Artist Ayelet Gal-On does not just paint; she builds, layering oil, acrylic and plaster on canvas. Gal-On's signature subjects for "Taken by the Wind, Swept by the Light," her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 9 in Los Altos, are white dresses that appear to hang on a line, defying the stillness of the canvas. "I love the process of playing with color," says the artist.
If painting is a fast car, drawing is more like taking the bus. At least that's how it felt to me, puttering along on the 27 to Paddington that is the National Portrait Gallery's trawl through Lucian Freud's sketches, engravings and even childhood crayonings, daydreaming until my stop, with the occasional flash of colour and flare when one of the exhibition's carefully selected group of important paintings rolled past.
The three met in Roumagoux's Thursday morning Open Studio class at Oregon Coast Community College, two hours when a dozen students paint and Roumagoux roams the room sharing the wisdom honed over her decades as both an artist and teacher. "As people started loosening up and telling their life stories, as happens in a good studio class, lo and behold, we told what ages we are," Roumagoux recalled.
Sutcliffe, who was born in Edinburgh but grew up in Liverpool, met John Lennon while they were both studying at the Liverpool College of Art. By early 1960, the pair were living together and Sutcliffe joined Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison 's band in May. Sutcliffe played acoustic guitar and took on the responsibility of booking gigs, but various accounts suggest he was no more than a competent musician. Sutcliffe's real talents lay in his "marvelous art portfolio," according to Lennon's description.
A fire early Tuesday morning destroyed one of the buildings at the vacant former Pacific Steel Casting complex in West Berkeley. No one was injured, but dramatic video from the scene showed flames shooting out of the large warehouse next to Interstate 80. (KTVU, Berkeley Scanner, Instagram) Hundreds of students and others protested against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at UC Berkeley on Wednesday. (The Daily Californian)
Until last year I thought my father, Samuel Kahn (1927-2007), had largely wasted his life. But as I tremblingly type this essay, I am headed to a Virginia museum displaying a roomful of his psychedelically colourful, unselfconscious, off-kilter, long-forgotten works of art that, it turns out, make people happy. The exhibition Samuel Kahn, Ph.D. + Friends opens on 29 January at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, in its Gordon Art Galleries.
A double dose of alma is on tap at the library's West Branch with tamales karaoke, a song session for tweens, teens and anyone who wants to unleash their inner Bad Bunny (or Selena), combining pop songs with a yummy Mexican dish.
San Jose Brew Bike Willow Glen Holiday Light Tours 2025: Pedal, cruise and spread the holiday merriment around Willow Glen neighborhood on the brew bike as you tour the beautifully lit streets and decorated homes. This 60-minute tour can accommodate up to 15 people. Bring your own drinks and snacks on board the bike as you pedal and sing carols. This is not a "party tour," so alcohol is not permitted.
This one-of-a-kind night always expands the Surreal Salon exhibition to, in essence, include hundreds of works of art by way of the costumes YOU put together to help punctuate this unique exhibition! In addition to the over five dozen works featured in the Surreal Salon exhibition, the big night includes live music from the band Bon Bon Vivant, djs, food trucks, and a number of other surprises.
The 25-year-old artist celebrated the opening of his and Tony Cassanelli's art exhibition by having his superstar mother and director father by his side. In a rare reunion shared on his Instagram, Rocco Ritchie is smiling and standing in between Guy Ritchie and Madonna. Madonna is in burgundy tights with a black leather coat and red gloves, while "The Gentlemen" director is in a black turtleneck, pants and plaid blazer.
The exhibition comprises original illustrated panels included in the comic book along with a few other recent drawings and excerpts from his sketchbooks. Now a widowed octogenarian based in France, his latest work demonstrates the same masterful rendering of his subjects, sans his prurient material. However, his witty humor, self-deprecation, paranoia, narcissism, anti-establishment commentary, and self-proclaimed neurosis - almost to a point of pride - have reached a new level of darkness.
In 2019, a revolution fueled by deep-seated discontent precipitated a coup to remove then-president of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir. Then in 2021, the military led another coup to take control of the government. In April 2023, all-out civil war erupted between rival military groups who sought to control the government: the country's armed forces and a paramilitary group called Rapid Support Forces (RSF). All results of decades of tensions, the evolving and disastrous struggle continues today.
I say surprising because, of course, when it comes to Renoir, we think almost at once of his paintings: all those apple-cheeked ladies and children living in a kind of bourgeois haze of comfort. But what Bailey shows us here is Renoir's process as an artist, one who was seriously engaged in the personal act of drawing for most of his career.
GWAR have been destroying various galaxies for 40 years, and their long history is currently on display as the "LET THERE BE GWAR" exhibit at Los Angeles' Beyond the Streets gallery. "For 40 years, GWAR have mounted a misanthropic critique of American culture dressed up as shock rock," stated the band. "This collection of artifacts offers a sense of the unique punk-inspired anti-art aesthetics of underground comics, science fiction fandom, role-playing games, and satirical splatter flick nerdishness at the heart of the band."
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita and special guests present her latest collection of paired poems and artworks about twelve species from the Pacific Coast of the United States and United States territories. Shuck's art will be on display, and she will participate in a short Q & A about her work. was San Francisco's seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San Francisco.
For over 40 years, Edward Burtynsky's photographs have used the privileges granted by perspective and access to chronicle the relentless effects human industry has on global society and the environment. Burtynsky's visual syntax provides more clarity than ever, transcending the limits of a screen to deliver scenes and immersive murals that provoke urgency and inspire a meticulous gauge of reality.
For well over a century it was a family secret: Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law, Jo Bonger, had a short relationship with the Dutch Impressionist painter Isaac Israëls. Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum has just published the surviving sent by Israëls to Bonger, and is presenting a about their "intimate friendship'. Captivated by Vincent: The Intimate Friendship of Jo van Gogh-Bonger and Isaac Israëls (until 25 January 2026) is not just about the relationship, but equally importantly it covers its impact of Van Gogh's art on Israëls.
