feature image: Photo: Eugene I-Peng Tang. Written by Linda Marcus Making “garments for buildings” is Maria Burundarena‘s dream. The Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist uses installation, fiber, collage, photography and projection to create fractured, unknowable but familiar landscapes to fully engage the viewer’s senses. Burundarena is interested in the democratization of art, making art more accessible. She createsContinue reading “Maria Burundarena: Compression, Erasure, and Abstraction”
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Yasmin Spiro: Cornerstone at Hyde Park Art Center
Feature image: Artist Yasmin Spiro. Courtesy of the artist. through November 2, 2025 submitted Chicago, Illinois — Hyde Park Art Center, the celebrated non-profit hub for contemporary art on Chicago’s South Side, presents Yasmin Spiro: Cornerstone, the first major solo exhibition of Jamaican-born, Chicago-based artist Yasmin Spiro. The exhibition, which opened on April 19, 2025, and isContinue reading “Yasmin Spiro: Cornerstone at Hyde Park Art Center”
MacKenzie “MAC” Mitzuk: Nostalgic Escapism
Feature image: MacKenzie “MAC” Mitzuk, Tech Trash: Now in Living Color, 2023. Acrylic on Canvas, 18″ x 24″. Submitted On View June 14 – October 5, 2025 Jurors: Kalianne Morrison, LaVanda Mireles, Zoe Cinel Spotlight Tour: June 14 at 1pm Rochester, Minnesota – Rochester Art Center presents a solo exhibition of paintings and sculptures byContinue reading “MacKenzie “MAC” Mitzuk: Nostalgic Escapism”
New Exhibitions at newARTSpace
Feature image: Peter Koury, The Delicate Balance of Mourning.. Submitted De Pere, Wisconsin – It’s spring! And the world is teaming with the force of life – as daffodils pierce through the soil and buds set on our trees and shrubs, so too, newARTSpace jumps back to life with a new exhibition celebrating three exuberant bodies of workContinue reading “New Exhibitions at newARTSpace”
The Center for the Visual Arts Hosts New Exhibits
Feature image: detail, Robert Martain 2025. Submitted Wausau, Wisconsin – The Caroline S. Mark Gallery is currently displaying the third edition of Historic Artspective. On display in the Vault Gallery is a solo exhibit by Robert Martin – Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. The CVA is proud to display Wisconsin-born artist Robert Martin’s solo exhibition inContinue reading “The Center for the Visual Arts Hosts New Exhibits”
Abel Contemporary Gallery Announces Three New Exhibits
Feature image: Gail Simpson. Submitted Abel Contemporary presents Skyler Simpson- Limescale, Beasts, and Monsters: Group Show, and in no. 5: Каtюша (Katyusha) by Stephen Hilyard April 18 – June 1, 2025 Shows Open Online on Saturday, April 19 at 10 AM CST. Events: Skyler Simpson – Limescale Limescale examines personal mythology and the home as a fraught refuge. The narrative pulls from Simpson’sContinue reading “Abel Contemporary Gallery Announces Three New Exhibits “
Michael Pfleghaar: “Through and Through” Paintings of Interior and Exterior Spaces
Featured image: Michael, Pfleghaar, Forest Meets Water, 2024, acrylic, flashe, and spray paint on canvas, 42 x 72 in. Image courtesy of the artist. submitted Solo Exhibition at Keeler Gallery/Lounge, Fountain Street Church March 9 – April 27, 2025 Grand Rapids, Michigan – West Michigan artist Michael Pfleghaar invites viewers to step into an immersiveContinue reading “Michael Pfleghaar: “Through and Through” Paintings of Interior and Exterior Spaces”
A Chair Affair After Party at the Rochester Art Center
Feature image: Mini Golf and Chairs. Courtesy of the Rochester Art Center. Join us for A Chair Affair After Party! February 22, 2025, 8:00 – 11:00 pm. Date & Time Saturday, February 22, 2025 Doors open at 8 PM | Mini Golf until 10 PM | Live Music until 11 PM Location Rochester Art CenterContinue reading “A Chair Affair After Party at the Rochester Art Center”
Derrick Buisch: The Knowable and Unknowable
Feature image: UFO Grid – ongoing series. Courtesy of the artist. Written by Linda Marcus “Drawing is a way of seeing into your own nature.”- Richard Serra Derrick Buisch uses vibrating colors, lines, and shapes to create a kind of energy, anxiousness, and ambiguity that leaves the viewer wanting more. It’s a peak into Buisch’s natureContinue reading “Derrick Buisch: The Knowable and Unknowable”