I have no idea what to expect, but am going anyway! The airfare is paid for and the weather here in Baltimore is depressing. I will take lots of photos and hopefully learn some things this week. And if you are in Miami, too, we’ll probably run into each other because that’s just how Smalltimore works.
Visiting this single exhibit is an efficient way to appreciate the sweep of Pendleton's career and especially his claim on abstraction within the history of modern art that so strongly informs his practice.
On the heels of a successful solo show, we catch up with Zody Burke to talk about her upcoming show in New York, an experimental studio practice, and the pitfalls of getting lost in translation as an American artist in Europe.
This week's news includes: Baltimore City's New Office of Art and Culture, AVAM announces Ellen Owens as new director, Amy Sherald profiled by Jerry Salz, John Waters goes to jail for a good cause, The Great Migration travels to Chicago, and more!
Spending time with the pieces on display is humbling the way that great art so often is. Climate change, the relationship between man and nature, the vastness of geological time, and our relative insignificance are all conveyed through images and objects of great aesthetic beauty.
