar as the new Executive Director of the visionary arts organization, taking over from Interim Executive Director William Betts. Most recently, Dunbar served as Associate Director and Curator at Arthouse, a non-collecting experimental art space in Austin. “I am thrilled to be joining DiverseWorks at this important time in its evolution,” says Dunbar. “I look forward to working with the Board, staff, and many committed supporters in realizing its [...]

Cultural Identity and Pattern Collide in Exhibition at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art examines the concept of artists using pattern and dress to express their cultural identities in the exhibition Pattern ID, on view January 28–May 8, 2011 at the Kemper Museum. The fifteen featured artists use photography, sculpture, painting, mixed media, and video to address themes of gender, race, culture, sexuality, and ethnicity. Pattern ID, organized by the Akron Art Museum, brings together forty works of art by fifteen artists from around the [...]

Fragmented Narratives: Todd Hido’s Second Solo Show with the Bruce Silverstein Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- Bruce Silverstein Gallery presents Fragmented Narratives, Todd Hido’s second solo show with the gallery. Renowned as a master of sequencing in book format, Hido juxtaposes images from his influential monographs House Hunting, A Road Divided, Outskirts, and Between the Two with portraits and new images never before exhibited. Hido successfully extends his narrative from a linear book format to an almost cinematic storyline forged by his grouping and pairing of images unrelated in time or place, his [...]

Janis Gardner Cecil Joins Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art as Director of Sales

NEW YORK, NY.- Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art LLC announces the appointment of Janis Gardner Cecil as Director of Sales. Ms. Cecil will be responsible for the overall sales and operations of Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art LLC. In addition to her position of Director of Sales, Ms. Cecil will help lead the overall direction of the gallery’s art fair program. Ms. Cecil joined the gallery on November 22, 2010, and reports directly to Edward Tyler Nahem Ms. Cecil joins [...]

Kemper Museum Acquires Two Magnolia Laurie Paintings from Causey Contemporary

BROOKLYN, NY.- Causey Contemporary announced that two paintings by Magnolia Laurie are being acquired by the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, MO for their permanent collection. Paintings, “November Charlie” (I am in distress and require immediate assistance) and “To Abandon My Vessel” (Alfa Bravo) were selected for the museum by curator Barbara O’Brien after visiting Magnolia solo exhibition at Causey Contemporary. The exhibition entitled “All After: All Before” opened on February 12, 2010 and runs through March [...]

Cynthia Reeves Presents Works by Anne Lindberg and Johnny Swing

NEW YORK, NY.- In Anne Lindberg’s large-scale works, the artist creates meticulous, abstract drawings as rendered in discrete graphite lines on cotton board. The line’s pitch and modulation plays with one’s field of vision, creating a dynamic flux and a rich array of perceptions. This optical illusion of movement, albeit subtle, results from Lindberg’s variance in line density, alignment and mis-alignment, physical pressure and the drawings’ sheer scale. As one views the work, there is a reverberation, a sense of [...]