by Jeff Maisey | Jul 17, 2023 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Matt Lively, “Orbit”) By Betsy DiJulio I go to art museums to be inspired, transported, challenged, and even provoked, but not perplexed. Feeling baffled in an art exhibition is deeply unsatisfying and, frankly, irks me because it generally means someone hasn’t...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2023 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Claudia Bueno’s fantastical art exhibition extends to the exterior of the Hermitage Museum. Photo by Lindsay Collette.) By Betsy DiJulio Born of shattering heartbreak and a deeply integrated process of healing, Echoes of the Heart embodies artist Claudia Bueno’s...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 29, 2023 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
By Betsy DiJulio In 2022, Eddie and Brad Waitzer, directors of the Leah and Richard Waitzer Foundation, together with their brother Scott, generously bestowed upon the Barry Museum of Art their late parents’ collection of works in glass. Not only does the gift pay...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 31, 2023 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
Kara Walker (American, b. 1969). Boo-hoo (for Parkett no. 59), edition PP 5/6, 2000. Linocut, 40 x 20 1/2 in. (101.6 x 52.1 cm). Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, 2003.13. © Kara Walker By Betsy DiJulio Kara Walker’s reputation as...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 22, 2022 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits, Other
(Sand Dunes, Sunrise, Death Valley National Monument, California, 1948, printed 1974, Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Andrea Gray Stillman, 2018.584, © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust) By Betsy DiJulio Landscape...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 20, 2022 | Art, Art News
Artist Matthew McGuinness By Betsy DiJulio Look beneath the surface of most community murals and there you will find a rich backstory—a stew if you will—of historical context and contemporary perspective. The newest mural in Norfolk’s NEON district boasts that...
