by Jeff Maisey | Oct 15, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
Susan Watkins (American, 1875–1913), Le Five O’Clock (Tea), ca. 1903, Oil on canvas, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Miles By Jeff Maisey Chances are you’ve never heard of American artist Susan Watkins. You likely had no idea she lived on Duke Street in Norfolk, died at age...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 22, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
Angela Babby (Lakota, born 1964) Melt: Prayers for the People and the Planet, 2019 Kiln-fired vitreous enamel on glass mosaic on tile board, Image courtesy of Angela Babby, Photo by Angela Babby, © Angela Babby. By Betsy DiJulio With a title like Clearly Indigenous,...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 16, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Artist Clayton Singleton has some fun with his Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Robots painting as part of the exhibition “Playtime: Toys and Art”) By Betsy DiJulio Toys turn adults into time travelers, telescoping us back to the people, places, and passions of childhood. For...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2025 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(On view at Chrysler Museum of Art: Greta Pratt (American, born 1955), “Juneteenth Celebration,” 2023 Archival pigment print © Greta Pratt) Compiled by Staff “Greta Pratt: Jamestown Is Sinking” Through July 27 Chrysler Museum of Art Greta Pratt’s photographic series...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 21, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
(Walter McConnell’s “Theory of Everything.” Courtesy of the artist and Cross MacKenzie Gallery.) By Betsy DiJulio From the shelves of the local dollar store to the rarefied environs of the world’s most prestigious museums, ceramics run the gamut and are ubiquitous...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 16, 2025 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
Duke Riley, Cob Dock & the Red Hook Lady Fliers (detail), 2017. Wood, tin, roofing tar, latex paint, slip cast ceramic pigeons and performance ephemera from Fly by Night. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Nye’ Lyn Tho Photograph By Betsy DiJulio If you search...
