by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(April Bey, And I’m Calm, Calculated and Perfectly Aligned, 2020, Watercolor, drawing, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, hand-sewn African fabric, oil impasto, 40 x30 inches. Courtesy of the artist.) By Betsy DiJulio Virginia MOCA’s unabashed embrace of women-identifying...
by Jeff Maisey | Jul 21, 2021 | Art, Art News, Current Exhibits
(Alma Thomas, Red Azaleas Singing and Dancing Rock and Roll Music) By Betsy DiJulio We have probably all said it: “That’s a Picassso,” or “That’s a Faith Ringgold.” But the work is not the artist and the artist is not the work. The work is the tip of the human...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 26, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Reviews, Current Exhibits
(Jowarnise Caston, Tangled Roots) By Betsy DiJulio George’s Floyd’s death last summer, the resulting Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and counterprotests, and the aftermath, which continues to reverberate, have been the catalysts for all kinds of conversations...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 15, 2021 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
“Untitled (Us in the Field),” Iris Wu By Jeff Maisey Something caught the eye of John Lee Matney, the curator and owner of Linda Matney Gallery in Williamsburg — the photography of recent William & Mary graduate Iris Wu. Matney, a photographer himself who cut his...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 18, 2019 | Art, Art News, Art Previews, Current Exhibits
Michael Kagan’s With All The Fucking Force (2011) By Jeff Maisey Ground control to Major….Kagan. If pop star David Bowie were alive today we can only assume he’d have a strong interest in the paintings of Michael Kagan. Bowie, like many recording artists of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 30, 2019 | Art, Current Exhibits, Music, Music News
By Ron Wray An evening that will grab your soul is coming to Portsmouth at 7 p.m., May 2 with an iconic performance of the legendary Blues Maker Blues Review at Roger Brown’s Restaurant and Sports Bar on downtown High Street. It is a production of Virginia Arts...
